Experience Matters

GVSU Internship

Brody
Major: Sport Management I helped execute promotions during games, along with assisting in giveaways and other types of promotions. I would help assist with setting up events, as well as making sure certain aspects of sponsors were fulfilled correctly. At other times, I would operate music or the video board during events in correlation to the game or promotions. Before certain events, I would assist in promoting them by passing out flyers or working on getting shirts and other items prepared.

Zeeland Natatorium Internship

Jamahl
Major: Sport Management My internship was located at the Zeeland Natatorium at Zeeland West High School. I was the intern for the pool director. This meant that I was not only helping maintain and run the natatorium, but I also assisted in running the multiple teams that ran out of the pool. I handled the scheduling and communications for the teams. I also was involved in marketing and various projects to grow the teams. I was primarily in charge of the Zeeland Age Group Team. I was in charge of organizing all of the team's practices and major events as well as submitting all of the team's entries as well.

Game Day Internship

Roman
Major: Sport Management I have done all of those positions and it has been a great experience.

Grand Rapids Griffins & Rise Internship

Brianna
Major: Sport Management On game days as a Corporate Sales Intern, I had to do the following duties: Pre-Game -Hang sponsorship banners -Set up Kids Club -Help set up concourse tables -Prepare T-shirts for giveaways -Place coupons with appropriate sponsors in the correct spots During Game -Escort guests to their table on the concourse -Help with set up for player entrance -Throw T-shirts -Hand out coupons -Work Kids Club Post-Game -Teardown all things necessary On days with no games, I would complete tasks such as completing donation requests, updating Kids Club, preparing game day schedules, & more.

Third Co-op Rotation at Marketlab

Stephanie
Major: Biomedical Engineering During my third rotation, I assisted my supervisor with completing some objectives for a recent business acquisition. I was responsible for creating a handful of work instructions and helping to transfer some of their BOMs into our system. I was also involved with a variety of miscellaneous projects, including product testing, 3D printing, designing a fixture for their screen printing process, creating technical drawings in SolidWorks, and more!

Co-op Rotation 3

Grant
Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked as a floor engineer for all 3 rotations. While assemblers would run into issues assembling facilities on the floor, I would meet with them to discuss and observe the issue firsthand. I would then consult with an appropriate project engineer regarding a potential solution and move forward from there. My job was to repeat this process for any assembly issues throughout the workday.

Tommy Car Wash Systems Product Engineering Co-op

Grant
Major: Mechanical Engineering For my first two rotations here at Tommy's, I worked in the product engineering department which focuses on updating and creating manufacturing prints for the major assemblies. This semester I worked with the research and development team. I have helped out in many ways but spent the majority of this last rotation working on designing and creating a manufacturing fixture for our water softener system. This will allow for much simple production and less mistakes.

Salem Athletics Intern

Ryan
Major: Sport Management One of the projects that I did was on a program called GoFan. This program allows you to track rosters, scheduling for teams, player eligibility etc. The main task that I did on here was update rosters transfer them onto the website. Another task that I did involved pay to play. All families must pay a couple hundred dollars to have a student athlete play a sport for the school. I checked, updated, and contacted the families who had not payed on time.

Mechanical Engineering third co-op rotation at Irwin Seating Company

Ben
Major: Mechanical Engineering Around 90% of my time was dedicated to helping the development of a new recliner. (see attached picture) I did a lot of CAD modeling for this project as well as being involved in the discussion and decisions on various design choices. The other 10% of my time was dedicated to a mix of helping problem solve other upcoming products, miscellaneous tasks, and upkeep of the engineering space.

Trane Technologies Co-op - Rotation 3

Skyler
Major: Mechanical Engineering During the third rotation, I was responsible for updating work standard documents for the production floor. I also was responsible for hosting a weekly quality log meeting in efforts to learn from engineering mistakes. Lastly, I worked through an A3 project in efforts to reduce warranty spendings caused by engineering.

CO-OP in Electrical building design

Joseph
Major: Electrical Engineering This semester I helped with a Red Arrow project that were apartments in Detroit Michigan. I work on some schools helping the K-12 group, most of my recent types has been working on Washtenaw Armory, Dearborn Inn, and Eden Park which is a park in Detroit Michigan. Most of our projects are in metro Detroit because the company is based in metro Detroit. However, there are some projects that are in Grand Rapids and Muskegon. As an electrical CO-OP, I placed outlets on plans, placed lighting equipment on plans, created circuits for the buildings to use and did lighting calculations which are calculation to do to make sure there is enough light in an area. A lot of our work is designing based on what is allowable by the code standards in Michigan.

3rd Co-op Rotation

Yougourthene
Major: Electrical Engineering I took charge of this exciting project involving the development of a new machine for producing Dodge Durango tail lights. Using AutoCAD, I crafted the electrical prints and organized the control panel layout. Following that, I handled the wiring of the control panel and created the PLC program, ensuring seamless machine operation by programming the HMI screen. As an additional measure, I incorporated Keyence vision systems into the project to elevate quality control and establish a secure work environment.

Final Co-Op

Trevor
Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked as a general manufacturing engineer interning. I supported a assembly and a fabrication area. I implemented various improvements to increase ergonomics and the production of the assembly line. I worked on new improved fixtures for products. I also worked on general improvements for the line.

Gentex - Co-Op III

Kelsey
Major: Computer Engineering I worked on testing programs that the customers wanted for rearview mirrors. I was given set detailed requirements and it was my responsibility to implement tests based on these requirements. I had to notify the team of any defects that arose from my test development, and I was in charge of running test iterations once the build was ready to be released.

Final Rotation of Co-op at Panduit

Nicholas
Major: Mechanical Engineering My primary project was to organize a team of engineers and lead meetings to develop a new product. The solution I was involved in will extend Panduit's current offering of cable cleats, which is a product that secures cables in the case of a short circuit event, or disaster. I was mainly involved in the brainstorming and iteration phase of the project, where I created concepts based on feedback and constraints, and assisted in financial estimations and planning for the project. Additionally, I assisted in 3D CAD modeling our other products based on engineering drawings, updated documentation, and managed a full testing and comparison of metal locking cable ties and strapping products.

My Experience in Club Sports

Brendan
Major: Sport Management I was an event supervisor so I was in charge of helping run events to make sure that setup, scoring, and takedown all went smoothly. This is my 2nd year with Club Sports so I also helped in training our new workers on how these events are run. I also helped out anywhere I could in the office.

IPM Co-Op Third Rotation

Kyle
Major: Mechanical Engineering As a mechanical engineering co-op, I worked with the mechanical engineering department to design conveyor for multiple customers. I have worked with tabletop, mattop, MDR, and pallet conveyor during my time at IPM. Typical project procedure involves receiving the conveyor layout, calculating values to test for any difficulties, create 3D models of the conveyor, compile BOM's for purchasing, and sometimes find vendors to supply parts. Modifying parts and trouble-shooting conveyor once it is built to correct for errors is also part of the experience.

Electrical Design at TowerPinkster

Justin
Major: Electrical Engineering Performed electrical design tasks for commercial archecture projects in the K/12, higher education, government, commercial, and other industry sectors.

JR Automation Co-Op Experience

Samuel
Major: Mechanical Engineering During my time as an AE, my main focus during training was learning how to quote an automation project (it always costs far more than what you think it will). Within this field, I also worked on concepting of these projects, as well as virtual simulation of potential designs. As an ME, my main focus during training was to learn how to refine the initial designs of the AE's in order to make consistent, safe, and reliable piece of automation. Various smaller tasks include, but are not limited to: creating/checking prints/details, product design, machining, etc.

Product Engineer Co-op at Inrad Inc.

Morgan
Major: Biomedical Engineering I spent my time designing, prototyping, and testing devices that are on their way to market. Along with design work, organizing research and testing to convey to the team was important.

Rubber Engineering

Andrew
Major: Mechanical Engineering Product design team. Creation of studies related to fatigue, parts testing, prototype assembly

Anthony
Major: Mechanical Engineering As an Advanced Manufacturing Engineer my responsibilities included, but were not limited to, process optimization, technology integration, design and development, quality assurance, project management, troubleshooting, collaboration and communication, continuous improvement, compliance and safety, training and documentation.

3rd Co-Op Rotation

Jake
Major: Electrical Engineering My daily tasks for this rotation varied since there are around 200 test stations that need to be sustained at the GR site. Tasks daily could range from software updates/debugging, to hardware/circuit trouble shooting and debugging. The main tasks I completed were ordering parts for two new stations worth over $100,000 and creating new electrical drawing packages for the new test station. Other than those tasks I made a few larger software updates to improve testing efficiency by adding new libraries.

Third Co-op Rotation at Axis Automation

Zachary
Major: Mechanical Engineering A large amount of my time this semester was spent working on tooling station and robot end effector designs. This includes but is not limited to initial designs, internal and customer design review meetings that require design changes, compiling documentation for the components to be machined and built, and overall job documentation for the customer.

Third Co-op Rotation

Cara
Major: Biomedical Engineering I worked on additive manufacturing projects and operational and performance qualifications.