Personal motivation

One of my earliest memories from when I was a kid is that I was taking old electrical appliances apart just to see what was inside. By taking old electrical appliances apart and practically wrecking them, I learned how things are composed and I got familiar with components. Then by reading some books, I discovered what the components where for and how they worked. I began to make new things from the old junk, my own toys so to say. This was the period where my interest grew enormously. I kept on reading on electronics and making my own gadgets and before I knew it, I was a young teenager making some money by fixing peoples TV's.

Next to electronics, I've always been interested in and working with mechanics as a hobby as well. But after high school I decided to study electronics. During my study at the MBO and HBO level (in electrical engineering) in Holland, in which I did some projects that involved mechanics as well, I noticed that I became more and more interested in the mechanical aspect of engineering. Especially my internship at Philips CFT, where I learned to mill and turn my own parts, made me aware of how fun and interesting mechanical engineering can be.

After my HBO education, I decided to continue studying. But since I became more and more interested in mechanical engineering, I chose not to do a master in electrical engineering. But of course I still liked electronics a lot. Luckily for me, a new study had just been introduced at Twente university, Mechatronics. Since mechatronics is a mixture between electrical and mechanical engineering, this was the perfect study for me, because I could still learn new things about electronics and get familiar with the theory of mechanical engineering at the same time.

Within Mechatronics, I specialized in control engineering. During my master thesis I learned a lot about this subject which I learned to love. Now that my study has come to an end, I hope that I'll be able to find a job in which I can work with electronics and mechanics combined with control engineering.

 

Curriculum Vitae