Semester Two in 3 words: Projects, labs, Assignments. Notice one word missing? Exams. Ok sure we did have one exam, but we had two weeks to prepare for it. The ECSE department at UoA wants us to leave university with practical experience. After our first semester, we don’t have a single semester without projects. If…Continue Reading Computer Systems Semester Two: Projects Galore
Hey lovely readers! This will be my last blog post of the year and also my last chance to convince you to specialise in MECHATRONICS engineering. I want to say a huge THANKS for reading my previous blog posts and for somehow not getting bored of me. 😊 I hope I have done a good…Continue Reading End of Part II MECHATRONICS – Final Blog Post from Vanessa
Aight, this is a super-long post. I’ve tried to condense it down but turns out I ONLY HAVE ONE MORE POST AHEAD OF ME :0 This post breaks down the group projects I’ve worked on this year, along with the programs and tools I’ve used to aid my learning and collaboration. Feel free to have…Continue Reading How to Make Friends and Influence Group Members
Hiya everyone, apologies for the very long gap between posts – a bunch of tests, projects and presentations clearly got the best of me. For this blog post, I have decided to answer a question that I am literally constantly asked, and it has taken me this entire year of studying chemical engineering to finally…Continue Reading But like, What Does a Chemical Engineer ACTUALLY do?
Most of my posts so far have had a few things in common – a ridiculous title, an introduction with an unusual premise, and an AliExpress-quality sense of humour. This post has none of those things. Okay, who am I kidding. You can’t escape my jokes … just as much as I can’t escape how…Continue Reading Managing Engineering Time Abound
What do a software engineer at ASB and a postdoctoral research fellow at New York University have in common? They were both Part I engineering students at the University of Auckland just like you, who then ended up choosing to specialize in Computer Systems! Following my previous interviews, below we explore two perspectives of previous…Continue Reading Interviewing real Computer Systems Engineers #2
After 12 and a bit weeks, all classes have finally come to their conclusion (yay), and us students are studying hard for our exams (not yay). Well, most students anyway – instead I thought it would be a good time to share with you the happenings of our final few weeks as Part II Biomedical…Continue Reading BME vs. MOSFET