Education

University Application Process

My university application process was stressful, but very successful, being accepted into all five of my choices: Durham, Exeter, Warwick, Bristol and Loughborough. It was a tough choice, but the sporting prowess, top-of-the-line facilities, and welcoming atmosphere all spoke to me and I decided to accept the offer at Loughborough. Why did I choose mechanical engineering? Not knowing what I wanted to do at 17 years old (nobody does) I pursued what I was good at and enjoyed – maths, physics, and problem solving. I new it was a highly regarded degree with promising career prospects. My father also has a degree in mechanical engineering and, having similar tendencies, I believed it was a good path to explore…

Key modules and Projects

Mathematics for Mechanical Engineering

This module taught advanced mathematics which underpinned engineering theory. Maths has always been a strong interest of mine (I often enjoy watching YouTube videos on complicated maths topics) so I found it wildly fascinating. It covered advanced topics such as Fourier Series, Laplace Transforms, Probability Theory, etc.

Engineering Management, Finance, Law and Quality

This module taught key management, finance, law, and quality control principles. The finance section was my favourite – I gained an understanding of the three financial statements (the balance sheet, the income statement, and the cash flow statement). This module was great as it covered topics outside of engineering, and was vastly different to most of the other quantitative modules.

Industry Based Project (with Ping)

During my 2nd year, myself and a group of other students were provided a problem by an industry partner, in this case Ping – the golf apparel brand, to which we had to propose a solution. Looking back on my degree, I can clearly point to this module as one of my greatest learning experiences. We were tasked with creating a ‘high tee’ that wheelchair golfers could use to hit the ball off, baseball style. This was first hand experience in project management, going through the initial research phase, the creating a Product Design Specification (PDS) which we used to aid our ideation processes. From this we generated many concepts, using a Pugh matrix to select certain concepts to take forward, developing these further, then completing another round of selection with a Pugh matrix. This brought us to a final proposal. We outlined these steps and our proposal in a written formal report, which was an invaluable skill to learn that I have used throughout my degree. Following this, we presented our idea to Ping, which they approved. From here we produced CAD models of the proposal, which was then produced in the workshop and we assembled it to form our prototype. We tested it in the Ping lab on campus, then did a formal presentation which concluded the project.

Total Product Design (with adidas)

Project Leadership

Engineering Computation

Computer Aided Design Manufacture and Test (CADMAT)

Project Leadership