Internship Opportunities
CMU's engineering and technology students begin to make career connections through internship opportunities available in engineering technology laboratories and at cooperating industrial sites. Graduates with engineering and technology degrees find career opportunities in teaching high school industrial education as well as working in various phases of product development including:
- Mechanical engineering - machines and systems
- Electrical engineering - communications
- Instrumentation
- Robotics and power systems
- Manufacturing - procedures, planning, quality control, and computer-integrated manufacturing
Industrial Internship
The Industrial Internship provides university credit for relevant work experience under actual employment conditions. It directly contributes to the development of a student's technical skills and knowledge and supports the student's major or minor. Students pursing the Industrial Internship are typically employed in jobs such as electronics, construction, manufacturing, and computer-integrated manufacturing. The internship is also appropriate for students pursuing careers in both teaching and industry. For students earning a teaching certificate, internship clock hours may be counted on a two-for-one basis toward the 4,000 hours required to receive a vocational endorsement.
Leadership Internship
The Leadership Internship, available only at the graduate level, is designed to serve students who aspire to be employed in mid-level or higher management positions in industry, or in leadership positions in education. This internship provides on-the-job leadership experience directly related to the student's career goals.
Additional information
- Guidelines and Procedures for the Industrial/Leadership Internship Experience
- Student Internship Application
- Student Internship Agreement
- Weekly Work Experience Report (Appendix C)
- Employer Internship Evaluation (Appendix D)
- Intern Self-Evaluation (Appendix E)
- Intern Coordinator Evaluation (Appendix F)
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Four senior mechanical engineering students (from left) Josh Loewen, Kurtis Wells, Eric Robinson, and Mike Seabright, entered the American Society for Mechanical Engineering Student Design Competition regional contest in Ann Arbor. The task was to build a human-powered water distiller for use after natural disasters that compromise water purity. They finished fourth out of 19 teams.