Part II – Page 3 – Faculty of Engineering and Design Part II student blog

5) Why would an Electrical student eat a light bulb? (Or a Dramatic reading of the 2nd year courses for Electrical)

I didn't draw anything; it's just text saying "I'm too lazy to draw this week lmao"

Not the first time that I had thoughts on chowing down on one of the many resistors we get to keep after every Electrical lab session. Certainly not the last! It’s been a few hectic couple more weeks since the last time I have blogged, but I honestly thought it was going to be a…Continue Reading 5) Why would an Electrical student eat a light bulb? (Or a Dramatic reading of the 2nd year courses for Electrical)

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!

Part 1: What I wish I knew about choosing my spec

HEY!!! Hey! Welcome back 🙂 Let’s start off strong with another cat pic (I know you’ve been waiting) This one is going to be about tips I wish I knew when choosing my spec! However, as demonstrated by my spec decision-making journey (yes, it was long enough to call it a journey), advice and what…Continue Reading Part 1: What I wish I knew about choosing my spec

4) “You might ask how it feels to stick a finger in an electrical outlet…”

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…”

Internships in Mechanical Engineering

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

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.

Q+A with Sabrina at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare!

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!

Q+A with Likhitha at Rocket Lab!

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!

Introducing the Q+A with Mechatronics Engineers Series: What does a future in mechatronics actually look like?

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?

Storytime: Civil Engineering and Sustainability 🌱

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 🌱