Engineering and Physical Sciences - Previous Student Interns
Amir Khorasan: 2008/09
During in internship Amir was a fourth year student, studying Physics with Business and Management at the school of Physics and Astronomy.
He believes that promoting Enquiry Based Learning is one effective way to promote creativity and innovation among university students, and helps young students to explore different and exciting areas of science and engineering, and therefore become more interested in studying of these subjects.
His aim as a CEEBL intern was to help other students to become familiar with the various benefits of EBL, and make sure that they are aware of CEEBL, its activities and available facilities.
Carmen Liu: 2007/08
Carmen is an undergraduate at the university studying BSc Fashion and Textiles for Retailing.
Carmen enjoys local voluntary and charity work, previously helping out at a primary school, radio station within a hospital and being involved with charity events such as fashion shows. She feels her creativity skills can contribute to the wide range of skills held within the CEEBL team.
Tracey Roper: 2007/08
After completing a Textile Engineering 1st class BSc (Hons) degree, Tracey is enjoying the final year of her PhD investigating ballistic protection within the school of materials. This includes the development of bullet proof vests, aircraft engine blast protection, stab testing and other protective applications.
Tracey particularly enjoys working with students from different disciplines, at different academic stages and from other institutions worldwide. After recently visiting Tsinghua University in Beijing she has been offered a full-time position lecturing in Materials Science, and is currently improving on her Mandarin Chinese.
Sebastian Law: 2005/06
Sebastian graduated in 2005 with an M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, and is currently working on a PhD in Financial Mathematics at the University.
His undergraduate degree was the first incorporation of PBL within Engineering at the University, and as such he has first-hand experience with PBL, its problems and benefits. The first two years of the degree were run 50/50 lectures and PBL activities based on lectures. At the end of the first year Sebastian coordinated and edited a report on appropriate marking methods for use in PBL group work, addressing many of the problems experienced by students.
In addition to this he has helped on courses run by Marcia Ody & Karen O’Rourke such as the Interdisciplinary and Social Responsibility workshop, has been a Peer Mentor and was on the Staff-Student Committee in Engineering for the four years of his undergraduate degree.
He has working experience from three months at a research institute in Switzerland (Paul Scherrer Institute), and six months in manufacturing in the UK (Milliken).
