PRATT Internships News

  • December 5, 2007

    Internship at Teledyne Continental Motors

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Ryan Bird, ME '10 I spent the summer following my freshman year in an internship with a company called Teledyne Continental Motors Turbine Engines located in Toledo, Ohio. Teledyne is a very diverse industrial conglomerate company with both domestic and global ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Research and Play in Dresden, Germany

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Rae Luan, BME '09 I had the opportunity to do a ten-week internship at the Vodafone Mobile Communications Chair, at Technische Universitat Dresden from May to August 2007. Dresden is a city in mid-eastern Germany about two hours south of Berlin. It ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Summer Internship with Cisco Systems

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Prad Nadakuduty, ECE/ECON '09 I remember the moment that I began to want a summer internship. It was in the middle of Winter Break during an 8 hour marathon of bad VH1 shows that I realized how utterly bored I was. I ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Electrical Engineering Research in Berlin

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Poy Tor-ngern, ECE/Physics '09 This summer, I did research in electrical engineering at Fraunhofer Institute of Reliability and Integration in Berlin. My project involved modeling the first-order delta sigma analog to digital converter using MATLAB & SIMULINK and also its non-idealities. I was supervised ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Orthopedic Medical Device Design at Kinamed, Inc.

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Michael Schaper, BME/ME '08 During the summer, I worked at Kinamed, Inc., an orthopedic medical device engineering firm in Camarillo, Califa. Vineet Sarin, a 1995 graduate of Duke engineering, arranged for me to make the most of my time at Kinamed through tasks that ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    An Internship at Nike

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Leslie Voorhees, ME '09 Love, devotion, and even obsession could easily describe me as a Duke Athletics fan. Whether it is how I can count on one hand the number of basketball games I've missed the past three years or my participation on ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    DukEngage Internship in New Orleans

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Kristen Bova, BME '08 After spending most of my second semester junior year going to information sessions, submitting resumes through e-recruiting, and going to first round interviews, it was the beginning of April, and I was still not sure what I was doing over ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Fixing Broken Hearts: Craig Silverman's Internship at Edwards Lifesciences

    by Craig Silverman, BME '08 This summer I worked as a Manufacturing Engineer in the Peripheral Vascular Systems division of Edwards Lifesciences in Irvine, Calif. Edwards Lifesciences is the leader in treating advanced cardiovascular diseases and is the number-one heart valve company in the world. As a Manufacturing Engineer in the Peripheral Vascular Systems division, I focused my work on the production of stents and catheters. A stent is an expandable, laser cut tube that is ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Buzz Moorman on an Internship at Lockheed Martin

    by Buzz Moorman, ME '10 This past summer I had the opportunity to work with Lockheed Martin in Houston, Texas on the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) project, also known as the "Orion" spacecraft. The Orion will essentially serve as the next Apollo, since it will take American astronauts back to the moon, and eventually to Mars. The concept for the vehicle was officially announced in a speech given by George W. Bush at NASA Headquarters in January ...
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  • December 5, 2007

    Aaron Lee on Environmental Research in Germany

    by Aaron Lee, CE/German/German Studies '09 Before this summer, I had figured that lab research would be very similar anywhere in the world. Like Gertrude Stein said, "a rose is a rose is a rose," and although there may be some slight differences from lab to lab, I thought that in the end, a test tube is still a test tube. However, this summer allowed to me see that while some things will be the same, ...
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  • September 1, 2007

    Back to School and Time to Think about Next Summer

    Kirsten Shaw In the midst of settling back into campus life and a new course schedule, it's already time to start thinking about next summer's internship or full-time job, says Kirsten Shaw, assistant director of Corporate and Industry Relations at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. The good news is that there are plenty of resources available on campus to get undergraduates prepared. The first stop should be an appointment with the Career Center, where students can get ...
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  • September 1, 2007

    Back to School and Time to Think about Next Summer

    Kirsten Shaw In the midst of settling back into campus life and a new course schedule, it's already time to start thinking about next summer's internship or full-time job, says Kirsten Shaw, assistant director of Corporate and Industry Relations at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. The good news is that there are plenty of resources available on campus to get undergraduates prepared. The first stop should be an appointment with the Career Center, where students can get ...
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  • January 1, 2007

    Internship at GE Launched Aviation Career for Wendy Young

    Pratt senior Wendy Young Mechanical engineering and materials science major Wendy Young started her senior year with a job in hand. After graduation, she will start on a career in aircraft design and testing as an Edison Scholar at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, Ohio. "It was nice to walk in to my senior year with a job," Young said. The Edison Engineering Development Program will offer her the opportunity to work as an engineer in four different ...
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  • January 1, 2007

    Internship at GE Launched Aviation Career for Wendy Young

    Pratt senior Wendy Young Mechanical engineering and materials science major Wendy Young started her senior year with a job in hand. After graduation, she will start on a career in aircraft design and testing as an Edison Scholar at GE Aviation in Cincinnati, Ohio. "It was nice to walk in to my senior year with a job," Young said. The Edison Engineering Development Program will offer her the opportunity to work as an engineer in four different ...
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  • May 24, 2006

    Hunter Halten, Nearly Fluent in Spanish, Aimed for International Development Career

    Before enrolling at Duke as a freshman four years ago, Hunter Halten--a graduating senior in civil and environmental engineering--had never been outside of the country. But, after a semester spent studying in Spain and a summer spent working in London, the native of California's wine country is setting out for a career in international development. He is debating between entering the Peace Corps, ideally in a Latin American country, and jumping right into a job with ...
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  • April 7, 2006

    Corcuera, a Textron Fellow, Gets Taste of Corporate Engineering

    Mariella Corcuera may ultimately pursue a career in medicine or medical devices, but she'll always be an engineer at heart. Through Pratt's Master of Engineering Management Program at Duke, Corcuera got the chance to experience the life of a corporate engineer as a Textron Fellow. In 2004, Textron (http://www.textron.com/index.jsp), a $10 billion dollar multi-industry company, established a Textron Fellowship for Duke graduate women and minorities interested in engineering management. Textron offers the fellows both tuition and ...
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  • March 14, 2006

    Mian Finds Meaning through Research, Outreach

    For senior Pratt fellow Matt Mian, engineering represents a way to apply his broad interest in science in "a more meaningful sense a way to get involved." During his time at Duke, the Charlotte-area native has found many methods for doing just that, from research aimed at unraveling the mechanisms behind irregular heart rhythms that can portend sudden cardiac death to work geared toward changing the attitudes of underprivileged kids about science and ...
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  • April 15, 2005

    Environmental Engineer Einmo Takes Global Perspective

    By Gabriel Chen, written in 2005 Exotic landscapes are not always distant and unapproachable. In 2002, just before the beginning of his sophomore year, Chris Einmo spent a summer in Montenegro, the heart of the Mediterranean, divided from Italy by the Adriatic Sea. Part of the former Yugoslavia, this republic is only an hour flight from Rome or Budapest, and one hour and a half from Zurich. Einmo, a senior majoring in civil and environmental engineering, ...
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  • March 15, 2005

    Brandon Jones Crafts Career from Life Experiences, Personal Interests

    If he had the chance to give advice, Charlotte, North Carolina native Brandon Jones would tell fellow students to make the most of their time at Duke by getting involved."There is just so much to do here, and I love that you can be interested and involved in many different areas," said Jones, who graduated in 2004 with a B.S. double major in biomedical and electrical engineering, and then entered the Master of Engineering Management ...
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  • February 15, 2005

    Eric Schwartz To Pursue Investment Banking

    By Gabriel Chen,'05 It is mid-afternoon and a chess game is underway. The game proceeds at a furious pace. On one side of the table, white creates a pawn lever and then unleashes the light squared bishop to strengthen the center. White sees no way for black to attack immediately and therefore feels safe. After thirty minutes, black cannot stop the threatening mate and resigns. A win no doubt, but for Eric Schwartz, a biomedical and ...
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  • December 15, 2004

    Chance to Help People Inspires Emily McDowell

    Gabriel Chen, Dec. 2004Observation one: Soft, bright flaxen hair; kindly, thoughtful blue eyes and an earnest, penetrating smile reaching like sunshine into the heart of anyone on whom it shines. Observation two: Cheerful-looking flowered chintz dress and dark rimmed glasses. Combine the two and voila! The prototype for your kindergarten school teacher? "Perhaps not," said Emily McDowell, a biomedical engineering (BME) senior, who strikes you as an effusively warm person and who describes herself ...
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  • October 15, 2004

    Shiyi Teo Serves as Volunteer Emergency Medical Technician

    Gabriel Chen, Oct. 2004 You may have heard of Singapore, the 'miracle city,' which has the world's best airport, one of the world's busiest seaports and is regarded by business travelers the world over as the 'best business destination.' Singapore, a vibrant, multi-cultural, cosmopolitan and sophisticated city-state, expresses the essence of today's New Asia. Its many names describe its attributes: city of diverse cultures, the garden city, the fun city and city for the arts. This ...
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  • September 15, 2004

    Porsche Internship Natural Choice for Sandler

    by Gabriel Chen, written in 2004 Nick Sandler was only eight years old when he watched his first NASCAR race live, but he was captivated by what he saw. He dreamed of racing in the Grand Prix and of coasting around the track towards the chequered flag. Growing up in North Carolina, Nick insisted that he wanted to be a Formula-One driver, but his pediatrician father was not too keen on the idea. Fast forward to the ...
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  • August 15, 2004

    Darkoch Settles on ECE/Economics Double Major

    By Claire Cusick, 2004 Justin Darkoch has all his bases covered. As a double major electrical engineering and economics he studies technical processes and big-picture outcomes. He also volunteers his time teaching computer skills to children in local Durham schools and plays on Duke's baseball team. The Wayne, New Jersey native strives to have a full and fulfilling life, and that is part of the reason why he chose to pursue engineering at ...
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  • June 15, 2004

    Electrical Engineer Rebekah Osborn Weighs Career Options

    Written by Claire Cusick, 2004 Whatever the future brings, Duke electrical engineering graduate Rebekah Osborn feels she is prepared. "I'm thankful for my engineering courses," she said. "They taught me a good work ethic. And it seems trite, but they also taught me problem-solving skills." Interviewed a day after graduation, the 22-year-old alumna looks forward to her first hard-core engineering job for the summer of 2004, and is considering her options for life beyond that. Osborn, from Peoria, Ill., ...
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  • March 15, 2004

    Ryan Wallace Finds his Niche in Industry

    By David King Ryan Wallace strives to be a leader. As early as high school, Wallace remembers his aspirations to become a leader in the field of engineering. And now at DuPont Cyrel@, Wallace is a leader, with a bright future ahead of him.Wallace joined DuPont Cyrel@ as a part of their Field Engineering Program immediately after completing his Duke Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) degree in May 2002. DuPont's program, designed to shape talented engineers ...
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  • March 15, 2004

    MEMP Prep Launches Career in Automotive Industry for Gonce

    by David King What one word best sums up the results of Andrew Gonce's MEM degree? Acceleration. Not a bad choice for an engineer who spends much of his time working to improve the Ford Mustang. "What I learned in earning my MEM degree helped to accelerate the start of my career," Gonce said, and his achievements certainly support his statement. After completing the MEM degree at Duke, Gonce had several job offers from which to choose, ...
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  • March 15, 2004

    Liken Progresses from Gingerbread Houses to Model Zoos

    By Gabriel Chen Many psychologists agree that play is an essential ingredient in a child's growth and development play stimulates the human spirit, encourages imagination, conceptual thinking and creation. Cathryn Liken remembers playing Legos for hours, constructing anything out of them: a boat, a plane, or a train. As a wide-eyed inquisitive girl growing up in Pittsburgh, Cathryn avoided Barbie dolls like the plague, choosing to amuse herself with cardboard blocks instead. Catie, as she ...
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  • January 1, 2004

    Engineering Management Masters Accelerates a Career

    By David King What one word best sums up the results of Andrew Gonce's MEM degree? Acceleration. Not a bad choice for an engineer who spends much of his time working to improve the Ford Mustang. "What I learned in earning my MEM degree helped to accelerate the start of my career," Gonce said, and his achievements certainly support his statement. After completing the MEM degree at Duke, Gonce had several job offers from which to choose, ...
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  • January 1, 2004

    Engineering Management Masters Accelerates a Career

    By David King What one word best sums up the results of Andrew Gonce's MEM degree? Acceleration. Not a bad choice for an engineer who spends much of his time working to improve the Ford Mustang. "What I learned in earning my MEM degree helped to accelerate the start of my career," Gonce said, and his achievements certainly support his statement. After completing the MEM degree at Duke, Gonce had several job offers from which to choose, ...
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  • October 15, 2003

    Entrepreneurialism Lures Annu Sood to Software Company

    By David King When asked what drew engineer Annu Sood to her job at a software company, she quickly responds, "the company's entrepreneurial spirit." Her answer is not surprising, as Sood herself embodies that spirit, with quick thoughts and a vivaciousness that keeps you scurrying to keep up. She enjoys the new opportunities and new people she encounters each day at her product management job. She doesn't use much of the engineering she learned in her undergraduate ...
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  • October 15, 2003

    Seasoned Engineer Marc Clay Gets Career Boost from MEMP

    By David King For Marc Clay, his MEM degree may have been a long time coming, but the dividends were immediate. "My perspective is a bit different than those graduates who went straight from undergrad to the MEM program," Clay said. Having worked for Los Alamos National Laboratory for twenty years before returning to earn his Masters of Engineering Management degree from Duke, Clay took nothing he learned for granted. "I was a person who had fought and ...
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  • September 15, 2003

    Engineering Intern Finds Life-Changing Experience in Africa

    Written in 2003.Awakening as his plane landed in Tanzania, biomedical engineering student Sumit Shah looked out a dusty window and saw an acacia tree. It took a while before his sleepy mind conjured an explanation for the odd, flat-topped canopy of leaves on slanting, nut-brown tree limbs. He was finally in Africa. Shah, whose ambition is to pursue HIV/AIDS research as a physician, decided to intern in Tanzania in part because Africa is struggling to survive ...
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  • August 15, 2003

    Lure of the Orient beckons environmental engineering student

    Written in 2003 Jean Foster's childhood spent with her family in exotic Malaysia, where primal forests create a continuous skyline of green from shore side mangrove to mountaintop oak, gave her an enduring fascination for the Orient. Malaysia's population is surprisingly diverse, influenced by centuries of trade with China, India and Arab nations, and later with the Portuguese. While there are myriad indigenous Malay tribes, nearly 35 percent of the country's population is immigrant Chinese. And it ...
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  • August 15, 2003

    Entrepreneurial Engineering Student Gets Taste Of Start Up Company

    Neil Abraham started his first company a technology news Web site with four friends while still in high school in Nutley, New Jersey. Abraham and friends served as consumer-testers for new hardware and software products that companies sent them for free. The team assessed the product performance and then wrote comparative reviews for the Web. "I was careful to be very professional, and did my work mostly through e-mail, so companies sending me products didn't know I ...
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  • March 15, 2003

    Construction management career perfect for the innately organized

    By Gabriel Chen, written in 2003 Loaded with caffeine and eyelids heavy as bricks, it is 2 a.m. already and your head is beginning to shake. You have just completed page three of your 20-page paper that is due tomorrow before noon. That is a procrastinator, a character easily understood by college students, even as many of them try to cram the night before assignments are due. For sophomore Ashleigh Thames, each morning, however, presents her ...
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  • March 15, 2003

    Peaceful mind, intellectual curiosity key to success for BME student

    by Gabriel Chen, written in 2003 They come every year with brilliant test scores, grades and resumes, drawing accolades without breaking a sweat. Then, when the semester draws to a close, many of them start to fret, as they do not make straight A's for the first time. Some of them become nerve-wracked, and they are pressured relentlessly by their parents and professors to perform. Sounds all too familiar? The only thing to do with good advice ...
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