After being exposed to both the drafting and manufacturing side of mechanical engineering at TRW Koyo, Tim Hendricks found manufacturing more interesting. TRW Koyo has been sponsoring co-op students since 1991. Cooperative Engineering students perform a variety of tasks in the workplace. Co-op education, whether it's for engineering or another field, gives students so much more than pay. Everything makes a lot more sense to them.
Students soon realize the value of self-improvement, both academically and professionally.
Preparations for that thermodynamics test requires the same processing needed on the work assignment. Lynn Hansen, assistant director of co-op, said she and Odom often see a student's confidence go up. Most students are affirmed in their choices of majors. It's going to take co-op ambassador Julie Anderson, an industrial engineering major, five and a half years to graduate, but she doesn't mind. Her participation in the co-op program prevented her from getting a degree in a career that may not have been right for her.