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Who am I?

I'm Freesia.

Nice to meet you! I'm a quantum engineering student at UNSW.

Over the past year, I have mentored students in quantum computing, gained workplace experience in RF engineering, and competed in global quantum hackathons, earning recognition for creativity. My background is largely in electrical systems, but I'm also proficient in programming.

People often ask: "Why quantum engineering?"

The challenge.
I love learning wherever I am, and creating even more - the skill set of a quantum engineer is huge. The best problems are the 'impossible' ones, and as someone who loves most electrical and computing related areas, a space with always more to do in both is hard to toss up!

FAQ

Why quantum engineering?

Quantum engineering is this cool intersection between two of my favourite things: electrical engineering and computers!

My degree essentially trains me as an electrical engineer with higher expectation, while still emphasising low-level coding abilities. Beyond the core content of my degree, my electives are going to focus on networks, telecommunications, and microelectronics.

What languages do you know?

This is a tough question, because asking if you know a language is like asking 'how high can you jump?' There's always more that I can learn!

Here's the list in order of my confidence level with the respective languages:
  1. Python
  2. C++
  3. C
  4. JS/HTML/CSS
  5. C#
  6. Rust
  7. Verilog
  8. Ruby

What personal project are you working on currently?

Currently working on a personal project that requires Processing (a heavily Java-based language), C++/C and have been playing with FreeRTOS and Zephyr to take advantage of parallel processing and bit-shift registers to ensure all sensors work in real-time. It’s all about creating a keyboard-free typing system using wearable gloves with accelerometers and embedded ML (using EdgeImpulse) for real-time detection of keystrokes.

This project came to be because I was on the train and my computer was soon to run out of charge but I wanted to continue coding a project I was working on, so grabbed one of my rooted phones and copied the files over, but found it was extremely annoying to write code on your phone, but also didn’t want to have to bring a keyboard with me everywhere.