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| 02-06-2003 | Previous edition: 02-05-2003 |
        
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Printer-friendly version Program benefits engineering studentsBy Sarah KriselStaff Writer A fast, easy and effective way of finding an internship is available and is highly used by engineering students. These opportunities can be found through the technical assistance program, or TAP. "TAP is an internship facilitator for students who are majoring in Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering with five or more semesters of schooling accomplished," said Jack Posey, summer intern program coordinator for TAP. "This year the program has changed a lot to benefit the students. It is allied with Indiana INTERNnet," said Posey. Employers from all around Indiana have online postings of their internships for this summer. Students can search through these and see if any interest them. If a student finds one that is interesting, he or she can apply for the internship, said Posey. "Students can also post their resumes for employers to search through. This allows everyone’s search to be very focused or very wide open," said Posey. Mass mailings are made to companies in Indiana, advertising the program. "There are a tremendous amount of benefits to the students using this program. "They receive competent experience, high quality work with the student’s nature. They can avoid many of the traditional hassles of finding an internship, and there is a tremendous amount of flexibility," said Posey. Joe Schermerhorn, a senior in Industrial Engineering, participated in the program last summer. He said, "I learned a lot in a short period of time; it also gave me a lot of freedom." Schermerhorn worked for Wayne Metal Protection in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was paid $10.50 an hour and was very happy with his pay. "I basically tracked their costs for them, said Schermerhorn. "The internship definitely provided me with new concrete skills that I have applied to my classes since, but I also definitely used many of the skills I'd learned in class already," said Schermerhorn. Schermerhorn was asked back by Wayne Metal for another internship this summer. "Sometimes the Purdue graduate is asked back for a permanent position at the company," said Posey. "We focus on smaller companies who are unaware of the help that students can provide, with usually anywhere form 20 to 200 employees," said Posey. "A lot of the work students will do is with CAD, or computer aided design, making new designs or upgrading old ones," said Posey. "TAP has helped to boost Indiana’s economy because it allows the students to bring help to the company that is in need of help. The company then can catch up with some of its other work, which is necessary to stay in business," said Posey. Printer-friendly version |
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