Meet Joel, who now works in a Market & Business Intelligence team at Liander.
Joel van Tiem is alumnus Advanced Technology and shares his experiences with Advanced Technology and tells about his job that he picked up after his studies.
How I ended up studying Advanced Technology
Open days. Being a “student for a day”. Lots of pens with university logos. Joel says that in his final year of high school he was very busy trying to decide what to study afterward. "It wasn’t until after I’d had the opportunity to join a first-year student of Advanced Technology for a day that I thought: ‘This is what I can picture myself studying next year.’" Which is exactly what happened.
Main feature
"To me the programme’s main feature was the analytical and multidisciplinary approach. You learn to really analyze and comprehend complex problems," Joel shares. "In my second year a fellow student and I built a radio transmitter in ten weeks’ time. While at the start of the quarter we hardly knew what an antenna was, we concluded the project hearing our music on our neighbours’ FM radio. It’s really awesome to be able to use what you’ve learned in such a direct way."
After studying
"After my studies I got a job at Liander, a company that manages the electricity and natural gas grids in most of The Netherlands. My team, Market & Business Intelligence, charts future developments in the energy industry and their impact on the networks. It’s hardly a radio station, but it’s a complex problem nonetheless. I’m grateful for Advanced Technology to have taught me how to deal with this type of problems," Joel smiles.
Find out more
Are you inspired by Joel's story and interested to find out more about Advanced Technology? Read another alumnus story or participate in one of our study orientation activities, like Joel did.