Welcome back everyone! In complete honesty, I do not have a solid plan for what this blog will be about… Because what else is there to say? Much of the past blogs before mine have gone into deep detail about surviving possibly the hardest course in Sem 2 (ELECTENG/COMPSYS 209: See here for a great…Continue Reading 4) “You might ask how it feels to stick a finger in an electrical outlet…”
Hi guys! I hope you all had an awesome break and are feeling refreshed and ready to get stuck in! That’s what people always say anyway even though I’ve never felt rEfReShEd 😆 July and August has been grind time for second years as we scramble to apply to as many internships as we can…Continue Reading Internships in Mechanical Engineering
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.
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?
Hey hey!! Thanks for stopping by 🥰 Chances are- you’ve heard of sustainability before. Sustainability has become a bit of a buzzword. It can really get some people going, in good ways and bad….even cats aren’t safe…. So before we formally start this blog, let’s “debuzz” sustainability a bit by going over the basics- i.e.,…Continue Reading Storytime: Civil Engineering and Sustainability 🌱
Howdy! Hope things are going well and all of your mid-sem tests have been manageable. Now, in this blog, I’m gonna talk about how I’m finding this semester so far and the courses that I’m doing as well as touch on the internship grind, which is beating me up a little at the moment 😭…Continue Reading Thoughts on Sem 2 and applying for internships
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 !!!)
… These are some dark times. Right now, I am in a bit of a dark place. Even then, I just enjoy the little things in the dark and remain in a calm state with the resources I have. You could say that I go with the flow when it comes to this course; if…Continue Reading 2) I can’t afford to pay for electricity anymore…