Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Charlotte: My experience as a disabled woman in engineering
Student experience 5th August 2022
Meet Charlotte, an Electric, Electronic, and Mechatronic Engineering student and a Beatrice Shilling Scholarship awardee in her 3rd year of study. She has taken the time to tell us a bit about her story and why she chose engineering: “I am a disabled woman in engineering. An intersection between minority groups, within an industry that […]

Spotlight on: FOTENIX, James Hibbert. PART 3
EEE in the real world 2nd March 2022
James Hibbert is a University of Manchester alumni and a current FOTENIX team member. He is currently an Electronics Engineer and for the third part of this spotlight series, he’s taken the time to tell us more about his academic and professional journey. Electronics Engineer James Hibbert BEng (Hons) PhD Electronics Engineer FOTENIX (2020 – […]

Meeting our alumni: Mustafa Khanwala, from student to MishiPay Ltd founder.
EEE in the real world 31st January 2022
Mustafa is a EEE University of Manchester alumnus. He studied BEng (hons) Mechatronic Engineering and graduated in 2014. He took some time to tell us what he has been up to since: What is your current job title and what does your job involve? I am the Founder and CEO of MishiPay Ltd. I started […]

Meeting our alumni: Gary Preston
EEE in the real world 19th February 2021
Gary Preston is one of our brilliant Electrical and Electronic Engineering alumni who is now the Connections Team Manager at TNEI in Manchester. We caught up with him to find out how his time studying at Manchester prepared him for his career, and hear about why he loves being an Electrical and Electronic engineer!

Remote working kits – making practical activity possible for our students
Life in EEE 1st December 2020
Students in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) have been given the opportunity to carry out many of the practical elements of their programme from the comfort of their homes Equipped with a National Instruments myDAQ and individual bags of components for each unit, students are able to get hands-on with experiments regardless […]

Student Profile – MSc Renewable Energy and Clean Technology
Student experience 25th June 2020
S M Azharul Islam is currently studying for an MSc in Renewable Energy and Clean Technology. In this post he talks about the content of the MSc and his experiences of studying during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Department academic awarded Fellowship
Meet the Department 30th April 2020
Photon Science Institute academics including the Department’s Dr Jessica Boland, a Lecturer in Functional Materials & Devices, have been appointed a Future Leader Fellowship.

Reviewing the 2nd year Embedded Systems Project
Life in EEE 23rd September 2019
MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering student Airam gives us some background on the Embedded Systems Project, a second year course unit that aims to provide a practical introduction to microcontrollers and embedded systems.

Tom Kilburn, the Baby and EEE
Meet the Department 21st June 2019
Read all about Tom Kilburn, an important figure in the story of electrical and electronic engineering at Manchester and one of the men who built the historic Baby computer.

The Ferranti Building – the history behind the name
Meet the Department 16th April 2019
Discover the fascinating links between the famous Ferranti name and electrical and electronic engineering at The University of Manchester.