South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, United States
I like that the DUNE collaboration is a big group and there are lots of people. You can meet people from around the whole world in one place, and you get to know their culture. I love that part. Even though I don’t speak often, I am a social type, an extrovert. But when I go to a new place, I become more like an introvert – I do not speak much. Once I get to know the place, then I am talkative. I am always shy at first. That was true when I first came to DUNE. I didn’t know anyone, and I was eating alone, and the next day I started to say ‘Hi’ and smile. Then I started to interact with people, and now I know people from France, Italy, Brazil, Spain, and different institutions in the United States. I am happy that though my country, Nepal, is not participating in a funding way, there are people and students from there who are working on the project. I met some friends from my country, two or three, and I was like, ‘Yeah, we are also participating!’ It made me feel good.