Researchers

It was a lengthy journey as I set off from Vaasa on Friday evening and arrived in Melbourne on Sunday morning. Naturally, the 9-hour time difference coupled to the jetlag is tiresome. However, there has been several activities and collaborations with RMIT that make this lengthy journey worthwhile. Some of these benefits are; suggestions and discussions with some senior lecturers on my own research, availability of state-of-the-art equipment for simulations, augmented reality and virtual reality; all of which are related to my research. Particularly, my work at the VX-lab which has all these technologies and equipment is paying off.

 

Similarly, I also had diverse people and places to work and collaborate with due to the multifaceted study paradigms of RMIT. This opportunity and exposure notwithstanding come with bureaucracies associated to large educational institutions. Secondly, the frequent research seminars and discussions at the Rapid Discovery / Fabrication Team which collaborates with the departments of Manufacturing, Materials and Mechatronics at RMIT that I belong to offers enough teamwork and collaboration that promotes my interests here.

 

My shock has been the weather: As I experienced all the 4 annual seasons in some days as I was told. Regarding the cost of living which I found to be reasonable, accommodation however is seriously astronomical, and one needs to budget that on the highest side even after researching extensively: Just to live moderately.