About myself

Hello world !!

I am Tshering Wangzom and my friends call me Wangzom. This year I will be doing my fabacademy in Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super Fablab(JNWSFL). I was planning to do my fabacademy in 2022 and then again in 2023 but LIFE happened and I was not able to do it. But finally 2024!!!

LIFE

I love hiking and travelling. I like growing plants and cooking and feeding people. I also enjoy watching movies and animes. Currently, my hobby is my kid.

My background

I am from the kingdom of Bhutan and I was born and raised in the capital city of Thimphu. I did my high school in Bhutan and also did my degree in College of science and Technology located in southern Bhutan.
I have Bachelors in Engineering in Electronics and Communication. Right after doing my Bachelors a recived ERUSMUS MUNDUS scholorship to do my Masters. I did my MSc. Telecommunication and Networking in CITY, University of London. I learned a lot and found a passion in life. I was teaching as a visiting lecture/ teaching assistant for 6 months in CITY.

Previous work

2018-2020:

After coimg back to Bhutan, I did civil service exam and was working as an insturctor in a Technical Training Institute for almost 3 years and was traninng students in building life skill and also electrical testing skills. I fell in love with teaching as I was learning a lot of life skills. The take away from that job was Patience and the love for learning through teaching.

2021-2024:

Then I applied for a job as an Analyst for Super fablab(SFL). We were just planning and in construction phase of SFL but I was also prallelly learning about about fablabs and learning the skills needed in fablab though fabacademy previous cources. And I was so excited to use SFL when it finally got inaugrated in June 2022 as Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck Super Fablab by our HRH Crown prince and lab named after him. My role in the lab is fablab manager and also an engineer.

I work in developing and implementing STEM programs around digital fabrication in lab which also allows me to teach. Also carrying our machine making projects in collaboration with MIT. I have been trying to replicate few of Jakes (Prof Neils student) machine but I felt that I was doing more that what I understood so I started to makea 3d printer in the lab for distribution in the schools in Bhutan.
LINK to JNWSFL instagram page where you can some of the programs that I ran.

I was also part of FAB23 Bhutan last year and got to meet so many people from fablab community. Here are some of the pictures.

With Dr. Neil

With Sherry

Last year our team won the FAB Challenge Bhutan and now I am also working to execuite challenge.

Thank you.