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SAF Holland Electrical Co-Op Rotation 2

Major: Electrical Engineering The Electrical Engineering department performs work related to all aspects of product development and production. The tasks have been hands-on and provide great opportunities to work on the development and production of company products. Projects in this rotation included commercial vehicle electrical system network analysis, web server management, microcontroller evaluation, programming, and testing, and extensive research for product development.

EGR 390 Co-op 2

Major: Mechanical Engineering Throughout the co-op semester, I worked on several K-12 education projects that involved designing new mechanical systems (HVAC, mechanical equipment, and domestic plumbing). I was presented with a higher sense of responsibility from my previous co-op by being given the task of fully designing a new HVAC system for an elementary school with the guidance of a full-time engineer.

Advanced Product Development

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering This semester, I further developed my CAD skills with projects such as a camera mount, outside mirror blindzone signal, and electronics storage unit. I learned how to operate the CNC as well as how to test electrochromic reflectance in a temperature-controlled chamber. Over the course of the semester, I developed a standardized lighting specification procedure.

Hutchinson Co-op 3

Major: Mechanical Engineering At Hutchinson I was able to be involved in a variety of different tasks and projects in different labs and project groups. With the product development group I worked with I was able to test a variety of transmission and engine mounts for different performance and damping characteristics. I helped manufacture and modify prototype parts to tune performance. I also helped design test fixtures for parts for static and torsional testing. I experimented with design modifications to a part component using FEA analysis to look to decrease component mass. I assisted in developing bracket designs to meet stress targets and tooling clearance requirements. I helped conduct production process rate studies as well. Along with this I helped assemble and build a prototype heating unit for rubber to metal bonding and conducted heat studies. I also developed procedures for testing metal insert material compression yield strength.

EBWE First Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering I was able to design components being used on the floor today, quote them, and have them built to spec. I was also able to perform finite element analysis and strain gage testing as well. I created many CAD drawings for my fellow workers and wrote many engineering reports to follow up on my engineering experiments involving torque and load tests.

Scrap Metal Engineering

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering Projects included reverse engineering cyclone systems, designing airlocks, overseeing the design & production of four semi truck trailers, and helping organize the re-location of one of our recycling plants. Other projects included minor plant improvements and additions to our manufacturing processes.

Rotation 2 for CAE Role Co-Op Student

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering Magna Mirrors of America gave me the opportunity to train with a senior CAE (Computer Assisted Engineering) engineer to learn Finite Element Analysis (FEA) skills as well as Optimizations techniques, and other CAE tasks. Some programs that were assigned over my second rotation included completing FEA analysis and CAE analysis of Honda's T90A (Civic) handle program, Ford's U611 (Aviator) handle program, Toyota's 890B (Tundra) mirror program and multiple other smaller jobs that were required of me during the 16 weeks of the rotation. Although FEA and CAE took most of my time at the company, I was involved with multiple physical part testing and data acquisition for the U611 handle program, as well as GM's T1XX (Silverado Trailer Tow) mirror programs.

2nd Co-op Rotation at Gill Industries

Major: Product Design and Manufacturing Engineering This semester, I split my time between process engineering at a plant level and product engineering at a corporate level. In process engineering I worked closely with operators and team leaders on the production floor to monitor and improve line efficiency in several ways. Some of the smaller projects I completed include updating operator work instructions, modeling small fixture parts from drawings, and maintaining a daily throughput line chart that reported efficiency of one of Gill's larger volume lines. I also completed several larger projects like doing a time study on one of Gill's larger volume lines and completing an engineering time breakdown of every operation in the line, finding inefficiencies, and suggesting steps to improve the line. Another large project was measuring a feature on a welded subassembly to complete a study seeing if there was a correlation between weld fixture, stamping, and gap dimension. By far, my largest project while in process engineering was designing, ordering components for, and fabricating a flow rack for a line in order to potentially increase efficiency. The second half of this semester, I spent my time with the corporate product engineering team. Some of my miscellaneous tasks in this department included testing and measuring parts for quality concerns and benchmarking, comparing different revision levels of drawings, and gauging parts to see if they matched coordinate measuring machine (CMM) data. Most of my time in this department was spent preparing to take over the work of a project engineer that went on maternity leave at the beginning of April. This included attending all of her meetings with her in order to gather all of the information I would need to be self-sufficient throughout the product launch. My involvement in the launch included traveling to machine builders to oversee trial parts, speak with engineers from the customer, and do light rework on some parts. My experience in this stage of my co-op allowed me to step right into a full product engineering role and test my professional abilities.

The Hidden World of College Athletics

Major: Sport Management More often than not, there are huge chunks of students who want to work in college athletics. They aspire to work alongside the top Division 1 schools within their athletic programs. But where does one start? In the marketing department for athletics, we are responsible for fulfilling promotional and sponsorship contracts, develop marketing strategies to engage with students, and execute those marketing plans on game days.

JR Automation Controls Engineering Co-op

Major: Computer Engineering The tasks I completed were largely dependent upon the projects I was placed on, which I am not at liberty to disclose details about. In general terms, I did a great deal of HMI work, configuring and programming of numerous devices, PLC programming, working with robots, 2D CAD work, working with servos and gantries, and debugging. I was trusted with my own small cell to work on independently (though I frequently received help), and was also allowed to travel and play a role in the installation of a project at the customer's location.

Dominion Systems Co-Op

Major: Computer Engineering I worked on a new Angular page for the website, I updated some SQL procedures to improve performance. I also contributed to updating the entire website to reflect new UI looks and standards.

Second Rotation Mechanical Engineering Co-op

Major: Mechanical Engineering During my second co-op rotation as a mechanical engineering student I was assigned as an intern to the Ford product development team working to meet production launch schedules. Studies where modifications to parts were made to account for variances in production parts and determine design solutions were frequently performed as tasks under a team project manager and project lead's guidance. I frequently visited suppliers of manufacturing equipment and assisted the industrialization team with troubleshooting early development level stations while running parts for shipment schedules. In my down time between tasks there was plenty to keep busy by helping with on-going projects and testing in the Validation lab. Troubleshooting of hydraulic pumps under the lab supervisor's guidance provided an interesting and unique opportunity.

LVDE Co-Op

Major: Electrical Engineering The company is broken into many departments that work together to provide hometown service to all of its customers. I work for the Low Voltage Distribution Engineering section and am assigned the same type of work as the full time employees. I am assigned new business jobs (adding service to houses that are being built or to locations at which no current service exists) and system improvement jobs (upgrading and replacing existing lines). For each job, field work is conducted and designs are completed before the work is sent to a different department for scheduling.

Launch Engineering at Koops

Major: Computer Engineering This semester I worked with the Launch Engineering team. The launch department works with machines after they have been built but before they are ready to ship. My responsibility was to debug and tune machines in order to prove functionality and ensure that good parts are made with a high level of consistency. I also worked with the customers during trial runs, capability tests, and capacity runoffs, modifying and tuning aspects of their machines to better suit their preferences. Much of my times was dedicated to ensuring that machines work as intended. This included checking the functionality of all sensors, safety circuits, motions, and cycles. Often it would be my responsibility to identify problems with a machine and develop a solution, whether it be a simple adjustment or a full redesign of a certain piece.

Campus Ministry Office Intern

Major: Writing I develop and distribute our weekly email and do whatever tasks my supervisors assign. I wrote the 6-day devotional for our annual Spring Break mission trips (about 20 trips total). I maintain welcoming office environments where students hang out in between classes.

Working Without Belief

Major: Writing During my internship here I assisted mostly with event promotion and social media outreach. I had to update the primary site as well as many social media accounts with information about upcoming events. This also included drafting emails and press releases. Updating policies and procedures was also a main focus. With a staff of volunteers it is common to have people come and go, so having the ability to convey the processes required for the organization to run are important to have on. Making sure they are up to date and accurate is essential.

Student-Athlete Welfare & Development

Major: Sport Management Serve as the first point of contact for walk-in and phone traffic. Draft and send emails representing the office. Assist student-athletes with awards, event information, and general questions. Produce reports and documents utilizing Microsoft Word, Excel, and other software. Create content for monthly newsletters for Student-Athlete Welfare and Development. Create and manage social media accounts. Assist with planning and implementation of various workshops & events that the student-athlete welfare & development office hosts. Attend Student-Athlete Welfare & Development events. Conduct research into similar student-athlete welfare & development programs to report on best practices. Other assignments and projects assigned by the Associate A.D.

Out there in the real world of engineer

Major: Mechanical Engineering I did a lot of different design tasks over the winter 19. creating an A-Frame for shipping purposes, creating a Solidworks lineup for couple cases next to each other. evolving the butcher block toppers to have the right dimension. creating the end bumper to secured the cases. adding a tube of black silicone to a couple of cases. re-engineered couple of the drawing to have the machines making them.

Madeline Clark's Experience

Major: Political Science At Miller Johnson my responsibilities included conducting legal research, reviewing and drafting legal documents, assisting in depositions, and other various legal proceedings

Electrical Engineering Co-op

Major: Electrical Engineering During my co-op, I was tasked with product testing, documentation, research, prototyping, equipment troubleshooting, and PCB layout projects, among other tasks.

Co-op Third Rotation

Major: Mechanical Engineering This semester at Baker Engineering I spent my time working on larger, independent projects that I was responsible for from design through to testing. The primary project I worked on was the modification of a hot water tank for the use in an advanced energy recovery system for an engine that we have developed and built in house. This system required extensive structural and layout design, with many design reviews to ensure the final design was as easy as possible to assemble and work on. Another significant project this semester was the design and assembly of a small engine electronic motoring dynamometer. This design presented challenges in both the layout of the system as well as creating a design that was easy to adjust and align the shafts, with minimal run-out on those shafts.

EMC co-op

Major: Electrical Engineering I typically ran emissions and immunity tests. I also helped generate reports based on the results of these tests

Third Semester Co-Op At JR Automation

Major: Electrical Engineering I mainly worked on prototype projects for a large logistics machine system for our customer.

Gentex Co-op III

Major: Mechanical Engineering As a production technician, it is always my job to be available in order to maintain the function of the production floor. There are around 12 production lines in our department that produce parts on all three shifts. Each line is consisted of multiple machines that assemble a specific component of the mirror assembly. Each machine usually consists of multiple subsystems. Each system works together with the use of PCs and PLCs to function properly. The machine uses mechanical assembly's and fixtures that are operated by a user with the assistance of sensors and actuators. With this amount of automatic control, the need for constant trouble shouting arises. These systems go down for a multitude of reasons. Problems can arise with vision systems, actuators, motors, cameras, sensors, pneumatics, or mechanical designs. It is the technician's job to make sure these problems are immediately addressed. It is a great experience to be able to apply my engineering knowledge to troubleshoot issues in a fast-passed environment. Doing it yourself with little guidance is the fastest way to learn new skills in this job.

Test Engineering Coop

Major: Mechanical Engineering My work at L3 was focused on Test Engineering and the rigorous testing process which aviation products have to go through. Software work was emphasized as much of the mechanical/ electrical aspect of the design is taken care of by the initial engineering team as the products are designed. Some work was done in aspects of project management as well.