Hey future engineers !!! Maadhav here again, back with another dose of reality mixed with questionable life decisions! So you’ve survived my first post about what mechanical engineering actually looks like, and now you’re probably wondering: “But WHY did this slightly unhinged individual choose this path of beautiful torture?” Buckle up, because this is the…Continue Reading The Real Reason I Chose Mechanical Engineering
Hello again and welcome back to my second post!!! In my first post, I explained what civil engineering is all about, the different subfields within it, and the difference between civil and structural (which you should totally check out the structural blog if you haven’t already!) From my first post, I hope you got a…Continue Reading To or not to Civil?
You might have seen videos of OpenAI’s latest GPT-5 model and all the impressive things it can do when it comes to coding: creating a fluid dynamics simulation, a 3D racing game or even a basic working Photoshop clone. That leaves the question on the mind of every software engineering student, and anyone considering studying…Continue Reading Software Engineers vs AI: Who Will Win?
“A mechatronics engineer is the jack of all trades and master of none.” – a lot of people As someone who knows jack about trades and has mastered nothing, that phrase might very well be true. Welcome back to the blog, dawgs 👋🌲 I’m still Arren, my licked-batteries-count is still four, and you’re seemingly still…Continue Reading Tron Explained: Who is Jack and what is he trading??
These 800 internship hours are a combination of general and sub-professional work. General work involves working with trade skills and engineering processes directly, like working with machining tools. Sub-professional work is about your responsibilities as an engineer, such as work within a consultancy. You can choose to do fully general work, fully sub-professional work or a combination of both, so you won’t be penalised if you don’t like getting your hands too dirty (or you like getting your hands really dirty!)…Continue Reading The “I” Word…
Perspective Since the purpose of the Part II student blog is to help first years choose their specializations, the focus has largely been on the courses taken in their respective specializations. But I believe that only tells one side of the story. There are many aspects of the Engineering lifestyle that we overlook, and in…Continue Reading The Bark Don’t Match the Bite
My time as a software baddie 👩🏽💻 (disclaimer: this is totally NOT hate mail to software folks…) My second year had an unconventional start, with me actually taking Software Engineering. But wait- why the hell did I pivot to Structural then? (You may be wondering… or not) Well.. long story short, software just wasn’t for…Continue Reading Debugging My Degree: Why I Left Software for Structural Engineering
The best way to determine whether software engineering is the right specialisation for you is to start working on a project and writing some code. It’s one thing to learn coding through a course (like in high school or ENGGEN 131), but it’s another thing to work on a “real” project, navigating design challenges, fixing…Continue Reading Code First, Commit Later: A Software Litmus Test
What’s up, legends!!! I’m Maadhav, and I’m absolutely STOKED to be your guide through the organised chaos that is Part II Mechanical Engineering! Choosing your spec can feel like trying to juggle blindfolded while riding a unicycle (teachings of the all-star Peter Bier 😉). But don’t worry, I’m here to spill ALL the beans 🫘…Continue Reading Welcome to the World of Part II Mechanical Engineering
Hey y’all 👋🌊 I’m Arren and I’m super excited to welcome you to the Mechatronics Blog for 2025! Picking your spec can be a suuuuper intimidating task, so I’m here to lighten your load and pull back the curtain on the elusive world of mechatronics. Over the next semester, I’ll be talking about different courses,…Continue Reading Love, Death & Robots: A Semester of Mechatronics