Our bloggers

These students have chronicled their challenges, triumphs and amusing stories from their different specialisations areas to help you plan your next step.

Mechatronics

Arren Guanzon

Hi there! I’m Arren – a runner, CD lover, plant dad (and killer), and your PII Mechatronics blogger for 2025. I’m here to walk you along my journey and determine if tron is the path for you. Through this adventure together, we will lock in, crash out, and discover the many joys that Mechatronics Engineering has to offer.

Civil

Jolie Chen

Hi everyone! I’m Jolie, your Part II blogger for Civil and Environmental Engineering. If you’re interested in learning more about this specialisation, I’m here to give you a realistic breakdown of what it’s like. I know that it can be a bit hard choosing which spec, but hopefully this gives you a better idea of what to expect and whether Civil & Environmental might just be for you! 🙂

Biomedical

Isabella Ciobo

Hiya there! I’m Isabella (or “Iz”), your friendly neighbourhood BME student 🧬⋆.˚🔌🦾! Interested in one of the broadest disciplines out there whilst having a close-knit group of peers to study alongside? Follow along in these blogs as I document second-year life as a Biomedical Engineering student for a genuine and immersive experience!

Mechanical

Maadhav Arora

Hey! I’m Maadhav, your 2024 Mechanical Engineering blogger. I’m here to document the chaos, caffeine, and curveballs of Part II Mech life. If you’re wondering what “mechanical” actually means beyond gears and graphs, come along!!! I’ll show you the good, the hard, and the unexpectedly fun.”

Computer Systems

Emma Dias

Kia ora! I am Emma, your ECSE go-to-girl 💻💅. I’ll be sharing the inside scoop about computer systems and giving you my ✨ golden tips ✨ on how to actually enjoy being an engineering student. I love making new friends, so come say hi to me around campus! If you wanna survive and thrive in engineering (and have a bit of a laugh), check out my blog posts here! 👀 

Engineering Science

Ashmit Bhola

Hey everyone 👋 I’m Ashmit, your Part II Engineering Science blogger for 2025! I’m here to proudly spread the engsci propaganda while sharing honest highs and lows, funny little moments and tips that have kept me going 😅 Stick around and see why engsci might just be the best choice!

Software

Dillon Mok

Hello world! I am a second-year Software Engineering student who loves making music and spends way too much time tinkering with apps. I’m excited to take you on a journey through Software and hopefully give you an informative yet entertaining perspective on what this specialisation has to offer.

Electrical

Bruce Guan

Hi everyone! I’m Bruce, your resident Electrical Engineer (hopefully), and I’m very excited to share my personal experience within this engineering discipline. So come with me as we reveal the shocking truth of EEE…

Chemical and Materials

Dev Rubben Murugian

Hi everyone, I’m Dev. I’m so excited to be a Part II Blogger on behalf of the CHEMMAT specialisation! Hopefully you reading this will enjoy my blogs (and choose CHEMMAT for next year, wink wink.) When I’m not doing anything CHEMMAT-related, I’ll be playing and teaching piano, singing for a choir, and writing blogs about my Part II experience for you all.

Structural

Zara Shreyoshi

Hi there! I’m Zara, your Structural Engineering blogger for 2025!  I’m a lover of fashion (the world – aka the engineering building – is my runway 💅), painting 👩🏽‍🎨, journalling 📖 (I’m a professional overthinker) and pilates! 🤸🏽 Come and read about my journey through this fabulous and struct-acular spec! 💖