The Ferranti Building – the history behind the name
Life in EEE 16th April 2019
Electrical Engineering at Manchester has a proud, distinguished history – and the Ferranti name has played an important part in the story. The Ferranti Building, home to elements of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the UK’s largest high-voltage lab, forms part of The University of Manchester’s North Campus. It is named after […]
Meet a 4th year student – Huda
Life in EEE 9th April 2019
My name is Huda binti Ihsanuddin, I am Malaysian, from a region called Kuala Lumpur. 2019 marks my final year as the Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at The University of Manchester. What can I say… these four years have been an absolutely amazing journey, thanks to the Malaysian government, my sponsorship body, who made […]
School hosts young engineers LEGO® event
Uncategorized 13th March 2019
Manchester gained a taste of global competition as a regional heat of the FIRST® LEGO® League INTO ORBIT came to town on 18 February. The event, hosted by us, the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, is part of an initiative aimed at encouraging children to consider a career in STEM (science, technology, engineering and […]
Meet a student ambassador – Fridah
Meet the School 19th February 2019
Meet Fridah A Masake Bowker, one of our 3rd year student ambassadors studying MEng. Electrical and Electronic Engineering and hear about her experiences of Manchester and being an ambassador. Fridah is originally from Kenya but currently lives in Halifax with her family. What are some of your favourite areas to study? There is a lot […]
The underlying principle of engineering school – short essay
Student Experience 8th February 2019
In my previous articles, I discussed engineering from both a personal and societal perspective in order to demonstrate the fundamental applications and communal impact of the discipline. When engineering is discussed in this way, the archetypal interpretation of the “engineer” – who stares at graphs, reference manuals and designs complex systems – subsides to allow […]
Returning to university after my placement year
Life in EEE 10th December 2018
Learn to treat your degree like a 9-5 job, if you know what’s good for you… I’ve had a seemingly smooth transition back to the university life after my placement year at Arup in London. I’ve moved in to a 3-bedroom apartment with 2 friends who also went on an industrial placement year, so we’re […]
Meet a member of our Student Support team – Sam Ward
Meet the School 9th October 2018
Meet our Student Welfare Officer, Sam. Can you tell us a bit more about what your role involves and the kind of things you do on a day-to-day basis? My role is very varied; for the most part I am the ‘Student Welfare Officer’ so most days I will be meeting with students to offer […]
Meet an EEE Tutor – Dr Ogi Marjanovic
Meet the School 1st August 2018
Dr Ogi Marjanovic teaches the first year Circuit Analysis Unit in Year 1 Semester 1 and has been the Undergraduate Admission Tutor for the past ten years. If you have attended a University Open day or a School Visit Day over this time you may recognise him!
Meet an EEE Tutor – Dr Siniša Djurović
Meet the School 27th July 2018
”I firmly believe that this area combines many strands of science in a creative and fun manner to allow for creation of intelligent systems that drive our future, from robotics to wind turbines, electrical cars and planes to supercomputers”.
Meet a PhD student – Ananya Gupta
Meet the School 9th July 2018
Please can you describe your research, for the layman, in ten sentences or less? I am working on autonomous robots for my PhD (think self-driving cars). More specifically, I am working on vision systems for mobile robots so that if a robot enters an unknown area it can scan its surroundings and recognise the […]