I had gone to several universities for open days and Loughborough was by far the most appealing to me. I knew I wanted to do some kind of engineering and after having read the book ‘Stuff Matters’ by Mark Miodownik, I narrowed that down to a materials course. I have always been interesting in cars and racing, so knowing that Loughborough offered a materials course was important to me.
At the Open Day, I attended a materials course introduction lecture by Prof Gary Critchlow. He brought a Formula 1 car nose cone to this lecture to demonstrate the things that you could do with studying materials. Being somewhat of motorsport nerd this rather swung the deal for me!