11/11/2014
Meet Arnab, Spring 2014 Co-Op, R&D
My name is Arnab Chanda, I am a PhD student in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Alabama, USA. I was working as an Research and Development Engineer at LP Amina, Beijing. Working with LPA was awesome, and its actually impossible for me to summarize my experiences in few sentences. I worked with the smartest people in China and U.S. in challenging projects, made my best friends, partied and travelled so much that I would have never imagined in my life, fell in love with the city, food and culture. I remember, we interns used to jokingly call the LPA office as our first home, as it was the common point for all our meet ups and trips.
From a professional standpoint, I consider myself very lucky to work with LPA, it just happened, and it changed my life. I am someone who is extremely obsessed with research and I always used to see myself as a professor later in my career. LPA has made me reconsider my goals, now I feel like I should do research in a industry post my PhD or probably start up something new. Being in China opened my eyes to how dynamic the technology and research sector is, and there is so much to contribute out there. In future, I feel like when I will connect back the dots, LPA will be a big chapter in my life. To wrap up, I want to to send my best wishes and regards to my friends and colleagues in LPA and tell them that I miss you guys a lot and please keep in touch! :')