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New
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Conference
2009 |
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Session
3: Making the most of your internship
Description
Internships are becoming an
integral part of any engineering education.
So you’ve accepted an internship… now what? Wonder what expectations
you should have? Or what the big deal about doing an internship is? What
about getting an internship and finding out that it isn’t what you thought it
would be? How can you salvage it? This panel will explore all the nuances of
internships that happen after you receive an internship offer, including
common misconceptions, biggest mistakes, and how an internship can be the
foundation of a great career. Moderator Sarah Koenig is a supplier quality engineer at Pratt &
Whitney, supporting the Italy and Switzerland global supply chain teams. She received her BS in Industrial
Engineering and her BA in French from the University of Rhode Island. She is a SWE Life Member and currently
serves as SWE Hartford’s Outreach Chair.
In her spare time, she loves trying out new recipes, travelling, and
ballroom dancing. Panelists: Karen Johnson is a staff engineer at The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She received both her Bachelors and Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University, a cooperative education university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While a student at Drexel, Karen worked her freshman summer for an architect in the Boston Suburbs, and then had three successful six month co-ops with Lockheed Martin, Pratt and Whitney and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. After graduating in September of 2006, Karen's first full time job was working at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford, Connecticut. She was a member of the second class of the Engineering Development Program, a two year rotational program. Karen left Pratt and Whitney in February of 2008 for a new position at Draper Labs. In her spare time, Karen enjoys reading, taking photos and traveling. Karen is currently training for her 1st ½ marathon and hopes to run a marathon in 2010. Christine Lagree is currently employed as an Industrial Engineer at Hallmark Cards in Enfield, CT. She is a 2008 graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology with Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Science degrees in Industrial Engineering. Her first three month co-op was with Moldtech Inc. in Lancaster, NY, a small rubber manufacturing company. Her second co-op was for six months working for Intel in Chandler, AZ. The following summer she worked for Lockheed Martin in Orlando, FL. Her final co-op was a part time job with QoS Enterprises in Rochester, NY, a small anodizing company. Megan Richardson is currently a junior pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Northeastern University. She participated in a summer REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) at the Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing at Northeastern in 2006 helping to assemble and test an electron beam evaporator. She has since completed two, six-month co-ops. The first was at American Power Conversion in the research and development department doing plastics design and testing for home power equipment, and next at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory working with the sample acquisition and handling team on the robotic arm for the Mars Science Laboratory. She is currently the President of the Northeastern University SWE section. |
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