Mwanakombo Hussein

Mwana Hussein

Course: MEng Electronic and Information Engineering

From: Kenya

Hey there! Mwana here :) I am from Kenya! Been there? COOL! Not been there, I'll be putting up pictures of my home you'll feel like you've practically been there! I am an EIE-er and its a classic love-hate relationship! Got questions about this course? Leave comments and I get right back to you! I know it's hard to find enough information about EIE because its such a small course but I'll soon get you to <3 it! Welcome to my crazy up and down journey of EIE... 1.5 years down and a long way to go!!

Hooray! For it’s International Women in Engineering Day!

Mwana Hussein

MEng Electronic and Information Engineering

So it’s International Women in Engineering Day this Friday!

I’m glad of the existence of such a remarkable day!

For it’s a day that appreciates the women in this field

One that inspires girls to use the mind they wield

Let me introduce you to my best friends

Whom which I would stick with until the world ends

Introducing the craziest women in engineering I know

We are the four girls in EIE and you’re probably like “whoa?!”

Zoë is in a deep-seated relationship with mathematics…

Seriously she’s interested if it’s got anything to do with quadratics except when she’s busy with Acrobatics

Belen is the human embodiment of robotics and totally into electronics.

A day in the life as a 2nd Year EIE

Mwana Hussein

MEng Electronic and Information Engineering

As a prospective student, I once wanted to know what a typical day for an EIE student was so here is my version!

Living in Wilson House as a hall senior I wake up at 8:00am to get to a 9:00 am lecture.

Wilson House is conveniently  ~25mins from the SK campus and the walk is visually captivating since you walk through Hyde Park! For those from countries which are really full of nature like me, you probably won’t get what the big deal is to have a walk though a park.

But a park like Hyde Park in a city like London is not easy to come by, so living in a hall that allows you to enjoy this walk everyday is amazing (except during the winters 😀 )

8:00 – Grudging roll out of bed – too early for Electronic labs or Computer Labs

8:30 – Walk to uni

9:00 to 12:00 – This is usually some sort of labs in 2nd year (in first year you enjoy the great life and have labs in the afternoons!

A New Found Relationship: YOU and IMPERIAL

Mwana Hussein

MEng Electronic and Information Engineering

Imperial is like dating.

Initially, it’s a great new experience you are totally infatuated with it! You can’t believe out of all the other schools out there, Imperial decided to reciprocate the feelings you had when you applied!

So you decided to take the leap of faith and move from home to live in halls and be a FRESHER!

Ohh! You are so excited about this!

Most people call this stage the HONEYMOON phase but we’ll just call it AUTUMN TERM. And just like those midnight messages you cherish with you and bae nothing will feel more amazing than walking around campus with that red lanyard you receive during your 1st week..

IT’S ON! EIE VS EEE!

Mwana Hussein

MEng Electronic and Information Engineering

I want to tell you about EIE (cause I love it) and a bit on EEE!

So you are probably asking yourself the BIG question I was asking myself a while ago.

EIE vs EEE!?!?!?

Don’t freak out! I know it can difficult to decide but I am hoping to give you some insider information that can help you make that decision. If you still can’t decide, I guess it’s good for you to know you have about 2 weeks to decide once you join and try a bit of both!

But be careful of trying both you might fall in love with the EIE spirit 😉

Now we know one thing about the two: they belong to the same department so one would relationalize surely they must be similar?

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