Sabrina specialised in Mechatronics at the University of Auckland and graduated in 2022. She is now a Product Development Engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare where she gets to develop life-saving medical devices! What is your role and what do you do? As a Product Development Engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPH), my day-to-day…Continue Reading Q+A with Sabrina at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare!
Likhitha specialised in Mechatronics at the University of Auckland and graduated in 2020. She has worked at Fisher & Paykel Technologies and is now a Structural Analyst at Rocket Lab where she gets to see her work launched into space! What is your role and what do you do? I’m a structural analyst. I evaluate…Continue Reading Q+A with Likhitha at Rocket Lab!
Alrighty, yesyes you’ve heard enough of the whole “mechatronics is a combo of electrical, mechanical and software” spiel, what does a mechatronics engineer actually do?? Tbh, I still don’t know. Hence, let’s ask fellow mechatronics graduates about their journey! The following posts will cover Q+A discussions with three awesome engineers in three different fields who…Continue Reading Introducing the Q+A with Mechatronics Engineers Series: What does a future in mechatronics actually look like?
I won’t go through a mechatronics course breakdown because there are enough insightful posts on it from past years. If you wanna know more about our courses through a student perspective, check out James’ (2023 blogger!) posts: https://student-editorials.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2023/08/12/first-sem-in-tron/ (SEM 1) https://student-editorials.blogs.auckland.ac.nz/2023/09/23/mechatronics-part-ii-sem-two/ (SEM 2) Instead, today I present: Phyllis’ wise advice on flourishing as an engineering…Continue Reading Advice on surviving part 2 mechatronics (and part I !!!)
Kia ora! Hope you are slayin live laugh lovin as usual. Welcome welcome, I’m Phyllis and I am incredibly self aware but that also means I am incredibly wise and can channel my master oogway energy to you all!!! Woohooooooooo LETS GET STRAIGHT INTO IT. Why did I choose Mechatronics 🥰😍 OPPORTUNITIES ARE ENDLESS As…Continue Reading To Mechatronics, or not to Mechatronics
Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! In today’s post, I have a special treat lined up—an exclusive interview with the lecturer many of you adore from the memorable (for better or worse) Part I course, ENGGEN121. Fun fact: if you were all ears during his inaugural ENGGEN121 lecture, you’d recall that he’s an…Continue Reading Q & A With Hazim !!
Hey guys! Welcome back to another blog where I will be going over some general tips for finding internships but I will also be providing some specific insights for mechatronics students. A few words before I get into the finding internship stuff, as a required part of your degree you must complete 800 hours of…Continue Reading Mechatronics Internships!!
Welcome back to another blog! In this blog I will be going over the much anticipated course reviews – semester two edition of course. Overview Let me get this out of the way first, in terms of workload I don’t think semester two is significantly easier compared to semester one BUT it is definitely the…Continue Reading Mechatronics Part II, Sem Two
Hey guys, in this blog I will be going over some of the activities and programs you can participate in so keep your eyes peeled for them next year! Case Competitions Although case competitions are not as popular among engineering students, they are an excellent way to further develop your critical thinking skills and apply…Continue Reading Extracurricular Activities!!!
Hope everyone is having a great semester so far. Can you believe we are already at the end of week 4? As we all try to get our heads around this engineering gig, I bet some courses have got you scratching your head, and maybe you are wondering what happens in the second year. So,…Continue Reading First sem in Tron