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February 21, 2005 Vol. 76, no. 6S
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NE Professor Jasmina Vujic received her Ph.D.
in nuclear science from the University of Michigan in 1990. She's
interested in numerical methods in reactor physics, neutron and
photon transport, reactor core design and analysis, shielding
and radiation protection, biomedical application of radiation,
and optimization techniques for vector and parallel computers.
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Professor
Minute with NE professor Jasmina Vujic
If you had not decided
to go into engineering, what other career would you have today?
My first love was mathematics. I also enjoy teaching. Thus, one answer
is math professor. Also, a writer or a farmer. (This could become a
reality when I retire.)
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Over the last few years, I've spent all of my spare time working with
several nongovernmental organizations in order to create positive changes
in my homeland, former Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro. The terrible
wars of the 1990s destroyed most of the infrastructure, left people
hopeless and without jobs, and forced young people to seek education
and jobs abroad. I'm trying to help reverse these negative trends.
How can a student get through your hardest class?
I would encourage a student to attend all lectures, do the homework,
midterms and projects, come to my office hours, and ask a lot of questions.
To date, what has been your most memorable moment in your career
and why?
Receiving the 1996 Prytanean Faculty Award recognizing outstanding achievements
by an untenured woman faculty member at Berkeley. It was a difficult
time for me. I was working hard toward my tenure in NE, raising my daughter
who was 16 at that time, and observing a painful dissolution of my homeland.
This award gave me the needed strength to successfully complete my tenure
process in 1998.
What CD are you listening to at the moment?
The soundtrack from the movie "Zona Zamfirova." The music is a modern
version of unique 19th century ethnic music from the Balkans.
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