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Hi there. My name is Lubos Brieda. I was born in Slovakia and grew up in Banská Bystrica. I moved to the United States when I was 14. I got my degree in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2005. There I wrote a computer code to simulate the plume generated by ion thrusters and it's effect on spacecraft contamination. You can read all the fun details in my thesis (8Mb). After college, I worked at the Air Force Research Lab at Edwards AFB, CA, where I continued to work on my code. I even got to support a mission that flew the first US-built Hall thruster (type of plasma thruster) in space! I have quite an extensive background in plasma simulations, so in case you are looking for someone with my skillset to join your company, please download my resume. Well, after few years in the desert, I decided it was time for something new. My current state in life is once again as a full-time student. This time, I am working with Dr. Keidar at the Micropropulsion and Nanotechnology Laboratory at George Washington University. My research again involves plasma simulations, but this time I am looking at propagation of plasmas in the atmosphere. I am finishing my courses this semester. I'll be taking my qualifying exams in the spring. Hopefully they go well. After the quals, I'll probably look for a full-time job and do my dissertation research on a part-time basis. I also work at NASA few hours a week.
Few more things about me. My biggest hobby is trying to summit the highest point in each state. I am currently at 46. Only 4 to go! I also love to travel. I went on a month long trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway last summer, but have not yet had time to post the pictures. Few months ago I started a website dedicated to cooking Slovak food, www.slovakcooking.com. Check it out, especially if you are looking for new kitchen ideas. This year I also got into gardening, and ended up with radishes, onions, tomatoes, potatoes and strawberries. It was great since I basically just tilled the soil and planted bunch of various seeds.
Pictures from this website can be used freely for any non-comercial purposes, given you give me credit (for instance by providing a link to the original page). Vast majority of pictures were shot using Minolta Maxxum 5 with the Tamron XR-DI 28-300mm lens on Fuji Reala ISO100 film. Older low resolution photos were scanned from prints using a standard flatbed scanner. Newer stuff was loaded directly from photo CDs. The really recent stuff is from a pocket digital camera (Samsung and Canon Elph). If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email using the form below:
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