I would like to go into the prosthetics and orthotics industry. The core of my course gives me the engineering knowledge I need, and as I’m especially interested in implants, the biomaterials and biomedical module options allow me to specialise in that area while still developing wider engineering and design experience.

Group design projects have given me the opportunity to actually design products and go through the process of planning what is necessary to take a product to market. I enjoy the collaboration of working in groups and together we can achieve much more depth than time would allow for an individual project.

Taking part in the Tinplate Design Competition was exciting, but also stressful when it was all coming together at the end. Our design was built in the materials workshop, so it was really exciting to see it working in real life, rather than just as a simulation. I enjoyed the competitive nature of the project and it was very interesting on the presentation day to see everyone else’s work and all the thought that had gone into their designs.