#134 - Bharathi Boppana: Computational Modeling and a Conversation

Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 1:10 a.m.

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Today\'s storyteller is Dr Bharathi Boppana! Bharathi is a Research Scientist at the Institute of High Performance Computing in Singapore. Today we talk about her work there using computational simulations to model wind and pollution in urban areas. Bharathi\'s journey is so interesting - her background is in engineering, and her PhD is in applied mathematics - and her journey takes her to Singapore where she is now. We talk fluid dynamics, what modeling is, how modeling works, computer programs, her journey in her career, and the type of work she does now. Also, Bharathi and I are both members of Homeward Bound\'s 5th cohort (known as HB5), which is how I have gotten to know her. And in a fun twist, Bharathi asks me questions about my work and it was rather fun being on the other end of the microphone! Enjoy!

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You can find Rachel Villani on Twitter @flyingcypress and Storytellers of STEMM on Facebook and Twitter @storytellers42.

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Book List: Tapestries of Life by Anne Sverdrup-ThygesonBecoming by Michelle ObamaThe One Device by Brian Merchant, The Moment of Lift by Melinda GatesBroken Horses by Brandi Carlile, My Penguin Year by LIndsay McCrae

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You can find Homeward Bound at their website https://homewardboundprojects.com.au/, on Twitter @HomewardBound16, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/homewardboundprojects.

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Rachel works on the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) in Louisiana: https://www.lacoast.gov/crms/Home.aspx

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Recorded on 3 July 2021.

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