July 2019 – Page 2 – Faculty of Engineering Part II student blog

Attacked by Canvas announcements and Piazza notifications – Mechatronics Semester One Summary

Wow! Semester one has gone by wayyyy quicker than I realised! Where did all the time go? Last year, it felt like uni dragged on for ages, and then this year is like being attacked by Canvas announcements and Piazza notifications NONSTOP. Honest life advice from Vanessa: second year is a HUGE step up from…Continue Reading Attacked by Canvas announcements and Piazza notifications – Mechatronics Semester One Summary

Time Travel (or, an Introduction Post)

Imagine if time travel was real. Yeah that doesn’t seem to have much to do with software engineering, but trust me on this one. Just think of all the things you could do if you had the ability to travel through time. What would you change? What wouldn’t you change? So many possibilities – I…Continue Reading Time Travel (or, an Introduction Post)

WELCOME 🌟🎉

Hey friends! My name is Rachel and welcome to my blog, where for the next twelve weeks I will be giving you all the inside info and tips for studying Chemical and Materials engineering! As I’m sure you would all know yourselves, engineering students struggle to find a lot of spare time. But when I…Continue Reading WELCOME 🌟🎉

Michael under the Microscope 👀🔬

Hey, my name is Michael and I’m honoured to be the Part II Engineering Science blogger for 2019! I was born in Auckland, raised in Dunedin (hence the moustache) and returned to the motherland to study after a gap year of deciding what to do post-high-school. When my head’s not in the books*, I play…Continue Reading Michael under the Microscope 👀🔬

Kia Ora!

Hi! I’m Chinmaya (pronounced like “my-chin” but the syllables the other way around). I’m a second-year Mechanical Engineering student here at UoA! I’ve always been super interested in maths and science, so it was a no-brainer to come up to Auckland to study engineering. In my spare time, I play competitive squash, take part in…Continue Reading Kia Ora!

Q&A TAG – who runs the 2019 Civil blog ❓🤔 | #1

Happy accident or not, you’ve stumbled across my blog page. Welcome! I’m Cailey, and as of this time in writing I am a second year Civil Engineering student doing a conjoint degree with Arts (I major in Japanese – for all those who are curious!) Hopefully through my future posts you are able to get…Continue Reading Q&A TAG – who runs the 2019 Civil blog ❓🤔 | #1

Electromagnetic In(tro)duction

Welcome! I’m Brian, and I’ll be your Electrical blogger this year. I have been described by my COMPSYS201 lecturer as “making things rather worse,” and I can only hope to carry over this same positive work ethic and dedication as I enter the blog team this year. Outside of my degree, I’m usually chasing deadlines…Continue Reading Electromagnetic In(tro)duction

HELLO from Vanessa – Introduction

I’ve been sitting at my laptop for far too long trying to write a cool personal introduction but ended up looking at memes and pictures of cute dogs instead – whoops! Anyway, I’m Vanessa and here’s a big HELLO and welcome to my blog. 🙂 I study mechatronics and German and in my spare time…Continue Reading HELLO from Vanessa – Introduction