Each month Page 4 asks a member of TU Delft’s foreign legion to share their thoughts with us. This week, we meet, Fulvio Scarano (32), from Naples, Italy, who is a lecturer in Aerodynamics at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, specializing in turbulence sheer flows.
Fulvio has been in Holland for 6 months.
Why did you choose TU Delft?
TU Delft values the intellectual will of the individual researcher. The focus is on the applications, but with an understanding of the important links between top scientific research and the real world, to technologies, know-how, patents, etc. The university has a fine international reputation and is a competitive environment in which to do important work and achieve my career ambitions.
What’s the greatest challenge for mankind in the 21st century?
Technologically speaking, we must keep developing our space program. Someday the sun will burn out, so eventually, in order to survive, we’ll have to leave Earth and colonize other celestial bodies. The new international space station is an exciting and important step in the right direction%upwards.
Who do you admire in the field of science & technology? I especially admire the scientists and researchers who are helping to develop ‘useful’ science, such as the human genome project. I admire anyone who is patiently working in their field to make contributions, large or small, to science as a whole.
Which book has had the greatest influence on your life? ‘Jonathan Livingstone Seagull,’ by Richard Bach. I laughed with joy while reading it. It’s emotional and poetic and tells of a life I’d like for myself. Also, books by Erich Fromm, a writer and psychologist. His positive and optimistic view of mankind helped me see the wealth of possibilities in life and taught me about self-equilibrium.
What ingredients does Italy add to the EU pie? Culturally, Italy represents the continuation of Latin culture. We’re creative and genuinely want to be international. We’re open, don’t look down on other countries and aren’t stuck up on our own sense of grandeur like, say, the French. And, of course, Italy provides style and fashion. Italy ensures that the EU body politic is always stylishly dressed
And the mafia?
The mafia’s still active but its power is waning. Regionally, the mafia’s deeply entrenched in much of public and administrative life and still rather powerful. But nationally, the mafia no longer plays an influential role in Italian politics
What are your most important research findings or innovations ?
What I do is miniscule in the big picture of world research, but my peers have expressed their appreciation of my contributions to digital image processing for experimental techniques in fluid mechanics.
What’s your favorite place in Delft?
My street, the Doelenstraat, when it’s full of neighborhood children at play. The children take over the street, making it theirs, playing games, bicycling, laughing and even swimming in tubs of water they drag out into the street. It’s a very special and beautiful slice of Dutch life.
Finally, how did Italy manage to beat Holland at Euro 2000?
It’s quite simple, really. When the Italians showed up at the arena in their sleek sports cars and Armani suits, with their super-model girlfriends on their arms, the game was won. The Dutch team was awed into total confusion and forgot that they were actually the more talented side.
Each month Page 4 asks a member of TU Delft’s foreign legion to share their thoughts with us. This week, we meet, Fulvio Scarano (32), from Naples, Italy, who is a lecturer in Aerodynamics at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, specializing in turbulence sheer flows. Fulvio has been in Holland for 6 months.
Why did you choose TU Delft?
TU Delft values the intellectual will of the individual researcher. The focus is on the applications, but with an understanding of the important links between top scientific research and the real world, to technologies, know-how, patents, etc. The university has a fine international reputation and is a competitive environment in which to do important work and achieve my career ambitions.
What’s the greatest challenge for mankind in the 21st century?
Technologically speaking, we must keep developing our space program. Someday the sun will burn out, so eventually, in order to survive, we’ll have to leave Earth and colonize other celestial bodies. The new international space station is an exciting and important step in the right direction%upwards.
Who do you admire in the field of science & technology? I especially admire the scientists and researchers who are helping to develop ‘useful’ science, such as the human genome project. I admire anyone who is patiently working in their field to make contributions, large or small, to science as a whole.
Which book has had the greatest influence on your life? ‘Jonathan Livingstone Seagull,’ by Richard Bach. I laughed with joy while reading it. It’s emotional and poetic and tells of a life I’d like for myself. Also, books by Erich Fromm, a writer and psychologist. His positive and optimistic view of mankind helped me see the wealth of possibilities in life and taught me about self-equilibrium.
What ingredients does Italy add to the EU pie? Culturally, Italy represents the continuation of Latin culture. We’re creative and genuinely want to be international. We’re open, don’t look down on other countries and aren’t stuck up on our own sense of grandeur like, say, the French. And, of course, Italy provides style and fashion. Italy ensures that the EU body politic is always stylishly dressed
And the mafia?
The mafia’s still active but its power is waning. Regionally, the mafia’s deeply entrenched in much of public and administrative life and still rather powerful. But nationally, the mafia no longer plays an influential role in Italian politics
What are your most important research findings or innovations ?
What I do is miniscule in the big picture of world research, but my peers have expressed their appreciation of my contributions to digital image processing for experimental techniques in fluid mechanics.
What’s your favorite place in Delft?
My street, the Doelenstraat, when it’s full of neighborhood children at play. The children take over the street, making it theirs, playing games, bicycling, laughing and even swimming in tubs of water they drag out into the street. It’s a very special and beautiful slice of Dutch life.
Finally, how did Italy manage to beat Holland at Euro 2000?
It’s quite simple, really. When the Italians showed up at the arena in their sleek sports cars and Armani suits, with their super-model girlfriends on their arms, the game was won. The Dutch team was awed into total confusion and forgot that they were actually the more talented side.
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