Nicole Kirk
That’s me, in katakana
- ニni
- コーkō
- ルru
- ・
- カーkā
- クku
Japanese spells names from other languages in katakana, sound by sound. Japanese has no “l”, so Nicole comes out as Ni-kō-ru.
About
Hi! I’m Nicole, a Design Engineer at Queen Mary University of London. I co-founded LucidTrack, an internship application tracker 521 students now use, researched support for vulnerable customers at Wise, I’m co-president of Engineers Without Borders and I’m a brand ambassador for Tenzing. I also built a Very Hungry Caterpillar robot arm, which on demo day got so hungry it ate through its own wires.
- CERN Particle SchoolAwarded a place
- Youngest research assistant at QMULWorking with leading engineers and academics on sustainability-focused research
- Two published papersWith QMUL and UCL, on sustainability in engineering education
Work
- University society
Engineers Without BordersCo-president · Design Challenge winner
QMUL EWB2026
- Startup
LucidTrackCo-founder, COO
LucidTrack2026
- Final-year project
London’s Air AmbulanceDesign Engineering
London’s Air Ambulance Charity2026
- Brand ambassador
TenzingStudent brand ambassador
Tenzing2026
- Student engineering team
Hyperlink LondonHead of Operations
Hyperlink London2025
- Internship
WiseUX research internship
Wise2026
- Design project
静の動, Motion within StillnessSculpture and form
QMUL2025
- School project
Touch TilesIB Design Technology
Tonbridge Grammar School2024
- Design project
Timed by WaterMechanism design, group project
QMUL2025
- Design project
Project ManilaNet-zero architecture, group project
QMUL2025
- Design project
SnapSeatFlat-pack product design
QMUL2024
- Research paper
Student Researchers Breaking BarriersResearch paper
QMUL × UCL2025
- Design project
The Very Hungry CaterpillarRobotics and kinematics
QMUL2025
- Design project
DICEInterlocking mechanism
QMUL2025