Students have the opportunity to apply their basic science and engineering knowledge to technologies while discovering the economic, ethical, societal, environmental and possibly international impact of such new technologies. The students improve their oral and communication skills as a result of their project presentations at the end of the semester to members of the participating industries and the university community as a whole. One MMAE project, entitled Failure Analysis of Spools, was presented at the annual meeting of the Iron and Steel Society, in Cleveland. Both students and industry recognized the value of the Interprofessional project. Co-op students usually work in industry every other semester for a period of two years.
Internships are available to students in the summer.
CDC offers workshops throughout the school year that cover resume writing, interviewing and other job search topics. They are also available to review and critique student resumes and job search correspondence. All students are required to register with CDC in their first year. In ITP, students will create their resumes. These resumes becomes available to companies looking for possible students for co-ops and internships.