Undergraduate student profiles

See what our undergraduate students have to say about their Electrical and Electronic Engineering degrees.

Dr. Matthew Hobbs: from undergraduate student to lecturer in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Dr. Matthew Hobbs MEng Electronic Engineering (2009), PhD Electronic Engineering (2014)

This alumni profile focuses on Dr. Matthew Hobbs, who studied his MEng and PhD degrees within the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at ��«Ӱҵ. Here, we catch up with Matthew after the publication of his paper entitled “High-Speed Infrared Radiation Thermometer for the Investigation of Early Stage Explosive Development and Fireball Expansion”, on which he was lead author.

Photograph of alumni Thomas Searle longboarding in the peaks when he was a student at the University of ��«Ӱҵ

The course content is really varied - you learn a lot of really interesting things and there’s a lot of avenues that you can go down

Thomas Searle MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry

Thomas Searle – MEng Electronic Engineering with a Year in Industry (class of 2022) – now works as a Systems Engineer at Sagentia Innovation, where he provides product development services focused on science and technology initiatives.

Photo of Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering student Joseph Fields

I've been involved with in a project to design machines to recycle plastics

Joseph Fields MEng Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering with a Year in Industry

MEng Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering with a Year in Industry student Joseph Fields has been active in societies such as the ACSE student society, Engineers without Borders and Ice Hockey. He is planning on a Year in Industry and wants to go into research and development.

Photo of Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering student Serena Cicin-Sain

My dream job would be using robotic systems to combat environmental issues

Serena Cicin-Sain Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering MEng

Serena Cicin-Sain is a MEng Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering student at the University of ��«Ӱҵ. She chose the course through her love of maths and programming and has really enjoyed the group assignments and projects during her studies. Serena is looking to apply her robotic engineering skills to a career in sustainability.

Apply for everything, even if you don't believe you will get it. You'll never know if you don't try

Ellie Giulietti MEng General Engineering

Ellie Giulietti is in her third year of studying towards an MEng in General Engineering, specialising in Energy and Sustainability. Here she talks about her Industrial Placement Year at CERN in Switzerland.

Photo of student Shamoil Khomosi at Mercedes surrounded by trophies

I worked on battery-electric vehicles and with the Formula-E team at Mercedes AMG

Shamoil Khomosi BEng Mechatronic and Robotic Engineering with Year in Industry

Shamoil worked as a Software and Controls placement student at Mercedes AMG based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire for his Industrial Placement Year.

Kacper's ��«Ӱҵ journey - from exciting beginnings to an industrial placement year with ZF Group

Kacper Sikorski MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Kacper is a third year MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at the University of ��«Ӱҵ. He is currently undertaking an industrial placement year as an Associate Electronics Engineer with ZF Group, a global technology company supplying systems for all kinds of vehicles and technologies!

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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering