April 12, 2016

Bruna Maceiras Astolfi

I am passionate by discovering, changing and people and I believe those are the drivers for everything I do in my life.The search for intersections of these passions had led me to different although fantastic experiences from engineering studies to homecare providing of disabled people. A cultural exchange in New Zealand was probably  the first decision I made in my life triggered by those passions followed by choosing to become a materials and manufacture engineering student. Once I got into university I immediately started looking for activities that would meet those interests and I found an opportunity to rebuild the students union of my course. I also joined Enactus team to develop projects aiming at empowering people through entrepreneurism and I found a gap in understanding humans’ needs in project development, what have taken me to do a research on how UCD could address that problem. This research unlocked many opportunities for me including writing an article on how Project Based Learning and Design Thinking could be used to change the teaching of Ergonomics and possessing a USP scholarship to investigate how value for customers is managed throughout the supply chains.