Experience Matters - Grand Valley State University

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Andrea
Major: Sport Management As an assistant to the event directors, I aided with event organization, ticket sales, and logistics. On event days, I acted as contact person for vendors and promotors and also helped out around the arena where needed. This included working parking, box office, in concessions, and security. I also aided in event setup and execution.

Second Co-op - L3 Technologies

Mike
Major: Computer Engineering The majority of this semester was spent coding on various projects. I fixed many bugs in software while also implementing new features into certain software. I did also spend time developing my own programs/features. For example, I created a feature that helped to track test cable and station usage. I also had exposure to the python language. I developed a program to help mine through a large amount of data and extract needed information. I wrote a piece of software to help troubleshoot a hardware device that was causing software programs to crash. This problem has been going on for a while, and hopefully with my software the cause can be found. The biggest project I worked on was to create a tool to help check if the relays on a relay board were functioning properly. I wrote the software to turn each specific relay on or off while also helping with the hardware design and implementation. The hardware and software were merged to create a functional and helpful device.

Co-Op at L3

Mowgli
Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked as a mechanical engineer responsible for the testing and analysis of transmission components to determine how our current components compare to our proposed improvements.

Mechanical Engineer Co-Op 2

Patrick
Major: Mechanical Engineering Benchmarked various automotive parts such as outside and inside mirrors as well as door handles and lift-gates. Rapid prototyping with different types of 3D printers. Prototyped a button mechanism within a door handle. Developed a excel based 3D printing submission manager for Magna Mirror employees.

Wellness Intern

Lindsey
Major: Biomedical Sciences Through my internship, I was responsible for opening the new Employee Fitness Center. This process included writing policies, ordering equipment, leading department-wide meetings and hiring a new intern for the fitness center. In addition to my main project, we implemented monthly wellness initiatives for employees including National Nutrition Month Expo, Stress Awareness and Earth Awareness Week.

Behind The Scenes: Professional Hockey

Luke
Major: Sport Management My position includes many responsibilities. I performed office hours during the week and work 12+ hour days on game nights. I was responsible for managing the promotional energy crew of 14 people. I acted as a liaison between the Director of Game Operations and outside entertainment personnel. I carried out all aspects of game presentation including game day documents, on-ice entertainment, national anthem coordination, pre-game player entrance, video creation, and coordinated afternoon hockey games. In addition, I planned, coordinated, and supervised an entire theme night through guidance from my supervisor and video production team.

Mechanical Engineering Co-op 2

Jordyn
Major: Mechanical Engineering During this co-op semester, I was involved in many different tasks. I held a department-wide meeting on a safety feature on the conveyor. I traveled to California for two weeks to commission a customer site. I traveled to Kansas to perform a site audit in preparation for install of a new project. I frequently read drawings in order to find specific parts needed on site. I completed orders and tracked them until they arrived to site. I participated in daily meetings, providing updates on the arrival of parts constantly. I was also involved in creating and updating drawings that are needed on site for installation purposes.

Griffins Game Night Internship

TJ
Major: Sport Management During a regular day, our group of Gabe night interns come in about 4 hours before game time to set up the suites in the Van Andel Arena. After this, we head down to the box office where our primary responsibility is to sell game tickets, manage will call, and help with ticket resolution. After this, we are responsible for helping run and clean up intermission games on the ice, assisting the mascots with their needs, and performing T-shirt toss. Following the game we assist with clean-up, jersey auctions, giveaways, and selling tickets to future games.

2nd Engineering Co-op Rotation

Ryan
Major: Mechanical Engineering I completed a very diverse range of projects, from designing components of material transporting trailers and boxes, to machine safety and process improvements. One large project I was in charge of was a quality control test to make sure commodity material was not being placed into the waste material due to machine wear and settings. With such a vast spectrum of equipment and locations each day brought new projects that needed to be completed which were completely unique to that location or piece of equipment.

Co-op II at Gill industries

Cameron
Major: Mechanical Engineering Design for prototypes, production fixturing, prototyping fixturing, assistance in program launches, testing and testing lab organization, and more.

Mechanical Engineering Intern

Gabrielle
Major: Mechanical Engineering During my time as a mechanical engineering intern I was tasked with detailing drawing packages for other Mechanical Engineers, updating redline drawings received from Build crews/project closeouts, checking of peer drawing packages, and I also had the opportunity to do a little design work such as designing a ramp for a machine that was being built.

Avanti Law Group, PLLC

Natalie
Major: Political Science I was in charge of editing and prepping to mail application proving extreme hardship on family members of those at risk of deportation. Extreme hardship factors can include medical issues, financial issues, and the threat of violence within the region of the country the person originated from.

Internship with the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter

Ariel
Major: International Relations Interns are stationed on local campaigns across the state. Responsibilities to the Sierra Club include exemplary representation of the organization and close communication with the internship supervisor. Interns will communicate with their supervisor at a minimum of once a week. As far as expectations from the local campaign, there may be several. Interns are expected to do whatever is needed of them to promote their candidate and maximize the chance of their candidate being elected. This could include canvassing at various levels, including making phone calls and knocking on doors, as well as general office work, volunteer recruitment and management, promotional event planning, and various other responsibilities.

Working on a State Rep Campaign

Wesley
Major: Political Science Putting signs up, making calls, office work, canvassing, voting rights education

NMU Intern

Max
Major: Sport Management While at NMU, I was tasked with supervising the ticket staff which is comprised of ticket sellers and ticket takers. My duties included supervising the staff at games and events, hiring new staff, training new staff, as well as managing events.

Austin Sports & Social Club

Madeline
Major: Sport Management The Austin Sports and Social Club internship was extremely well-rounded, allowing me to truly learn how a sports organization comes together. It also provided the opportunity to specialize in areas of interest, working with those related departments. I focused my time in three main departments: player services, logistics, and marketing. Below are highlights from each department; it is in no means all-inclusive. Player services: Managed the info account for 25,000+ players Managed and sorted data to construct teams Managed the roster compliance database Compiled registration reports Constructed conflict management exam for officials/coordinators Recorded and responded to league survey responses Logistics: Created and posted schedules for multiple leagues Created playoff brackets for multiple leagues Created and managed tournament brackets and standings Compiled venue reference files Marketing: Managed social media accounts with 20,000+ followers Prepared monthly marketing reports utilizing analytics Designed venue placement database for back linking options Established Google My Business accounts On the field: Built knowledge base to successfully officiate flag football Coordinated multiple tournaments Managed championship brackets and standings Enhanced conflict management and public speaking abilities

Campaign Intern

Emily
Major: Political Science Tasks mainly consisted of house canvassing and talking to voters at their door about issues that my political candidate was concerned with. Other tasks included putting up yard signs and making phone calls for absentee voting and Get Out the Vote effort.

Yanfeng Co-op 3

Trevor
Major: Mechanical Engineering Develope feasible designs for interior automotive components as well as manage high level assemblies (50+ components/part numbers).

3rd Co-op at GM

Alex
Major: Mechanical Engineering I completed various activities regarding development of cam phasing technology. I also worked on completely a few test requests to support other product engineering activities.

Mechanical Design at JR Automation

Preston
Major: Mechanical Engineering I participated on the Mechanical Design team, helping support primary design engineers on a variety of projects. I participated in design checks, print detailing, and was able to help solve a multitude of complex problems with my own designs over the course of the semester.

Engineering in Deutschland

Andrew
Major: Interdisciplinary Engineering My tasks and projects focused on supporting the product development team, specifically the prop shaft and dynamic damper engineering teams. I conducted benchmarking work on a new product that reduces noise and vibration and turns it into sound and comfort on new BMW vehicles. I also worked with the data in the form of hysteresis curves for tolerance development submitted to automotive companies. Daily tasks usually included doing applied math problems for decision-making big and small.

Magna Co-op III

Mitchell
Major: Mechanical Engineering I will have participated in two innovation projects/meetings this semester. Innovation involved designing a prototype to be presented at an innovation meeting. I was able to use CAD to design the prototype part and 3D print or CNC machine the part to create the physical model. I also worked on various lighting and mirror testing tasks that were assigned by engineers within my department. I worked on several display/fixtures for outside mirrors to be shown at meetings and shows. Furthermore, I worked on a project that required part performance tests to be ran on the Ford F-150 outside mirror. Lastly, another co-op and I managed two 3D printers. This involved managing what parts were to be printed and when, printer maintenance, and managing the inventory.

Third Rotation at JR Automation Technologies LLC

Jonathan
Major: Mechanical Engineering Throughout my internship I detailed and checked prints of details and assemblies before they were released for fabrication and assembly. I was also tasked with designing small additions to existing cells that were already on the build floor. The parts I worked with varied from weldments, to sheet metal, to purchased components, and customer data.

APD Intern

Joseph
Major: Mechanical Engineering Some of the tasks I do on a daily basis is operate the 3D printers, and manage the builds. I also build innovative prototypes for an innovation meeting each quarter (This is a lot of fun). I also benchmark outside mirrors, inside mirrors, and door handles on any vehicle. This is a great process that gets the interns familiar with what Magna Mirrors is all about. Working with other engineers on meaningful assignments when needed is also a task I accomplish. This could even mean projects or help on one of their own assignments.

EBW Electronics Co-op III

Bryan
Major: Electrical Engineering I did the PCB layout for a new product and put together all of the necessary design documentation. I also worked on creating thermal models of PCBs, so that the circuits hot spots can be predicted before prototypes are made. A couple other projects that I spent time on were working with an in-circuit programmer and helping with EMC testing.