• Question: how long have you been an engineer

    Asked by 534spcm39 to Lána, Jonathan, Eimear, Willi on 5 Mar 2018. This question was also asked by cal.
    • Photo: Lána Salmon

      Lána Salmon answered on 5 Mar 2018:

      I’ve been studying astronomy and space science for 4 and a half years now. I did my undergraduate degree in UCD in Physics with Astronomy and Space Science, and it was an amazing 4 years. I learned so much. Now I’m a PhD student, so I research space. I do this in 2 ways – using the Watcher robotic telescope in South Africa to observe gamma-ray bursts, which are the light from dying or merging stars, and by helping to build Ireland’s first satellite, EIRSAT-1.

    • Photo: William O'Connor

      William O'Connor answered on 5 Mar 2018:

      The short answer is: all my life!
      I was interested in engineering from as long as I can remember.
      I became an engineer “officially” when I got an engineering degree, when I was 21 years old.
      Since then I’ve been a professional engineer.

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