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March 7, 2005 Vol. 76, no.8S
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ME Professor Boris Rubinsky received his Ph.D.
from MIT in 1980. He joined the UC Berkeley faculty as an assistant
professor that same year and received his professorship in 1989.
His research interests are bioengineering, heat transfer material
processing, biotechnology and cryogenics.
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Professor
Minute with ME Professor Boris Rubinsky
If you had not decided
to go into engineering, what other career would you have today?
Engineering and research are the only things I do well. One of my graduate
students once told me that if I would not have been a professor, she
could envision me without a job on a corner in the People's Park
or on Telegraph Avenue. I think that she was right.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I like my research and I am almost always preoccupied with new ideas,
learning new things and reading. I keep my laptop near the bed in case
I have an idea when I wake up in the middle of the night. Otherwise,
when I wake up at night, I relax reading science fiction.
How can a student get through your hardest class?
In undergraduate classes, solve as many problems from the book as possible
and pay attention to hints I give during the class. In graduate classes,
come to all my classes and come after the class to my office to discuss
projects.
To date, what has been your most memorable moment in your career
and why?
When I passed the Ph.D. preliminary exams at MIT and when my children
were born. Both moments were the beginning of what is important in my
life.
What CD are you listening
to at the moment?
I meditate and I listen to various meditation tapes. I always try new
ways of meditation and I am using guiding tapes.
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