Hello everyone, my name is Manisha Ajmani and I am an Engineer! I live in Glasgow, one of the most beautiful cities of Scotland. Besides being the largest city of Scotland, it is also famous for its rich culture, the 2014 Commonwealth games, Glaswegians language and unpredictable weather. I have been living here for the past two years while pursuing my PhD degree at the School of Engineering and Built Environment at the Glasgow Caledonian University under the supervision of Dr. Sinan Sinanovic and Dr. Tuleen Boutaleb.
I was born and brought up in India, popularly known as the Land of Diversity, where I received my Bachelor and Master of Engineering degrees in Electronics and Communication. Currently, I am in the final year of my PhD and working on designing algorithms to support a low-cost alternative for indoor positioning systems using optical wireless communication technology. In simple words, I am trying to design an easier way to track the location of people inside a room using LIGHT! Using these algorithms we can extend help to dementia affected people by making their care better.
I am a passionate advocate for women’s education in the STEM field and I strongly believe that women can make a difference in the field of science and help shape the future of the world. I believe that engaging female engineers in public outreach events can be very encouraging for many more young women to take up STEM areas of study. I like talking about my research to people and explaining how science works to make our lives easier. I was selected to be a part of Soapbox Science, a novel public outreach platform for promoting women scientists, where I shared my research with hundreds of people in Edinburgh in the summer of 2017. I am also a STEM Ambassador and often visit schools to interact with primary and secondary school students about science. I love answering their questions about my experience as a female Engineer so far, or why I decided to become an engineer. We also showcase some science ‘tricks’/experiments to the children which they believe is MAGIC!
I would like to welcome you all to my personal blog where I will be talking more about science, my PhD journey, life experiences and sharing few tips which might help you in your PhD. I would also love to share blogs by other researchers and women of science on my site. Please contact me if you would like to get something posted. Cheers!
Dr. Manisha Ajmani 