8 BEHREND BEACON April 23, 2010 www.thebehrendbeacon.com Engineering World and National Engineering News in Brief Botched McAfee update sets cor porate Windows XP machines in endless restart cycle Though the error is fixed now, a flaw within the DAT update 5958 of Symantic's McAfee anti-virus has been sending Windows XP machines in of fice buildings across the country into an endless restart cycle. McAfee soon removed the faulty up date from their download servers, pre venting any further system corruptions, but the anecdotal num bers of systems crashed are off the charts: 30,000 here, 60,000 there. Large Hadron Collider observes its first novel subatomic particle The LHC experiment, designed to imitate and explore what happened moments after the big bang, has ob served the first subatomic particle on Cern's "wishlist" of particles they'd like to see. This observation of so-called beauty (or bottom) quarks, first "discovered" in 1977, is just the first step on the path to the discovery of new particles and particle interactions, as well as in teractions between matter and anti matter. Tech blog Gizmodo revealed early Monday to have an as-of-yet unan- nounced iPhone 4G Gizmodo announced early Monday that they had purchased what they concluded to be a prototype of the next iPhone, the iPhone 4G. The de vice was reportedly found last month on the floor of a San Francisco Bay Area bar in Redwood City after an Apple employee got drunk and forgot it. Confirming evidence came in the form of a letter on Monday from Apple's legal chief requesting that Giz modo return the found smartphone. Chances of a lifetime BETH BIMBER etlgtotong rty),ql,.! When everyone is seated around the table at Thanksgiving, your family might mention everything that they are thankful for. My family always did that, and it was not until recently that I realized how thankful I should be for all of the opportunities that have been offered. Internships usually go to juniors or soph omores, who are generally engrained in their majors. But what happens if an internship is of fered to a freshman') That is what happened to me last year. I went in to interview at LORD Corporation for a scholarship this year. They asked me how I felt about an internship for the sum mer. What could I say besides "yes, I'll take it? Who would pass up such an opportunity as this? If not for the internship, my summer would have consisted of household chores and Dunkin' Donuts (though the donuts would have made the summer decent). So I took the offering. I worked in the vehicles and equipment department as a drafter, meaning that I took the drawings that needed changes and made the necessary drawing changes. I used a computer aided design (CAD) program called Inventor to fix up the draw ings and a different software program to make changes to the bill of materials and in formation sheets for the parts. I got to work with project engineers (their job is to take what the customer wants and create a feasi ble solution to the problem), quality engi neers (making sure that the part is cost-efficient and that the calculations for stress and strain are correct), and manufac turing engineers (in the plants creating the objects). Towards the end of my stint at LORD, I A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. 72 ta HOW CO 10U INN MERE ARE AN INFINITE Nlfill3Eß OF PRIMES? I'LL AN_SLJER IN WOK() ) 11 1 1 1r INTERNS TIP PRIMES pivlsoßs' lc ) Fi The Importance of was a member of a de sign team - the same design team that the freshman seminar is all about (so yes the class was help ful in some ways). A project engineer provided me with the specifications that the part needed, and 1 cre ated a computer model that could be tested through simulations The best part was that my name would be forever on that drawing since I was the first person to create the computer model of the part. Not many freshman, or even other interns, can say that their internship allowed them such an opportunity as this. But wait. The story gets even better than this. Behrend allows for undergraduate stu dents to conduct research alongside a pro fessor. This does not happen as much at University Park because the research oppor tunities usually go towards graduate stu dents. This semester I am conducting research with Professor Lasher about sailboat rud ders. I am using two engineering computer pro grams to create a computer model of the rudder and then taking the code from this program and throwing it into the other pro gram to run simulations. It does take some time, but it has helped me to apply some of the knowledge from my engineering courses toward a real life exam- 1. It helps students realize what they want to do and even what they don't want to do. 2. Internships allow you to apply skills you've learned. 3. Internships allow you to experience working in a professional setting, and they lets you know what type of professional setting you want to work in. 4. You use practical skills that will put you ahead when you are trying to get a real job or trying to go to grad school. 5. Internships allow you to get your foot in the door with employers. 6. Employers can determine if they will recruit you to work for them in full time positions after your internship is over. FRootx r (Pws NE)"s Victeroßs ARE ? ( 1 71- itt Why Intern? Thanks to Carol Kapan, Academic and Career Planning Center ple. I finally understand what they were talk ing about in Statics! The best advice that I can offer is to try everything - internships, research, and ca reer fairs to see what is available. I applied online for a chance to do re search at the University of Houston this summer that deals with nanotechnology. I figured that it was a long-shot, and I was hoping for another offer of an internship from a company at the engineering career fair. But, I did get the research opportunity. I could not believe it - a chance to conduct re search in nanotechnology at a university hours away from me. So take the chance, apply, and see what you can do. asp., sircHEs! VCX.), AFTER THE 1 -49 - 14X)R SLEEFTEP MARK, LEcrvRE - 5 . GETREAUY INITEREsTING, HIP Engineering Internship available: Position: Mechanical Engineering Intern Employer: Eriez Technologies Job Function: Engineering Location: Northwest PA Deadline: May 31, 2010 Details: An Erie based engineering company is looking for engineering interns with an interest in mechanical engineering design and analysis. The internships can begin immediately and will accommodate class needs and schedules for ap proximately 15 -20 hours per week with 4 hour minimum blocks. During the school break periods full 40 hours are available. The hourly rate will be in the $l5/hour range and based on individual qualifications. Contact: Jim Pike - (814)-602-1586 A "3 -timer" RYAN FRANKOWSKI Jacquie Marsh, a junior majoring in elec trical engineering, has gone through three summer internships. Being only in her third year at Penn State Behrend, she be lieves in the importance of having a sum mer internship under your belt. She started her freshman year working for Corry Forge, a company that forges steel in Corry, Pa. "Interns are not expected to know a lot, and everyone is able and more than will ing to help you complete tasks" Marsh said. "1 mainly worked on preventative maintenance manuals for the machinery." The second internship that summer was for Polaris Industries, located all the way out in Wyoming, Minn., where she devoted about 25 percent of her time in a cubical, then the rest of her time in the factory. She worked on implementing a new suspension technology on Ranger Razor. In layman's terms, Polaris bought a suspension from another company and placed it on the existing model. Once she finished it, Marsh was able to actually ride the product When Marsh was asked if her summer was enjoyable having two internships, she said, "I'm a work-a-holic and did not have to worry about completing homework and en joyed having weekends and forth of July off." Marsh's third internship took place last summer in Cran berry, Pa. at Westinghouse, a nuclear power plant. She would work on manuals and the different processes guidelines, in order to educate interns. Even though the tasks can be very dry and boring, the summer internship is a good staring point in such a big company. "It basically is a four month interview, and a very relaxed one, depending on your boss," Marsh said. Marsh was asked back this summer to work as intern for turbine-balance of plant controls at Westinghouse.
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