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Intel and Portland State Train Engineers in Vietnam

A unique education and training collaborative between Portland State University (Oregon) and Intel’s new chip assembly and test plant in Vietnam is producing benefits on both sides of the Pacific. Intel’s newest workforce will gain a supply of engineering graduates with practical problem-solving skills honed through two years of U.S. study. PSU, on the other hand, has learned a thing or two from these eager young students.

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Use an Internship to <br />Launch Your Green Career

Use an Internship to Launch Your Green Career

As the U.S. government and the corporate world step up their investments in renewable energy, sustainable materials, recycling, and other environmental initiatives, new jobs are being created even during a time of high unemployment, and the prospects for growth are even brighter in the years ahead. An internship can be the first step to a successful green career.

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The Internship is the Job

The Internship is the Job

Engineering students who do well at an internship interview may never need to go on a job interview. The former may clinch the later. At the University of Michigan, the Engineering Resource Center offers tips to students to help them secure an internship. Above all, students should try to find leadership roles within their school as well as within their major. Additional advice ranges from what to wear, to how to speak, to how to handle silverware a fancy restaurant.

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Basic Engineering Technical Group (BETG)

Comprised of six Divisions concerned with the application of basic engineering principles

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Applied Mechanics Division (AMD)

Energy and Technology Management Group (ETMG)

Committee on Power Boilers

Internships are temporary employment opportunities, either paid or unpaid, and are seen as a great benefit to a career in a field such as engineering as they provide essential experience, knowledge, and on-the-job training. In addition to private industry, opportunities for internships exist in government and in non-profit entities, through programs such as the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE).

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