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Hard Work Pays

Josiah
Major: Electrical Engineering Sadly the project that I worked on this semester is confidential. I can only say that during this semester I worked with AC Phase control using microcontrollers, wiring harnesses and signal control. This project was one of the most difficult that I have ever worked on and I was lucky to learn so much!

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Co-op 3

Allison
Major: Computer Engineering I continued some work on a prototype that I designed in my second co-op. The prototype is a stepper motor controller with universal software made backward compatible with a current product in development. The application is an irrigation pump device that receives commands and runs the motor accordingly. Sourcing issues arose with the original hardware chosen for the project, so I was asked to find a different stepper driver and microcontroller, and move my software onto the new hardware. This also was an opportunity for me to refactor my software, so I implemented a more versatile communication protocol. Flow rate tests confirmed that my prototype works effectively. I also designed and wrote software for some test boxes that simulate control devices used with another product in development. These test boxes had boards that were made, but were not programmed yet, so I took initiative to complete them and verify that they worked with the product.

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Engineering Co-op

Andrew
Major: Mechanical Engineering Tool design and metal stamping simulations. Trip to China to document engineering process abroad.

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Part of the team at DornerWorks

Nicholas
Major: Computer Engineering I worked on making a virtualization software compliant to an aerospace specification for use on satellites. I programmed in C in an ARM environment.

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Hands On

Michael
Major: Computer Engineering My tasks involved validating a new product line of Limelight.

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Women's Center Internship

Justice
Major: Communications I was brought onto their team as the 15th Year Anniversary Lead Intern. I was in charge of planning their fall celebration event during Grand Valley's Homecoming week. I was in charge of contacting multiple venues and choosing the one that best fit the vision of the center for the homecoming event. I was in charge of marketing the event, booking all the food and beverages for the event.

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third co-op rotation at Dornerworks

Aaron
Major: Electrical Engineering I tuned a PID control loop for an embedded system. I documented the progress that I made. I changed a Python GUI for a customer.

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Making Machines Work

Benjamin
Major: Mechanical Engineering I performed debugging adjustments to automated machines to bring the quality of the part up to what the customer expected. I also assisted with PLC programming, prototyping for the sales team, and mechanical design.

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Engineering Co-Op III - Rose Medical

Travis
Major: Mechanical Engineering As an intern I was primarily responsible for data collection but found a niche within the company as a fixture designer and machinist. In addition to this I was also responsible for producing and executing validation documentation for preliminary tooling and manufacturing processes.

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Biomedical Engineering Clinical Internship

Alexandria
Major: Interdisciplinary Engineering My daily tasks include operating the technical portions of gait analysis studies, processing motion capture data and creating reports of this data for gait analysis by our in-house physical therapist. Due to recent scheduling changes, I have filled in as the primary engineer in my supervisor's absence, fully operating a system of twelve motion capture cameras, two analog force plates, a plantar pressure mat, electromyography and two-perspective video collection throughout our clinical studies. The data collected is then analyzed using biomechanical models, comparing and contrasting the kinetics and kinematics of our patients' gait patterns to that of a typical, non-pathologic gait. Over the past ten months, I have become acquainted with clinical interpretation of graphs of these kinetic and kinematic measures and have begun to recognize common pathologies associated with derivations from normal gait patterns. The typical interns at the gait lab are clinical exercise science, pre-physical therapy or pre-occupational therapy students. As the first engineering student to work in the Motion Analysis Center, I have been tasked with developing a curriculum for future co-op students. I have expanded upon the typical clinical internship tasks to incorporate Matlab programming, technical troubleshooting, procedural technical writing, data analysis and research interests. In the semesters following my start at the center, we have had four engineering students. These students have continually sought my guidance and instruction in the process of learning technical procedures and troubleshooting our complex and highly nuanced data collection system. As someone who enjoys leadership roles, I have appreciated the opportunities that have accompanied this aspect of the co-op position.

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3rd Semester with JR Auto

Gunnar
Major: Mechanical Engineering As a cost and concepting engineer, my job was to work face-to-face with customers to come up with custom automation solutions that JR would provide them. I would then write-up a concept proposal document, often referred to as a quote, that would present my concept, how that concept worked, and how much it would cost the customer to purchase that machine.

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Electrical Engineering - Hardware

Joshua
Major: Electrical Engineering My job was to aide in designing circuits to be used for production or to support production.

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Sierra Club Internship

Jakob
Major: Political Science While in the internship program with the Sierra Club I worked for a state representative running for reelection. During my time with her campaign I participated in phone banking events, canvassed doors with campaign literature, placed small and large yard signs in residents yards and answered any potential questions voters may have.

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Internship

Cameron
Major: Political Science Some of the tasks I performed in my internship were: attending briefings on circumstances including current events, bills and resolutions the Congresswoman will vote on, writing suspensions on issues the Congresswoman will vote 'Yay' to, reading constituent's concerns, and emailing Legislative Directors (LD) from other offices around the Hill regarding resolutions and acts the Congresswoman wants to cosponsor. While I enjoyed every part of my job, my favorite and most exciting skill I was able to develop here is drafting legislation.

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Summer 2016 Washington Internship

Philip
Major: International Relations I made two major contributions: one was writing a number of articles that were published on COHA's website. The other was the administrative compilation of potential subscriber data data of libraries and universities all across the country, as well as internationally for COHA to reach out to for distribution of our published paper: the Washington Report on the Hemisphere. I collected and compiled information on over 230 outside organizations for this project. Besides this, I also edited other interns' papers, both personally and as part of larger editing groups.

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District Congressional Intern

Jill
Major: Political Science I worked on general administrative tasks, I read letters from constituents and assigned them to the correct staff member, I wrote letters to constituents, I helped with the district news update that was sent to all of Congressman Huizenga's staff, I helped with several cases for constituents dealing primary with Veteran Affairs and Immigration.

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2016 Masters Outdoor Championships

Torben
Major: Sport Management Designed and ordered medals Advertised for volunteers Catered all the food for volunteers and officials Updated all the website information Designed and certified the race walk course Created national championship patches Designed and ordered volunteer t-shirts Designed the athlete banquet tickets Emailed all banquet attendees Planned and ordered tents and porta-johns for event Delegated responsibilities to my assistant Delegated responsibilities to extra volunteers Assisted in event operations during meet Helped set up and tear down event Assisted in designing the advertisement signage Helped USATF with any necessary tasks

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Inner City Youth Baseball/Softball- YMCA Program

Angela
Major: Sport Management As I mentioned above, the YMCA focuses on strengthening the West Michigan Community by giving back and supporting our neighbors. A way I was able to do that this summer, was by helping the Y coordinate and put on their Inner City Youth Baseball/Softball program. This program was absolutely free with the help of our sponsors, Meijer, Fifth-Third Bank, and the Whitecaps organization. The program allowed kids, grades 1st-8th to participate in a free summer baseball/softball league where they were provided with uniforms, nightly dinners, coaches, and a summer full of memories.

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Altus Industries Co-op

Michael
Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering Because it was my first semester at Altus, I had to start from the very beginning and learn everything about the company. So the first month or so I mainly worked on the floor and was building the products. This helped me learn the parts, the assembling of the products, and just the products themselves. After this month, I began to transition into more responsible roles. I helped with product development, quality checks, and quickening the assembly process. For product development, I assisted with accessories that went on the carts and even brand new styles of the carts. The quality checks occurred when parts were showing up frequently with problems. I would go through almost all of that part and decide whether it was just a coincidence or if this was a problem that needed to be quickly addressed. With finding faster ways of assembling the carts, I was able to change some parts by contacting suppliers so that it allowed for a faster assembly

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Casting Ductile Iron

Adan
Major: Mechanical Engineering When I arrived, my first task was to spend a few weeks shadowing each department. My next assignment was to attempt to create CAD for an existing mold pattern. This helped me increase my level of skill in the software, CREO PARAMETRIC. After I was comfortable enough, I was given projects that usually had me working on changing existing designs. This ultimately lead to me being given the task to completely redesign a mold pattern for production.

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Yanfeng Automotive Interiors

Morgan
Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering This summer my main project was in supporting the advanced manufacturing team while they prepare for the transfer of three manufacturing lines from Michigan/Ohio to a new facility in Illinois. I spent time at the Ohio manufacturing plant to understand and document the line as it is today, helped to gather data for the design of the new line layouts, and several other smaller projects. In addition, I completed a side project on plastic welding, where I gathered knowledge from online and internal resources and compiled guidelines for four common welding processes.

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Trans-Matic Engineering Co-op

Cade
Major: Mechanical Engineering This first co-op semester was a learning experience from the ground up. Much of the first few weeks was dedicated to learning software and company standards. The rest of the semester consisted mostly of updating tooling prints of growing complexity, with a few more design-oriented projects. I also had the opportunity to do a study on the production floor.

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Dematic Co-Op I

Zach
Major: Mechanical Engineering While working at Dematic I have completed a wide variety of tasks. I work on the Amazon Mechanical Engineering team which designs conveying and sortation systems for Amazon Fulfillment Centers. My day-to-day functions include making/updating drawings in AutoCAD, ordering miscellaneous parts to the job site, verifying that all necessary conveyor assemblies were ordered, assisting the manufacturing department, and update the standards document Engineers use when they have questions pertaining to products or system design.

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Attwood Co-op

Jacob
Major: Mechanical Engineering A lot of my co-op involved working with the CAD software NX. Some projects were very straightforward and involved importing parts into CAD and making drawings for them. Other projects required more skill and involved machine design. I had begun creating a riveting machine for manufacturing that would be used to put together pedestal systems. Currently, I am working on a project that involves other interns at Attwood, we are working together further analyze a fuel demand valve. The testing involved design of experiments. In this project, no CAD was required.

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Summer Co-op 1

Adam
Major: Electrical Engineering Over the semester, I was given multiple tasks. One job I was tasked with was setting up a camera attempting to detect a bead of silicone. On the same job I was also tasked with designing seven different HMI (Human Machine Interface) screens. This task of setting up the HMI screens introduced me to PLC, as well as several pneumatic and electrical drawings.

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