“UT is the only Dutch university to offer the Electrical Engineering programme in English, which naturally appealed to me as a Canadian. I chose this study because it is the most impactful one for my generation – at least I think it is. I dare to say that electronics will play an even bigger role in our future than they do today. The study offers endless possibilities. Electronics are all around us and it is fantastic to use our knowledge to meet the world’s electronic needs.”
Drone Team Twente
“In addition to my studies, I am the founder and team manager of Drone Team Twente. The team focuses on designing and building drones and does not consist only of electrical engineering students. This year is extremely important to the team. Besides the competitions we take part in every year, we also face a new challenge: the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Challenge. This competition offers emergency aid with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or UAV. It is about helping victims in disaster areas. The UAVs are tested to see how well they handle tasks such as finding survivors of e.g. a flood or dropping medical supplies using parachutes. However, the main criterion of the UAS Challenge is safety. The competitions that the Drone Team Twente has taken part in before, DroneClash and MAAX Europe, demand entirely different things from a UAV, namely fighting and racing. Our team currently has twenty-seven members, which makes us one of UT’s largest student teams – second only to the Solar Team Twente. There are plenty of roles for an electrical engineering student in our team: from management to programming or even marketing.”