Mario Romania Jr., civil engineering technology '83, did just that. The experience allowed me to reinforce all the things I learned in class, and to see what others in the field were doing. I liked the fact that I could graduate in four years, and get my feet wet in the industry at the same time. PGS offered me a job when I graduated, and I've been working here ever since. Hardly, he says.
Wentworth graduates are definitely prepared, and co-op helps.
Above, Romania takes a break from underground utility construction at Fresh Pond Parkway in Cambridge. The real thing You might say it was Sheri Matteo's two co-ops for General Electric in Lynn, Mass., that gave wings to her dream of working in the automotive industry. At GE, the 1990 mechanical engineering technology graduate helped identify potential manufacturing defects in jet engines. Today, she is an area module advisor for Saturn Corporation in Spring Hill, Tenn., charged with producing gears, shafts, and differentials for all Saturn transmissions. Now working toward her second master's degree at the General Motors Institute, Matteo says her success is due in large part to her Wentworth education.