Sakthy Selvakumaran

Isaac Newton Trust / Newnham Engineering Fellow (University of Cambridge). Founder (BKwai). Using engineering to support cities be more resilient. Own views.

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@Ryanair @RyanairPress - surely you need to let people, especially mothers with babies access water somehow??

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

Stuck on plane that should have arrived 1hr40 ago, but diverted to another city due to bad weather. Not allowed to leave the plane. Not allowed tap water. Not allowed to open the cabinet to sell water. Breastfeeding mother & children on board. @Ryanair let your staff sell water!

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@Steph_Adeyemo Congratulations! 👏🏾

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

A hotel agrees to give a refund for one night - we just have to go to @bookingcom to get the refund. Why are all of our correspondence messages deleted? Why is no one arranging this refund? Months and months we are waiting, and all our message history is wiped?

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

Congratulations to this impressive group of volunteers, who are now UN classified and will continue to support those in regions impacted by disasters.

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@ZahraSadeghi_RS @spottitt @NERC_COMET @SEELeeds @GeoAndyHooper @timwright_leeds @CambridgeCDBB Congratulations on the new, exciting role! Definitely keep in touch, and hope to collaborate again in the future.

[Vajra Chandrasekera @_vajra]

oh, and in case you missed why Sri Lankans need help right now, it's because of this whole situation https://t.co/3i6S2fL5P1

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@asiyaislam @LeedsUniBSchool @CERIC_LUBS Very exciting! Wishing you all the best in your new role! ❤

[Construction Innovation Hub @CIH_HUB]

We are with @Cambridge_Uni researchers discussing digital twins. Digital twins are a way of getting better insights about the assets you commission, design, construct or manage, enhancing their performance and the outcomes. #DW2021 https://t.co/I9ZhYXXgTH
@NicolaNcla @sakthys

[Construkt Youth @ConstruktYouth]

Very excited to have Construkt @SeriouS_A_Youth back in person! Some impressive tender presentations, with young people passionate about finding solutions that reduce carbon and climate impacts as well as being safe, efficient and cost effective. #Construkt #netzero

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@asiyaislam Congratulations to you both! 🙂

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@wahajmb Professional institutions and societies have some - I don't know your field to make specific suggestions...in Engineering, for example, @IETawards have a travel scholarship which funds PhD students travelling for conferences and fieldwork.

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@RuthxJackson Would be interested in seeing what running 'freestyle' would look like...

[Jennifer Schooling @JenniferCSIC]

Join us this afternoon for our CSIC Distinguished Lecture, given by Prof Jim Hall, from the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

Can also do it with elastic bands and small bits of cane or down rod with slits cut into either end ... makes for an fun #stem activity with kids :)

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

Who knew a hobby in making structural tensegrity sculptures as art could be so threatening? 🤷🏿‍♀️

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

To try making one: you need some solid pieces (e.g. bamboo) and some wire. Simplest example is 3 pieces, which you can connect with the wire being slack, then tighten each wire up bit by bit until they're all in tension but the bamboo pieces don't touch. Roughly done example:

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

This is a beautiful thread that speaks a lot to me. For the father that moved to give his family a better life, who didn't have a father of his own, who doesn't say much but shows through his actions how much he loves us. Happy Father's day to one gave his daughters the world ♥️

[Sahaj Kaur Kohli @SahajKohli]

Happy Father's Day to the immigrant Papas who moved across the world to plant roots in an unknown land. The ones who didn't have a roadmap and are trying their best. The ones who never looked back in order to create a life where we can intentionally make choices they never had.

[Sakthy Selvakumaran @sakthys]

@annekadeva We might do - can I DM you to get details?