Graduate stories

University of Melbourne alum Stephen Ho wasn’t fazed by life of uncertainty, unexpected occurrences and career changes. Instead, it helped him build a name for himself as the ‘go-to-guy’ when things got tough.

A medtech startup cofounded by Melbourne School of Engineering alumni has raised over $1.25 million to support its valuable work on helping premature babies breathe better.

After graduating from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Computer Science, Ashik devoted his career to build technologies that create better, more efficient organisations.

Biotech entrepreneur Elise Sutherland has been named on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2020 List; an achievement that has its roots, she says, in the BioDesign Innovation course at the University of Melbourne.

Francis Heil followed his passion for sustainable water and environmental management from regional Victoria to the University of Melbourne and now to the UK, where he recently completed a Master of Philosophy in Engineering for Sustainable Development at Cambridge. He shares his story.

A background in speed skating led computer science and engineering graduate Paul McAlister to launch a business creating technical sportswear for high-performance athletes.

When University of Melbourne engineering students offered to build Mikko a new “robohand” prosthetic using a 3D printer, he jumped at the chance.

In 2018, Anna Magennis applied for and was awarded the Allan Reid Scholarship, a scholarship established in perpetuity by Allan and Janet Reid of the Reid Malley Foundation.

Sarah Fink is a Design Engineer at OMX Solutions, a Melbourne-based medical device company specialising in custom oral and maxillofacial implants. She is also the co-founder and director at SWADE Medtech, a medical device start-up company.

Just over one year out of her Master of Energy Systems and Leesa Blazley has already made a name for herself in Australia’s clean energy sector.

Ask Herk Kailis what he’s doing at the weekend and you’re likely to get the answer: “The same thing I do Monday to Friday.”

Picture a top interior designer on holidays sitting by a forest stream. Suddenly she spies a moss-covered rock with exactly the shade of green she’s been looking for.

Biomedical engineering startup Stelect, co-founded by Melbourne School of Engineering alumni, have received $60,000 in funding as winners of Medtech’s Got Talent.

As a Master of Engineering (Chemical) student, Dylan Potgieter took every opportunity to gain industry insight. In April 2019, he joined Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) as a Supply Management Trainee.