Tymele Deydier

"I am very outgoing and love to be active. I love having lots to do, but I get bored easily so there needs to be some regular changes.I definitely love working in teams, and I very much enjoy other people's company, but from time to time I need to be on my own and recharge my batteries.I'm dedicated and curious, which is probably what pushed me to do a PhD (a PhD is a higher education research degree, which means no more lectures but instead you focus on your own project). I love learning new things."

"My project consists of working in a laboratory based at Loughborough University, using all sorts of chemicals and equipment to produce tiny spherical particles that contain a drug and which are going to be used to treat cardiovascular disease (a group of diseases related to the heart and blood vessels, such as strokes). So my role is to produce high quality particles in big quantities so that the company I am working for can use them for their applications.I also teach labs to first-year Chemical Engineering undergraduate students."

"I've always loved physics and chemistry, but I didn't know what to do after high school, although I knew I wanted to have a degree. My mom (although not an engineer herself) is the one who suggested me to have a look at engineering careers, which I had no idea about.I thought it offered many opportunities, so I went for it. I did my undergraduate degree in Engineering with a specialization in Materials Engineering in France and then moved to the UK for a master's (MSc) in Advanced Materials at Cranfield University. From there I had the opportunity to do my master's thesis in bio-engineering supervised by two amazing professors and a PhD student. That's when I realized that I loved the idea of using engineering for medical applications and when I considered doing a PhD, which I absolutely never thought of before. I had a look at findaphd.com and found the project I am currently working on at Loughborough to which I applied then had an interview and finally got the scholarship, which meant that I not only could start my PhD the following October, but that I didn't have to pay the tuition fees and was even going to get a salary for my research!During my time at uni in France, I was giving private math, physics and chemistry lessons after classes to get a bit of money. In the summers, I worked at EDF.I also had the chance to do my final year internship in a university lab in Sweden for 4 months. During my PhD, I've been working as a teaching assistant, where I set up and led weekly lab sessions for first year Chemical Engineering students and I've also been an exam invigilator during exam seasons."

"I love sports! I need to stay active. That can be weight training (which I'm really passionate about), running, yoga, football, volleyball...As I am still at uni, I am making sure to make full use of all the societies Loughborough has to offer. So I've been doing a lot of volunteering in the local community, with children, young people and people in need. I was one of the project leaders for 2 projects for a year which were called Sunday Roast (cooking and serving a roast to care home residents and spending the afternoon with them) and Culture in the Community (encouraging cultural development of kids and young persons aged 5-11 by organising international one-day events).I have been heavily involved with the Women's Engineering Society (WES) at Loughborough but also at a national level and with the Loughborough PhD Social and Support network where in both cases I organised academic and social events for students to improve their skills and for them to get together and enjoy their time at Loughborough.I am also a STEM Ambassador, so I go to schools and take part in Q&A and speed networking sessions and lead workshops to hopefully encourage more young people, and especially girls, to study a STEM subject.It might not sound as glorious, but I'm also a massive book lover. I just love reading (and listening to audiobooks too) and learning new things. "

"So a day at work usually starts with checking emails and planning my day for about 30 mins. Then I go to the lab, prepare my experiments, run them, collect my samples, take nice pictures using very powerful microscopes and analyse my sample by measuring the size of the particles and how much I produced in a certain amount of time. I usually run 1 to 6 experiments per day each during between 30 mins and 6 hours. Once I am done in the lab, I go to my office downstairs, which I share with about 30 other PhD students (it's an open space so it's a massive office) and I analyse my results using different software, including Excel. I check my emails again and then I'm free to go!"

"I have what would be considered an MEng in Engineering/Materials Engineering from the University of Toulon in France.I also have an MSc in Advanced Materials from Cranfield University."