Interview with Dr. Zhurilo Alla

What are your strengths?

It’s precision, learning, accuracy.

May I know your weaknesses?

Certainly. It’s a good book to read.

What are your goals?

Do their job.

Where do you want to be in next 5 years time?

This is too personal a question.

What 3 positive words would your colleagues/friends say about you?

Probably a decent, accurate, good specialist.

Tell me about a time when something went well?

In Ukraine so long does not happen. Every election brings challenges for researchers and teachers.

Tell me about a time when something went wrong and you dealt with it?

Always the problems were solved by the fact that they worked more and looked for non-traditional methods of solving problems.

What is your greatest achievement?

This is my son and my family.

What & who motivates you?

This is my son and my family.

How do you handle pressure/stress?

I read books, write articles.

What do you like to do outside of work?

I write articles on the history of metallurgy.

What’s unique about you?

Hard to say. Everyoneisspecial.

Tell me about how a professional qualification you have obtained has helped you personally?

I became a Professor.

Tell me about a significant crisis you have faced?

This has never happened in my life.

How do you resolve conflict in the groups or teams that you are a part of?

The problem is solved by careful selection of employees.

Tell me about a time when you changed your priorities to meet others’ expectations?

This has never happened in my life.

Tell me about a difficult decision that you have made?

This has never happened in my life.

What significant problems have you faced in the last year?

These are military operations in the East of Ukraine.

Tell me how you organize your work and schedule your time?

Planning is carried out with the help of a diary.

Describe a situation you were involved in that required a multi-dimensional communication strategy?

This has never happened in my life.

What two or three accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction? Why? 

This is my son’s success. Children should have more achievements than parents.

Describe a time when you led or motivated others?

This is the last 8 years of my practice.

Describe a situation where you were successful in getting people to work together effectively?

This is a standard situation. You just have to pick up the right people.

May I know about your research students? How many members awarded with the degree PhD/M.Phil?

Two students awarded PhD.

By considering all of your research students, who is the best researcher you would like us to know?

It is difficult to say – almost all students are engaged not in research, but in practical work.

What type of research is going on in your laboratory?

The laboratory studies the parameters of horizontal continuous casting.

Describe a specific problem solved by you?

I managed to significantly reduce the porosity of the metal by metallurgical methods.

What is an approach for a problem?

Application of physical and chemical methods of metal processing.

Give some commonly faced repercussions in your life with which you failed to meet your deadline?

Usually this does not happen.

In such situations what are the measures you have taken to avoid such repercussions when the same deadline is set in course of time?

I have strict time control and I know how to plan my time.

What are the qualities of an ideal student/learner?

The qualities of an ideal student – the ability and desire to learn.

What are the qualities of an ideal teacher?

The qualities of an ideal teacher are patience, knowledge, ability and desire to teach.

Which stage of education for a child is important?

All stages are important, but the main one is primary education.

Does nationalism has any impact in learning process?

Yes, of course it does.

Does one education system suit for all set of students across the world?

No, you have to take into account local traditions.

How to initiate problem based learning?

You need to find the interest of the student and rely on it.

What is the goal of education?

As one writer joked, the goal of education is to make a person happy.

What is the root cause of existing scenario of choosing education as an earning source than learning source?

Each person has his own script.

Role of emotional intelligence of a person?

Emotional intelligence affects a person’s life, but they cannot justify all the luck and failure of the person.

How to define a success?

A little rest and continue to work on. Success is often worse than failure.

How to handle failure?

We need to work harder and harder.

Does a person daily routine has an impact in learning?

Has a bad influence. Training should be interesting to the students.

What is effect of technology on students?

First of all, students are influenced by the Internet and social networks.

How can we streamline usage of technology for better results?

It is necessary to combine theoretical education with practical.

Finally, what do you suggest the young/upcoming researchers?

My advice: to learn, to master your profession.

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