About me¶
Hi hello everyone! My name is Thinley (pronounced thin-lay) Dorji Wangchuk and I am from the Kingdom of Bhutan! I currently live in Bhutan, and will be doing the fabacademy in the Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super Fablab.
I graduated in 2017 from Drexel University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering, on the Fulbright Scholarship. I currently work as an associate analyst (Mechanical Engineer) at Druk Holding and Investment’s research arm DRIVE and in the Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super Fablab. I was a part of the team that set up this lab and we were all honoured when his Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck inaugrated the Super Fablab as part of his first official duty as the crown prince.
I play more of a role in the Research and Development (R&D) side of things with a focus on Drones, Automobiles (especially EVs and their motors) and clean energy initiatives such as vertical axis wind turbines. I enjoy conducting simulations: mainly computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamics, and have now begun conducting 2D Finite element magnetics (FEMM) for motor simulations as well. But as an engineer, I am always up for learning new skills and techniques.
Me talking about the Zund on national television
On the more “casual” side of things, I really enjoy watching and playing sports, especially Football (soccer) and Basketball and I work out atleast 5 times a week in an attempt to stay fit and healthy. I also enjoy gaming (though that love is diminishing slowly as I am getting older :( ), with fifa, Dota 2 and Call of Duty:Warzone being my most played games. However, fashion is the field that I am most interested in and takes up a lot of my free time. An old lost habit that I am trying to reignite at the moment is reading, a personal goal for this year would be to read a minimum of atleast one book a month. while this seems like a small number, I want to make it a habbit again.
I am a big big foodie when it comes to food. To be honest I can’t really choose a favourite cuisine but I think my go to staple food will always be french fries. Im a big fan of Korean, American, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian and Middle-eastern cuisines. As a big enjoyer of burgers and fries, I remember in Bali when we went for the lunch (during tours of the challange sites) I ordered a cheeseburger and it became quite the center of attention, with people making fun of me for coming all the way to Bali to eat a cheeseburger. I discovered this new restaurant called Ongtong in Bangkok and the khao soi there was just amazing!
As for before university and work, I studied in a boarding school in Darjeeling, India called St. Joseph’s school from third to twelfth grade, so I have always grown up away from my family. While it was sad growing up away from family, I think it made me the person I am today and it really helped me become a very independent and adaptable individual which made life so much easier studying in the states and everything after that. I hope to be able to use all the lessons and skills I have learnt so far in life to successfully complete the Fabacademy, while also learning all the new skills that I will during this cycle and make new friends!
This is a picture of me in my National dress called the Gho, with my friend who got married recently in his traditional Tibetan dress!
Fab Academy Student Agreement¶
The Fab Academy is responsible for:
- Teaching principles and practices of digital fabrication
- Arranging lectures, recitations, meetings, and events for the class
- Evaluating and providing feedback on student work
- Offering clear standards for completing assignments
- Certifying and archiving student progress
- Supervising class preparation
- Reviewing prospective students, instructors, and labs
- Providing central staff and infrastructure for students, instructors, and labs
- Fund-raising for costs not covered by student tuition
- Managing and reporting on the program's finances, results, and impacts
- Publicizing the program
- Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination
- Encourage a diverse, accessible, and equitable community
I am a Fab Academy student, responsible for:
- Attending class lectures and participating in reviews
- Developing and documenting projects assigned to introduce and demonstrate skills
- Allowing the Fab Academy to share my work (with attribution) in the class for purposes compatible with its mission
- Honestly reporting on my work, and appropriately attributing the work of others (both human and machine)
- Working safely
- Leaving workspaces in the same (or better) condition than I found them
- Participating in the upkeep of my lab
- Ensuring that my tuition for local and central class costs is covered
- Following locally applicable health and safety guidance
- Promoting a respectful environment free of harassment and discrimination
Signed by committing this file in my repository,