Curtin IEEE Student Branch

Greetings one and all,

I'm Nathan Dyer, your humble Webmaster and Membership Director, I am currently in my 3rd year of study towards a Mechatronic Engineering degree at Curtin.

In my life before being a university student I have

• Been a bum - Unemployed, broke and living in my car... Interesting times
• Travelled most of Western Australia - Tom Price, Mount Newman, Coral Bay. Pinnacles, Albany, Kalgoorlie, Esperance, Margs, Wave Rock and places in between.
• Worked as
  • Night Shift at Ezy Plus - I met alot of interesting people from there
  • Door to door sales - It's amazing how many people will by $30 bits of cardboard
  • Computer Programmer - Writing control applications for LED signs, you have seen some of them at Curtin
  • Delivering Newspapers - You know how your newspaper come nicely rolled up in a bit of plastic, well I was one of the people that rolled them up, using a machine
  • IT Support - Provided phone and on-site support to some of the major hotels in Perth
  • Bakers Assistant, Trolley Boy, Kitchen Hand
• Travelled over seas a few times - Christmas Island and Jakarta
• Moved house on average once every 12 months
• Owned, Rode, Rebuilt and Repaired a NSR250 Motorbike - It smelt like a lawnmower but it went like a rocket

I decided to study Mechatronics when I was working as a programmer as the workplace made me realise that in order to actually get anywhere I would need a degree. I wanted to do Mechatronics when I originally left high school (in 1998!) and I spent 2005 working and doing night school so I could get in.

My hobbies include cooking, electronics, camping, making (and drinking) home-brew beer, automotive maintenance and enjoying music. Currently for employment I run a business providing IT Support and Computer parts to small and medium businesses, as well as people.

At the end of my degree I hope to work designing and building control and automation systems in Australia and around the world, as well as robotic systems of all kinds.