The three places I’ve had the pleasure to work at for my co-op placements: Surrey Fluid Power, FortisBC and Mainroad Contracting LP. Each co-op placement allowed me to develop unique skills to each role, tying the multi-disciplinary philosophy of the SFU Mechatronics Systems Engineering program together.
Growing up in India, Mechatronic Systems Engineering student Ginelle Nazareth would watch her engineer father fix things in their house and aspired to follow in his footsteps. “His approach was always very methodical,” she says. “To an outsider it seems amazing; almost magical, but then you realize it’s just simple, logical steps.”
When fourth-year mechatronic systems engineering student Sheldan Manansala chose his co-op work placements, he had one all-consuming goal in mind: to build an Ironman machine.