Lecturers Remko Welling and John van den Hooven of Embedded Systems Engineering (ESE) have had a lot of work to do. The result is an extremely well organised and successful first ESE day! The day was prepared into perfection on Friday 27 January including this very own event site. There was also help from our own student body.

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ESE community

The ESE day was more or less compulsory for every ESE student and lecturer, allowing foundation to be laid for a close-knit ESE community. We counted about 60 students and most of the ESE teachers also attended.

A number of alumni were guests to share their personal (work) stories with live presentations. Each student was even handed a personal programme, which listed the chosen workshops and presentations, including times and where to be. To properly involve international students, English was the language of communication throughout the day, which was greatly appreciated by this group of students.

Workshops and presentations

The morning was filled with:

Soldering competition and workshop
Do you know how to solder SMD and trough-hole components and at what temperature?

Demistifying Git, Successful
Learn to collaborate with the world’s most popular version management system.

Antenna technology in IoT
The antenna is the most important part of any transceiver, here you will make it yourself.

Low-power workshop
What effect do your choices have on battery life when designing an embedded system?

Golang workshop
Introduction to the Go programming language, developed by and for Google, which you can also very well use yourself.

“Life after ESE”
When I graduate as an ESE graduate what are my options? Alumini graduates from HAN ESE tell their own experiences!

How to survive my ESE internship
Tips and tricks on acquiring an internship and what’s involved.

How do you graduate from ESE?
Start your graduate internship well prepared. What should you do for your graduation, what does your graduation report look like? And more.

Setting up your own ESE company
Starting your own ESE company as a sole trader or larger. A former student shares his knowledge and experience with you.

Eurocircuits, PCB production Europe versus China
China is a major player in the world market, but there is also a counter-narrative. Eurocircuits offers an attractive alternative!

Q&A: introduction OSIRIS and Handin
OSIRIS and Handin are important applications for you. In a conversation with our administrators, you will get an answer to every question!

Q&A: look behind the scenes when creating the timetable
Your timetable, you use it every day and it’s never the way you want it. The Competence Bureau tells you why your roster looks the way it does and they are curious to hear your opinion. What does your ideal timetable look like?

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Keynote Microsoft

After lunch, an energetic but also profound talk was given by keynote speaker Eric van Uum. He is an engineer specialist in Cloud Internet of Things Azure and Edge computing at Microsoft. The room had full attention and you could see Van Uum visibly perk up when students also asked some very good questions. The day ended with a fun game and a nice (networking) drink.

Source: HAN
Photography: Erik Rijpstra