This month we turn the tables and interview Dr Shini Somara herself, as the engineer and broadcaster tells us how her latest book aims to update the public perception of engineering. BACK STORY: 'I wanted to highlight the care most engineers have for others.' As the author of 'Engineers Making a Difference'('EMAD'),what is your experience of engineering? Shini Somara: After my Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in mechanical engineering, I continued to pursue an Engineering Doctorate(EngD) in environmental technology at Brunel University in London. My EngD was sponsored by Flomerics, which specialises in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. My doctoral research focused on the dynamic thermal modelling of buildings because, at the time, CFD models only provided static images. CFD in buildings has grown from strength to strength and was particularly useful during the pandemic, when we needed to know how Covid was transported among crowds.
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