Internships: Strategies for Success
WHY INTERNSHIPS?
Ninety percent of engineering employers expect some prior professional experience from their new hires. How do you get it? Participate in a work internship!
Dr. Don Plumlee will lead a discussion on the best strategies for finding and preparing for a successful internship, as well as how to gain academic credit for a Mechanical Engineering Technical Elective.
Several Boise State students who have recently completed internships will talk about their experiences in the field. They will answer questions and give advice on how YOU can make YOUR internships productive and meaningful for both you and the employer.
Dr. Don Plumlee, Boise State University
Presented September 11, 2015
About the Presenters
Dr. Don Plumlee, MBE Department Chair and Internship Coordinator
Dr. Plumlee has served as chair of the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering department since 2014. He teaches courses in the thermal and fluids areas of engineering, and has managed the Ceramic MEMS research laboratory at BSU from 2001 until the present. He is currently a member of several engineering societies including the International Micro-electronics and Packaging Society, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and American Society of Engineering Education. Prior to arriving at Boise State University, he worked for Lockheed Martin Astronautics as a Product Engineer/Project Manager/Mechanical Designer on structural airframe components for several aerospace vehicles and at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as a co-op engineer in the Propulsion Laboratory.
Student Presenters
- Jacob Davlin
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- Camille Eddy - Hewlett-Packard
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- Travis Pruitt