chemical and material engineering – Faculty of Engineering and Design Part II student blog

The “I” Word…

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…

The **** is CHEMMAT anyway?

Maybe I’ll start with this. I write to you, eager Part Ones, on behalf of the best specialisation in the world: Chemical and Materials Engineering (which I’m gonna call CHEMMAT now, for the sake of my fingers). But I’m certain that a good chunk of you don’t know exactly what that is. I’ll be honest: I didn’t fully know what it meant either until I did a bit more research in my Part One. But you know what? After finding out, I was pumped for Part II. Hopefully, by the end of this semester, you’ll feel the same….Continue Reading The **** is CHEMMAT anyway?

A Final Goodbye!

Welcome to the final CHEMMAT post for 2024! I sincerely hope you enjoyed our time together as much as I did. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on completing your first-year engineering classes! I know exams are just around the corner, so I would not celebrate too quickly yet, but I believe…Continue Reading A Final Goodbye!

More Papers Please!

‘Twas the few weeks before exams, and all through the engineering faculty, not a student was stirring – assignment insanity! I may not be a poet, but I will tell you this: The news that I will tell you will fill you with bliss! The next year is coming sooner than you fear, so listen…Continue Reading More Papers Please!

FAQ’s: All the things they wont tell you about CHEMMAT.

Welcome to the fourth instalment of the 2024 CHEMMAT blog! I hope you are all doing well and had a somewhat restful break! Remembering my midsem break last year for semester 2, I was busy doing the CAD and MATLAB assignments; if you ended up in a similar boat this year, I hope you had…Continue Reading FAQ’s: All the things they wont tell you about CHEMMAT.

Somehow I’ll Make an Engineer out of You!

Hello again, engineers and engineers to be! I hope the semester has been treating you well, and I want to sincerely congratulate you for making it through half of semester 2! I’m sure you have a lot of mixed feelings about it. Some of you may love it, and some may absolutely hate it, but…Continue Reading Somehow I’ll Make an Engineer out of You!

Papers Please!

Welcome to the second CHEMMAT blog! I hope you are surviving the second semester; I remember having a rough time with it, but with a little Rusteez and an insane amount of work, you too can look like me! A second-year engineer! I hope this blog helps to inform you about what life will be…Continue Reading Papers Please!

Welcome to the 2024 CHEMMAT Blog!!

Greetings fellow engineers and engineers to be!I am Zlata, and I will be your part 2 Chemical and Materials blogger for 2024. Before I rattle on about my experience and why you should choose this spec, I feel like I should first tell you why I chose it! My Journey with CHEMMAT! I am one…Continue Reading Welcome to the 2024 CHEMMAT Blog!!

Mount Doom in Auckland

The only mountain I am currently hiking is the mountain of workloads. (The Lord of The Rings reference at it best) so, Hi I guess? Anyone feels like dropping out from school already? Honestly, you are not the only one. Hoping there will be a knight in shining armour to come and rescue you from…Continue Reading Mount Doom in Auckland

“I forgot!”

Playing breathin by Ariana Grande in my background. “Just keep breathin’ and breathin’ and breathin’ and breathin’ And oh, I gotta keep, keep on breathin’ Just keep breathin’ and breathin’ and breathin’ and breathin’ And oh, I gotta keep, keep on breathin’ ” I guess this is my advice on how to survive the remaining…Continue Reading “I forgot!”