Keara Anderson '20
My favorite GV memory is all the late nights spent doing homework in Kennedy with my friends - especially when pizza was involved!
Engineering Career Guide
Consider joining the Engineering Career Community or any other Career Community you are interested in!
Past Internship Sites:
- MOVE Systems
- Magna Mirrors
- Portland Productcs, Inc.
- Perception Engineering, LLC
- Gentex Corporation
- Rivian
- Grand Rapids Plastics
- Cascade Engineering
- Borisch Manufacturing
- ADAC Automotive
- Avon Protection Systems
- Flexfab
Where Alumni Have Landed
- Product Development Engineer – DeWys Manufacturing
- Sales Engineer – Plascore, Inc.
- Engineering Manager – Emerald Corporation
- Engineering Group Leader/Manager – Flexfab, LLC
- Engineer – Aerospace and Crane and Hoist Industries
- Product Development Engineer – Steelcase
- Assistant Dean, College of Engineering & Computing – Grand Valley State University
- Multiple Positions – Koops Incorporated
- Project Manager – HS Die & Engineering, Inc.
- Project Engineer – Grand Rapids Controls Co., LLC
- Associate Engineer – Cascade Engineering
- Tech. I Draftsmen – Wolvering Engineers & Surveyors, Inc.
- Engineering Test Lab Technician – Mill Steel Company
- Manufacturing Engineer – Amphenol Borisch Technologies
- Applications Engineer – Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures
- Product Engineering Supervisor – Robroy Enclosures
- Engineering Manager – Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company
- Mechanical Engineer – Stiles Machinery
- Engineering Technician – Attwood Corporation
- Control Systems Engineer – viastore systems Inc.
- Embedded Engineer - DornerWorks
- CAE Analyst - Magna Mirrors
Spotlights
Jake Hall '13
My favorite memory at Grand Valley was working with the School of Engineering and College of Business.
Ivan Ivanov '98 & '04
My spouse and I met at GVSU, so my favorite memories are of the two of us being together and having heart-to-heart talks while sipping coffee in Kirkhof Center.
Student Organizations to Consider
- GVSU Solar Racing Team
- IEEE - international professional organization for electrical, computer, and electronics engineers
- GVSU Formula Racing Team
- National Society of Black Engineers
- PAGES
- Society of Women Engineers
- Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society)
Study Abroad Programs
Explore faculty-led programs in China, Ecuador, Haiti, Japan. Namibia, Oman/UAE, South Africa, or in United Kingdom, along with along other computer engineering study abroad programs.
Develop some of these technical and professional competencies to be successful:
- Solidworks
- Process Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Lean Manufacturing
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Engineering
Graduate and Professional Education
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