Welcome to my website!
About Me
Retired Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tasmania but still active as a casual lecturer (in Hobart and China)and Project Manager for the Australian government Office of Learning and Teaching project Engineering Pathways for Regional Australia. Married to Seeta (www.seetajd.id.au). Recently we celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary. We have two children (Chris and Alyssa) with four grandchildren (Logan, Liam, Ellery and Saskia) living in Melbourne, and two children (Khalil and Asiya) with two grandsons (Salahudeen and Khalid) in Trinidad.
Interests
Music - at last count I was playing in a symphony orchestra ('cello), two brass bands (trombone and bass trombone) and a concert band (tuba).
Golf - Member of Kingston Beach Golf Club.
Writing - I have written several short stories, three short novels and a sort of science-fiction novel that was published on iBooks a couple of years ago (First Person Familiar) - about a mini-computer (called a Me) that attaches to a child and through artificial intelligence mirrors the child's brain.
Aspirations
To hang around for a while doing the things I enjoy and not putting on too much weight.
Thought for today
For trombone, tuba players and 1st bass singers: If there is a ladder under a note above the top of a stave it’s probably out of reach. Not a concern for 'cello players with long arms though.