Rossana Pasquino took up wheelchair fencing five years ago as a way to stay fit and as a distraction from the rigours of her academic work. She was introduced to the sport in 2015 by childhood friend, and top-ranked Italian epee fencer, Francesca Boscarelli.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Francesca was training at a fencing club in Napoli at the time,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Dr. Pasquino says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�They had a wheelchair platform but no athletes. It ended up being a lot of fun because there were many athletes there who were not disabled but who would sit and fence with me. I started to just like it for recreation. Then, as my skills improved, I started to try different weapons and to compete.카지노 게임 컬렉션� 

Dr. Pasquino joined the Italian National Wheelchair Fencing Team after earning a bronze medal in the team sabre category at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Federation World Cup in Warsaw in 2017. She and her team went on to win silver in the IWAS World Championships in Rome later that year, and silver in epee and sabre in the Italian Championships earlier this year. She카지노 게임 컬렉션�s planning to compete in the European championships later in 2018 and is positioning herself now to qualify for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a lot of work to balance the sport with my career,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Pasquino. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I only started to be very good at fencing in the last two years and it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s not possible to be competitive at such a high level as you get older, so I have about 10 years to go. It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s not easy to do everything and do everything well, but I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m going to do the best I can.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

And it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s an impressive career to balance.

Dr. Pasquino recently earned a spot as associate professor in chemical engineering at the in Naples. She카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll be starting at that post in September. She met Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s engineering professor in 2011 while he was teaching a short course on polymer processing in Crete, Greece. They had a meeting of academic minds, so Dr. Giacomin successfully nominated Dr. Pasquino to visit Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s this summer through the Principal's Development Fund for Visiting Scholars. She카지노 게임 컬렉션�s working with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s researchers to better understand ways to characterize polymers.  

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The plan was to understand how polymers scatter laser light,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Dr. Pasquino. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We can get insight into a materials카지노 게임 컬렉션� molecular structure 카지노 게임 컬렉션� if, for example, molecules are branched, form linear chains, rings, or other structures.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s work that could help industry to better determine the physical properties of the polymers they use in manufacturing for the purposes of quality control or for selecting the best materials for any given job.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We are also studying polymer degradation in parallel-disk geometry and we will probably end up with a scientific paper at the end of my visit,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says.

To those who may find inspiration in Dr. Pasquino카지노 게임 컬렉션�s athletic and academic work, she has some advice:

카지노 게임 컬렉션�So much of life is about fear,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�카지노 게임 컬렉션�I don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t want to travel because something bad could happen,카지노 게임 컬렉션� or 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t want to start engineering because maybe I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m not good enough,카지노 게임 컬렉션� or 카지노 게임 컬렉션�I don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t want to fence, or try a sport because I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m not competitive.카지노 게임 컬렉션� You just have to try. There are barriers you have to overcome, otherwise you don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t do anything. That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s how it is in any life.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Dr. Pasquino is scheduled to practice at the Kingston Fencing Club, 83 Terry Fox Dr. Unit 4, Kingston, Tuesday evenings from 6 to 8 pm through August.