Alla Gakuba

When attending civil engineering university in her native city Odessa, on the Black Sea, the Soviet Union, Alla P. Gakuba lived an ordinary life. She was a shy, timid, and unsure of herself young woman, but a serious student.

Fascinated with life, bubbled with infinite youth energy, and curious about the world, she had read hundreds classic books written by world famous classical writers. She saw numerous movies, the majority of them international, and went to the theater many times to hear the most popular operas, saw ballet performances, not to mention visits to the drama theatre, the circuses, and philharmonic classical music performances, all from a young age.

She was a dreamer…In her dreams she was anything she wanted to be. Intoxicated by life she imitated her heroes and adopted their manner, language, attitudes, and became as sophisticated as they were.

Then, one cold, unassuming November evening, fate suddenly interfered and changed her destiny. Fate propelled her to live on different continents, ambushed her with life-threatening events and monumental problems. She survived, became stoic, and make many contributions.

Alla worked in 4 countries: the Soviet Union, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the United States; in 3 languages: Russian, French, and English; and under 2 radical systems: socialism and capitalism.

Alla P. Gakuba, received her BSCE from Odessa Civil Engineering University in the Soviet Union; she earned her master’s degree at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; and she received her PhD from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Some of Alla P. Gakuba’s, BSCE, MAS, PhD, contributions to engineering, healthcare, and to women:

o She designed alone, one person, a 10-span bridge with 4 ramps, I-95, in downtown Baltimore, over the Patapsco River.

o She found the solution how to design “a spiral” and then designed it for 3.5 miles of the Baltimore subway aerial structure which is considered to be the most challenging engineering design.

o She was the 1st woman to receive a PhD in the Management of Science, Technology, and Innovations field.

o Her dissertation is considered to be in the top 5% among 250–300 dissertations written in the last 15 years.

o In health care, Alla P. Gakuba created several innovations. One of her innovations sparked an entirely new industry. It created hundreds of thousands of new jobs. As it grew, it started bringing millions, and then $120-$140 billions of dollars yearly in new revenue to many companies.

Books by Alla P. Gakuba, BSCE, MAS, PhD; the trilogy. Each book has 20 nonfiction short stories.

These are motivational and inspirational nonfiction short stories to teach logic, creativity, new skills, and self-esteem that would change readers lives:

Book 1: What Is Life? What Is Happiness?

Book 2: A Person Is a Product of Time, Place, and Circumstances.

Book 3: How to Design Innovations and Solve Business and Personal Problems.

LINK to buy her books: http://amazon.com/author/allabooks

Alla's Web Page: www.allaPgakuba@yahoo.com