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First Semester at SoundOff Signal
Grant
Major: Electrical Engineering
Much of my role as a starting EE intern revolved around learning the company's process and
products and assisting with tasks to alleviate some of the more time-intensive work from the
product development teams. This involved assembling various prototype PCBs and harnesses,
establishing and executing thermal tests to compare products with that of competitors,
managing the electronics lab and its contents, and many other tasks to assist the EE team and
Product Development team as a whole.

Legal Assistant Internship
Jenna
Major: Political Science
During my internship, I completed several tasks in both settings including co-hosting Zoom meetings for the Court and preparing court documents, reviewing written materials on law and ethics, working on client matters and directly with clients, reviewing and updating websites and social media, doing research relative to marketing and analysis of emerging trends in the legal field, and organizing paperwork in preparation for estate planning and client meetings.

Nick Cortese AJGA Internship
Nick
Major: Sport Management
I am a part of a team consisting of nine interns and we have traveled across 11 states over the course of the summer and conducted 13 junior golf tournaments. We set up the golf course and serve as the rules officials throughout the tournaments.

Ops Never Stops
Mathew
Major: Sport Management
In the first two weeks we were instructed to move a full metal gazebo on top of one of our concession stand outlets. The gazebo would then become our "Zipline Concessions" where we would sell beer and send the beer down a zipline to the customer. My day to day tasks would be setting up my areas on game day. Making sure everything is clean, set up correctly and having all food prepared for game day. Also, I was incharge of the part time staff that was assigned to my areas for the day and also volunteers when we had them.

USPBL Marketing Internship Experience
Rebecca
Major: Sport Management
This summer I had the opportunity to work in the marketing department for USPBL. Throughout the season I have written ad reads for local radio stations and assisted in writing press releases. On game nights my jobs varied but I was responsible for clipping the live game feed and posting clips to twitter for in-game updates.

Summer 2024 Internship
Nathaniel
Major: Mechanical Engineering
I helped program and debug a machine that made coolant reservoir bottles.

S24 First Co-Op Rotation
jack
Major: Mechanical Engineering
During my first rotation, I mostly worked on making small additions to larger assemblies that the team has been working on for months. For example, if a change or modification is requested for an existing station on the floor, I would be tasked with designing and releasing my assembly.

Viastore Co-Op 1st Rotation
Noah
Major: Electrical Engineering
While working with Viastore I worked on two separate projects for GM. This consisted of commissioning various parts of an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS). This involved debugging PLC code as well as installing I/O devices, connecting them via ethernet, ensuring communication, and setting conveyors speeds to meet customer specifications.

MAGNA Mirrors CO-OP 1
Jonathon
Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering
In my time working at MAGNA Mirrors, I was able to do a few gauge R&Rýs to test new and old measurement techniques and tools for repeatable and reliable measurements. Iýve also helped with building and testing mirrors at different MAGNA locations, and I designed and constructed a few fixtures that would for modifying mirrors, such as the one in the provided picture. I was also taken along and sent to different locations for our customers and dealerships to help diagnose problems and replace mirrors.

Athletic & Recreational Facilities Intern
Ethan
Major: Sport Management
I conducted interviews of potential student employees, and Grad Assistants. I was delegated projects dedicated to renovating the rec center and working with vendors. I helped introduce leadership opportunities to the students working in our facilities by giving them chances to take on more responsibility.

Assistant Golf Professional
Kyle
Major: Sport Management
Besides day to day golf course management duties, I was in charge of the rental clubs for the season. That including constantly taking inventory, as well as being in constant contact with the reps to ensure that if there were any issues with our clubs that we could constantly and swiftly pick any issues.

Magna Mirros Co-Op
Ammar
Major: Mechanical Engineering
During the Co-Op at Magna Mirrors Engineering Center, I engaged in a variety of tasks and projects that spanned testing, machining, design, and collaboration. I conducted several tests to ensure product reliability and usability, including temperature, vibration, dust, and impact tests. I gained hands-on experience with machining and assembling components, working with CNC technology, and creating prototypes. My design work included developing models and proposals for custom fixtures and enclosures. Additionally, I finalized technical reports, created documentation to assist future interns, and collaborated with different departments to design and test parts for various projects.

EGR 290
Logan
Major: Electrical Engineering
As a co-op of the power systems group on Corteva's Midland site, I was able to learn the engineering behind powering a extremly large chemical site. The largest project I was taked with was updating meter and relay devices for 20 different feeder circuits in two of our switching stations. This invovled updating/creating 120 different electrical drawings, specifically three-line, DC diagram, and connection diagram. In addition, I used a simulation software called ETAP to simulate faults on different parts of each circuit. This allowed us to theorectical see what would happen if a fault occured on one the ciruits, and how to relay would protect the equipment potentially impacted by the fault. I was also able to order parts for this porject, create procedures to turn specific sections of the bus off. I was also, fortunate enough to manage the implementation of one of the circuits I worked on. Unfortunately, in a chemical plant my group isn't allowed to just go turning off chemical processes when we want. It could be months to years before the other circuits I worked on could be implemented. I had other smaller projects that involved other smaller updates to electrical drawings, I was also able to experience some work with PLCs.

Red Team Intern
Brendon
Major: Computer Science
My supervisor and myself executed three different security engagements over the internship experience. I was able to work on and test an application that is going to be used by the Detroit Tigers. Steven and I's job was to perform security testing on the application to ensure the application is secure and ready for future use.

Phase 1 is number One
john
Major: Electrical Engineering
During the first few weeks, I focused heavily on soldering and modifying circuits for testing purposes. This included learning surface mount soldering for smaller components, primarily 0402 and sometimes 0603. In the subsequent weeks, I participated in building an electromagnetic emissions chamber from scratch. Following that project, I worked on creating protoboards, laying out various components to develop prototypes for multiple projects. One of my tasks included building a test box to verify that our PCBs were outputting the correct voltages under different configurations, as shown in the picture below. My most recent project involves reprogramming and testing 200 devices to troubleshoot an issue a customer has been experiencing. These devices are set to different configurations and tested under various scenarios to replicate and resolve the field issue.

Valpo Parks Summer Internship
Robert (Bo)
Major: Sport Management
I spent lots of time being involved in special events and golf operations. Special events is responsible for hosting/carrying out the 35+ parks sponsored events that range from day-trips to the Popcorn Festival, arguably Valpo's largest event. I have been specifically tasked with implementing the new golf attire suppliers, "Good Good," as well as offering a hand wherever needed among other departments. My day-to-day duties can consist of taking photos at youth tennis camps, to meeting with police officers about policies, as well as traffic control for our races/more populated events.

First rotation summer 2024 Co-op
Stefan
Major: Mechanical Engineering
As a mechanical engineer in the inside mirrors division, I was tasked with finding solutions to problems or assignments given to me by other engineers. These assignments often consisted of designing/building parts that aid in different methods of testing mirrors, testing the functionality/durability of inside mirrors, and collaborating with team members on enhancing my skills and knowledge as an engineering student.

DornerWorks Embedded Engineering Co-op 1
Michael
Major: Computer Engineering
I got to work on quite a variety of things. I mainly worked with the networking team creating a GUI application to help configure XML configs to set up multiple TSN devices. I ran through testing protocols for multiple hardware projects. I also got to build and show demo's for some of the TSN devices.

Whitecaps Promo Team
Zoey
Major: Sport Management
As a member of the Promo Team, I was responsible for running on-field games, finding fans to play games with, and working with the mascots. We have a variety of tasks for each game that could be assigned and we would work together as a team to run the game.

Engineering Co-op Rotation 1 Experience
Cebrina
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Rotation 1 of the co-op is focused on the testing process of parts. For this, we were tasked to do dimensionals of sample parts, Instron testing, hardness testing, torque testing, help put together PPAP packages that prove the part's quality, sort through parts for visual inspection, 3D print parts, create work instructions showing how to check parts with particular pieces of equipment, check drawings to keep track of changes, put together estimated drawings, and helped other engineers with any tasks that they needed help with, including picking up and dropping off parts from other manufacturing companies.

Autocam Medical First Engineering Co-op Summer 2024
Antonio
Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering
Part of the training Autocam gives every engineering co-op student during our first rotation is a hands-on learning experience on the floor to enhance our understanding of their manufacturing process. In my case this involved learning to operate lathe machines for turning operations. This implicated not only learning about the machines themselves (debugging, set up, tool change, offset adjustments, etc.) but the results of the quality of each part that is made and how small details carry throughout the entire job (most comprised of hundreds of parts).
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Controls Engineering Co-Op at Adient
Zachary
Major: Electrical Engineering
For this semester of my Co-Op, I had several projects. All of these projects were related to PLCs and HMIs. Every PLC and HMI that I worked with was Allen Bradley. One biggest projects that I worked on was updating all of the PLCs to their latest version. This helped the plant be more standardized and allowed IT to support fewer firmware versions. I also got to create screens on HMIs so that operators and maintenance could print test labels out of printers. This was important to help troubleshoot problems with printers. Finally, I also got to write my ladder logic in the PLCs. For this project, I wrote code to send messages to the HMI to display the status of the cell.

First Co-Op Rotation with Genesis Seating
Casey
Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering
In my role as a manufacturing co-op engineer, I spend a lot of time working on process improvement. I am often out on the plant floor talking with employees about how I can improve their jobs, which can be anywhere from increasing production volume to reducing discomfort due to manual labor. Basically, I design and implement solutions to make our situation better.

Director of Operations Intern
Gavin
Major: Sport Management
As a football operations intern, my tasks include assisting with day-to-day office tasks and coordinating team events. Support player needs by distributing equipment, planning meals, and arranging transportation. Additionally, help plan and execute events like youth camps, recruitment events, and game-day operations. Managing football equipment and supplies, maintaining effective communication with coaches, players, and staff, and assisting with the analysis of game footage and performance data to support coaching strategies are also key responsibilities. Ensuring adherence to NCAA regulations and university policies is crucial, aiming to support the smooth operation of the football program and provide a comprehensive learning experience in sports management.

My Experience at Michigan Sports Academies
Gavin
Major: Sport Management
Throughout my various roles, I undertook a range of tasks and projects that combined my skills in sport management and marketing. I gathered content for social media platforms to enhance engagement and visibility, ensuring the promotion of events and activities. I precisely prepared fields and courts for events and camps, guaranteeing they were in top condition for participants. I also stocked clothing and food for concessions, maintaining inventory to meet customer demands efficiently. Additionally, I consistently upheld the cleanliness of the facilities, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for all attendees. My efforts in these areas contributed to the smooth operation and success of numerous events and activities.
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