Programme/Webmaster

Faculty Profile

Name: Rob Grundy
Post: Website / Programme Co-ordinator (Acting-Dean during Faculty absence)
Contact details: webmaster@idwcon.org
Qualifications: D.Thau. Applied Thaumaturgy (Dark), PhD Roundworld Laboratory Astrophysics, MPhys (Hons), B.Im.N.
Research interests: Space-time distortion effects of assembled groups, a localised bi-annual phenomenon
Publications: “Experiment on Collisionless Plasma Interaction with Applications to Supernova Remnant Physics” (Physics of Plasmas, 11, 7, 3386-3393 2004), “Creation of a Uniform High Magnetic-field Strength Environment for Laser-driven Experiments” (Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 98, No. 5, 054913, 01.09.2005), “Thaumodynamic Instabilities in Roundworld Simulations” (Journal of Inadvisably Applied Magic, 75-4 Grune - Reversed Ptarmigan), “N-body Event Interactions in a Closed System” (Readings in Recent Runes, 23-16, Spune - Spinning Mouse)
Working Groups: Ancient Order of Old Bar Stewards (AM)

Academic Philosophy:
As acting Dean, Rob has a wide range of roles within the faculty - from putting together the website and random tech through to designing, scheduling and running events. Having been inducted into the fold by three Mad Irish Women who managed to turn the phrase "What to you know about writing websites?" into "So it'll be ready to launch in 3 weeks?" over the course of one pint, Rob threw himself into the challenge. Since then he's never looked back or found the ability to say "No" (apparently that's the Librarian's job) to doing a host of things from Rockbusters to Luggage Wars. Rob has been a faculty member for 2013 and 2015, but takes the occasional sabbatical to run guilds / sects / societies / band crew for the International Conventions.