What our students say

Undergraduate student stories from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Meet Garima - “Extracurricular activities have added greatly to my university experience, making it wholesome and multifaceted"

Garima Malhotra

Electronics and Computer Engineering

Garima is an international student from India who is currently studying for an MEng degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering at the University of Sheffield. In her spare time, she actively contributes as a valued member of the Women in Engineering Society, and participates in the Sheffield Engineering Leadership and Service Award (SELSA), a programme that equips her with invaluable leadership skills and allows her to create a profound impact in both research and industry. With her rich and diverse university experiences, Garima provides a comprehensive insight into the vibrant environment at Sheffield.

Ece talks about her experience on the BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Ece Erkan

Electrical and Electronic Engineering, took an Industrial Placement Year

Ece is an international student from Turkey in her final year of study for a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and has had a remarkable experience studying at Sheffield so far. She did a year in industry as an Electronics Design Engineer, is a recipient of the Electronics Weekly Bright Sparks award, and attended a hackathon with a cross-faculty University of Sheffield engineering team which has led to a graduate role! We caught up with her to find out about her experience studying with us in the department, and the role she’ll be moving onto at Siemens Mobility after graduating this year.

Wei Theng's MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering experience

Wei Theng Haw

Electrical and Electronic Engineering (MEng)

Wei Theng, an international student from Malaysia, talks to us about his experience studying for a Masters in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield.

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 Sheffield. 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.

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.

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

Joseph Fields

MEng Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, took an Industry Placement Year

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.

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 Sheffield. 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.

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 Sheffield 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 Sheffield. 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!

My time is mainly devoted to software development work and exploring research projects

Marwan Taher

MEng Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, took an Industrial Placement Year

Marwan works at the Dyson Robotics Lab, at Imperial College London in a research focused role and interested in doing a PhD in mobile robotics in the future.

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