I decided to study neuroscience when a neuroscientist of International Institute of Neuroscience of Natal visited one workshop that I did in my old school in 2008, he said a lot of things about this area and I got interested since then. So, two years later, in 2010, I discovered that the Science and Technology Bachelor at UFRN offered this course and I’m doing this now. Sometimes, I like to research about astronomy, aviation and, sure, learn more about neuroscience.
Someday, I want to travel around the world, but my dream is to travel to Germany, visit many cities like Stuttgart, Hamburg, Frankfurt and principally Berlin. I love history and there are many historical places in Germany and others nearby countries that I want to visit.
Finally, in my free time, I like to play videogames, more specifically first person shooters game, listen to music, preferably classical music, and running. I like running because while I’m doing this, I think about everything of my own life. I love meet my old school friends and go out with them.
More than 6,950 cities and towns in 152 countries and territories switched off their lights for Earth Hour 2012, sending a powerful message for action to save the planet. This year marked the continuation of the movement going Beyond the Hour, with more than 200,000 individuals accepting I Will If You Will challenges on YouTube to turn their symbolic action for the planet into an ongoing commitment to a sustainable future."
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My name is Gabriel Fernandes de Souza, I am 18 years old. I have one sister that is 7 years younger than me, I was born in Natal-RN while my parents are from Recife-PE.
I studied all my high school at Contemporâneo and I always liked to study, especially physics and mathematics, what end up guiding me to the technological area, I decided to do mechanical engineering at UFRN since the first year of high school, and the science and technology bachelor offered the opportunity for that. I intend to work with aeronautical engineering designing airplanes, helicopters and other air vehicles, which always fascinated me.
I also like to travel and I hope to meet someday a lot of different countries and cultures having as many experiences as possible. I have for principal hobbies reading, playing videogames and watching movies and TV series, I am a huge fan of cinema and my favorites movies are A Clockwork Orange and The Godfather, I am also a fan of fiction books, especially the books of J.R.R Tolkien and George Martin. I listen to music everyday, mostly heavy metal, blues and classical music, I like animals very much, especially dogs, I have 4 pets, all dogs.
Regarding my personality, I am very responsible with my commitments, I am kind of perfectionist in things I do, doing it many times and correcting things until it pleases me. I´m also very critical about things I read and listen.
"Greenpeace activists occupy the
anchor chain of the ship Clipper Hope for more than 48 hours, near São
Luis do Maranhão port, with a banner reading ‘Amazon Crime' and 'Dilma,
Desliga a Motoserra (President Dilma, turn off the chainsaw)'. The
activists are preventing the departure of the ship from the Amazon to
the USA, where its cargo of pig iron will be used to make steel for the
US car industry. Greenpeace is taking action to expose a trio of serious
crimes in the production of Brazilian pig iron including slave labour,
deforestation and the invasion of indigenous lands. The organization is
calling for Dilma to protect the Amazon and the people who depend on it,
as well as veto changes to the country's 'forest code' and support
Greenpeace's call for zero deforestation." by Chris Eaton via Flickr May 16 at 2:47 PM
"The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen men's apples and head their cabbages."
are 13 and 12 years older than me, respectively. We were born in Natal and our parents are from different cities. I am an extrovert person with those I know. I always look for respecting the others and to be responsible with my commitments, mainly concerning time. I’m a little bit perfectionists and a leader in all that I do.
Regarding my formation, since I was in high school, I enjoyed studying almost all subjects that made up my mind to start a course in the technological area like Science and Technology Bachelor at UFRN which has a wide area of knowledge and research possibilities. Nowadays, I am still studying in this course and I’m really enchanted with the academic world.
Since the end of the 1st period until now I have been involved in an undergraduate research project in Mechanical Engineering area. One of this project’s goals is the synthesis of better lubricant from chemically modified vegetable oils to make them suitable and efficient to use. Besides, I also have some thoughts and curiosities that direct me towards the mechatronic engineering career or research.