Hi my name is Deanna and I’m an electrical
engineering and maths graduate from QUT.
A double degree’s a great option because
in the space of 5 years you can come out with
2 bachelors and when you consider that engineering
is 4, and so for just an extra one year you
can come out as a mathematician, that was
what really attracted me to it.
There’s also the added benefit of being
more attractive to potential employers because
you’ve got that extra edge over other candidates
due to your different skill set and thinking
from the two degrees.
All engineering students at QUT have the opportunity
to undertake an industry based work placement,
so for me I actually did 3, all were 60 days,
and it gives you the opportunity to apply
what you’ve learned and you really realise
that you have learnt a lot, and it gives you
encouragement to continue with the course,
and then you get some insight into what career
pathways you might like to follow as a graduate
engineer.
One of the things that I’ve been involved
with throughout my course is the Girls in
Engineering Making Statements club, and in
the last few years I started the Big Sister
/ Little Sister mentoring program, which gives
the higher year students a chance to help
the first and second year students settle
in.
What attracted me to a career in engineering
was the chance to put critical thinking into
practise, an work as an inventor to solve
real world problems.
Now that I’ve graduated I’m going to be
working on a project developing low cost diagnostic
medical equipment for use in the developing
world.
And then I’d like to head to Europe to do
my masters in Medical Robotics.
