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Theme:
THE ASM MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP PROGRAM is
designed to introduce students interested in a materials science and engineering career to materials
applications in the world and to offer practical experience in the industry’s day-to-day operations.
Our goal is to collaboratively create an individualized experience for all interns, matching the specific
needs of the various companies with the talents, skills, and objectives of individuals new to the
materials field. We believe strongly in developing a mutually beneficial relationship: interns gain
experience conducting real-world activities in concert with a staff mentor, and the company receives
assistance with key projects and encourages interns to pursue a materials career. Internships can be a
win-win opportunity for both the student and the company sponsoring them.
ASM Members, please help the future of the
materials industry by asking your company to sponsor an Internship for a Materials and Science
Engineering undergraduate.
In time, all UConn MSE undergraduates, completing
their sophomore or junior year, and seeking a summer internship, can have one through
Connecticut companies networking with Materials Science and Engineering through this ASM Hartford
Chapter initiative. Meetings, similar to this one, will provide an informal way for students and potential
sponsoring companies to get to know each other. The networking hour before dinner will be interesting.
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Speaker’s Bio
Kevin Rankin is an undergraduate in Materials
Science and Engineering at UConn. He is currently investigating Pulsed Laser
Deposition (PLD) of Thin Films, a relatively new science that contains exciting
research possibilities for practical applications at the Institute
of Materials Science. This past summer, Kevin held a summer internship with
the Army Research Labs in Adelphi, MD. There he gained even more extensive
training in PLD technology. He will talk on his internship experience. Kevin
will graduate in May 2007.
Matthew
Diem is one of Bodycote’s youngest
Plant Managers. His career path, after graduation from WPI
with
a BS in Mechanical Engineering
in 2000, has provided many interesting and challenging opportunities in thermal
processing in
Europe
and the
United
States
. His path
started as an
"Industrial
Intern"
for
Bodycote
IMT in
Andover
,
MA
under the
auspices of WPI’s Metal
Processing Institute
while working toward a MS in Manufacturing Engineering.
Upon
graduation in 2002, he was
hired as a R&D Project engineer at
Boycote IMT
and
sent
to Bodycote Haag-Winden
in
Germany
to help
implement
the process on
which he worked
during his
internship. While in Europe he
traveled
extensively
for
the company, visiting,
and learning from, HIP plants in Belgium, England, Sweden and of course Germany.
After 18 months in
Europe
, he
returned to the
US
. Matthew
will share stories of some of these challenges, some of the places where he has
worked and some of people who guided him.
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