Meet Sam, a third-year Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Waterloo. Sam has a keen interest in robotics and automation, spending weekends tinkering with drones and coding microcontrollers. With a part-time co-op placement at a local tech startup, they’re eager to connect with fellow students taking the Carta course and share insights that could help advance their career in automation engineering. Always up for a study session or project collaboration, Sam is a friendly face at campus events and hackathons.