I grew up in a small town in Myanmar, a developing country, and I did not have direct touches to new technologies. All of my interests in this engineering field were born by the programmes on radio, in which the hosts talk about the up-to-date technologies. I always wanted to know how the electronic gadgets at home and how to fix them when they did not work properly. By the time I stepped into high school, physics and maths became my favourite subjects and I dreamt about becoming an inventor of new technologies. Among many specialisations in engineering, I chose Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering because it is similar to robotics and it is wider than that. I am interested in not only robots but also other mechanical and electronic things at the range of small gadgets to large vehicles including smartphones, 3D printers, autonomous vehicles, and military robots. I believe that this specialisation covers all of my interests. At the present moment, I am walking on the bridge to my dreams.
My only one professional engineer experience is the internship in Myanmar Jardine Schindler Lift Co Ltd (MJSL). Schindler is a worldwide provider of lifts and escalators and MJSL is one of the branches of it. I worked as one of the junior engineers in the testing and commissioning department. Our team was responsible for calibration, testing and fixing the system before handing it to the project owner, and maintenance after handing.
Although my work experience in Schindler is not identical with my dreams, I believe it is the first step to them as it is related to electronic components and sensors. After my degree, I would like to work in a big electronic company like Samsung, Apple, Tesla, and so on, and I would like to set up my own electronics company at the end.