October 2025 – Faculty of Engineering and Design Part II student blog

Becoming the Engineer I Want to Be: Reflecting and Looking Ahead 💫

It’s almost over!!! This year has been a whirlwind of emotions, PTSD from writing group reports, intense caffeine withdrawals and late nights questioning my existence. But despite the hurdles, this year has been one of true ✨character development 📖 and full of moments that have helped me morph closer into my dream engineer-self. Tearing up…Continue Reading Becoming the Engineer I Want to Be: Reflecting and Looking Ahead 💫

My Software Origin Story

I’ve been interested in software engineering for a long time. My dad, a software engineer, got me started – I was nine years old when one day he took me to the family computer and taught me basic HTML and CSS. As a kid, I had loved using “the computer”, playing around in Photoshop, Word,…Continue Reading My Software Origin Story

I Feel it

What now? “Ladies and gentleman, ladies with gentle hands, old people on pension plans, those who graduated have less exams” So guys, this is it. the end of the semester. Busy labs full of students, now so silent you could hear a needle drop. Emotions rampant, the restlessness from hours of studying, and caffeine influenced…Continue Reading I Feel it

The Final Stretch: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Heyyyy everyone!!! Maadhav back again, writing this from what I can only describe as the eye of the storm. You know that part in movies where everything goes quiet right before absolute chaos? That’s where we are right now. All four courses are simultaneously wrapping up, which apparently means giving us ALL THE WORK at…Continue Reading The Final Stretch: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Engsci Q and A with me!

I would first like to start this blog by saying how surprising it is to think that this will be my last blog as an EngSci p2 blogger, and also that I am nearly halfway through my degree. To wrap up all the blogs, I essentially asked actual part 1 questions I knew, wanting to…Continue Reading Engsci Q and A with me!

Specialisation Inspiration (obscure jobs for each spec)

If only our engineering faculty spent their budget on a Harry Potter sorting hat, then one of the biggest decisions of our life could be completely up to fate! But alas… we must make this scary and overwhelming decision with such limited perspective, all by ourselves. ✨CHOOSING YOUR SPECIALISATION!✨ Today I shall share some out-of-the-box…Continue Reading Specialisation Inspiration (obscure jobs for each spec)

The humbling lessons of second year

It’s nearly that dreaded time of year again, and exam season is once again around the corner. And while I’m currently drowning in a never ending to do list of assignments and lectures to catch up on, I thought I’d share some lessons I have learnt to help you navigate second year. Time Management is…Continue Reading The humbling lessons of second year

My flabbers? Gasted. My gobs? Smacked. A PII Tron retrospective.

They say time flies when you’re having fun. Now I don’t know who ‘they’ are, but the mystery quote-sayers are right. With only two weeks left before the academic year comes to a close (with the exception of a few weeks of exams 😱), time has truly flown. Like a bird. Or a plane. Or…Continue Reading My flabbers? Gasted. My gobs? Smacked. A PII Tron retrospective.

Surviving Uni Without Losing My Mind (Mostly)

I know hell-season (aka exams) is approaching soon, so I thought I’d share some ✨words of wisdom✨ to help ease the chaos. As a former stereotypical high-school overachiever with a toxic dependency on academic validation, I used to treat my grades as a reflection of my self-worth. But despite my desperate attempts to remain an…Continue Reading Surviving Uni Without Losing My Mind (Mostly)

The Art of The Lab Report

Today I’d like to talk about one of the most fundamental parts of CHEMMAT life; a type of assignment only done by us CHEMMATers, and Biomed students. So if you’re considering Biomed (in which case, go check out Iz’s blogs), listen up too! Yes, I’m talking about the fabled Lab Report. We usually do lab reports after, well, labs…obviously…and after the lab there are usually questions which we’d answer in a certain section of our report. The rest, though, is a layout of background, theory, methods, etc etc. Honestly, it makes me feel quite fancy and posh when I write one….Continue Reading The Art of The Lab Report