• Question: when did you want to become an engineer

    Asked by buzz022can to Sanjeev, Orla, Fiona, Eimear, Tom, Cillian on 2 Mar 2020. This question was also asked by deer022cup, city022ace.
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      Fiona Malone answered on 2 Mar 2020:

      I wanted to become an engineer after I went to an engineering talk at an open day in UCC. I got to hear from real engineers all about the work they do everyday and it sounded great. I loved the idea of biomedical engineering because it means that you help people everyday and solve problems with doctors and surgeons in hospitals which is really cool.

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      Orla McGee answered on 2 Mar 2020:

      I was 17 and I went to an Open Day at NUIG and someone told me about engineering and showed me the devices you make and told me about the things you study. I found it so interesting so I decided to become an engineer.

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      Eimear O'Hara answered on 3 Mar 2020:

      Since I did Engineering for my Leaving Cert, I love being able to design and build things so it was a perfect fit!

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      Sanjeev Kumar answered on 10 Mar 2020:

      I was about 16 when I started thinking about my prospective career. During the final year of my senior secondary studies, I was interested in both Biology and Mathematics (apart from physics and chemistry). Initially, I was confused between medial and engineering as my career. However, I was interested more in medical, and I wanted to be a doctor to help cure patients. I wrote competitive examinations to take admission into a medical college. However, medical entrance examinations in India are highly competitive, and I could not succeed in this pursuit.

      As I was also good at mathematics and engineering was my second choice, I decided to make my career in engineering. Today, I am a happy and satisfied engineer. I love my job, and it gives me satisfaction when I design something new. Recently, I have been involved in developing the devices, which can be used for wireless health monitoring of the patients in a hospital.

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      Cillian Thompson answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      I wanted to become an engineer after a talk that we got from a civil engineer while I was in school but like then I realised I was more interested in biology and helping people with health difficulties and thats when I thought of biomedical engineering

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