User:Adpsimpson

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Contents 1 Andrew Simpson (aka adpsimpson) 1.1 History of me 1.2 Current life 1.3 Interests 1.3.1 Doing stuff 1.3.2 Thinking stuff 1.4 Articles I've contributed to 2 Other versions of me

[edit] Andrew Simpson (aka adpsimpson)

New to Wikipedia as a contributor, but not as a reader. A brief history of me would go something like this...

[edit] History of me

• Born in Edinburgh, Scotland in October 1981.
• Lived in and around Edinburgh till January 2000 when I moved to live in Nazareth for 9 months.
  • Worked in the Nazareth Hospital (mentioned in the list of hospitals in Israel), in the maintenance department.
  • Learned basic spoken Arabic during my time there
• Started University in Glasgow in October 2000, studying Aeronautical Engineering, a 5 year undergrduate masters course.
  • Spent time on placement at the VKI for 3 months in 2003 and 4 months in 2005.
  • Worked for 4 weeks in 2004 at the AAIB.
  • Graduated (finally) in July 2005.

[edit] Current life

I now live in Dodoma, the supposed capital of Tanzania, where I'm working for 9 months as an aircraft maintenance engineer with Mission Aviation Fellowship.

[edit] Interests

[edit] Doing stuff

• Snow boarding
• Gliding (or any other type of flight)
• Rock climbing
• Mountain biking
• Computer stuff
• Photography
• Most forms of engineering
• Any other outdoor activities?
  • Most things you can do in Scotland
  • Most things you can't do in Dodoma

[edit] Thinking stuff

• Christianity
• Fair trade
• Social justice (as in Christ's model, not Bush's)

[edit] Articles I've contributed to

(in any more than a minor change)

Particle Image Velocimetry 

Near complete revamp to include actual technical details about the technique.

That's it so far.

[edit] Other versions of me

monthofsaturdays.net 

Contains photos, a diary and so forth

sxc.hu 

Stock photography website with many of my personal favourites from my shots

email me 

adpsimpson at gmail dot com