Co-Op Student Comments

Read what some of our co-op students are saying about their Summer 2009 experience:

"I am enjoying this co-op experience very much and appreciate everything you do to make such experiences possible for Pitt students. This is an amazing opportunity to supplement classroom learning, to develop career goals, and to meet a company and its employees."

Rebecca Terry

LMI

 

"The assignment is challenging but not over my head. I enjoy working here because we look at different applications of power generation along with many other mechanical engineering applications. I'm learning a large amount plus I'm able to utilize my knowledge from school in being able to see these processes and have a hand in making them work."

Dimitri Novickoff

Greensburg Thermal LLC

 

"It has been challenging, but in a good way as it helps me to see how the topics covered in the classroom correspond to the workplace and how it is important to be able to learn more than what is presented in the classroom. I am also working with applications that I was not familiar with prior to working here, so it is making me more versatile as well."

Stephanie Small

Curtiss-Wright, EMD

 

"I'm having a great time and learning so much in my new position as a manufacturing project engineer co-op at Rochester. I would highly recommend a manufacturing co-op position at Valspar Corporation to any Chemical Engineering student at Pitt."

Logan Baker

Valspar Corporation

 

"Coming back for my third rotation, I am definitely receiving greater responsibilities while also having more expected out of me. This co-op has definitely been challenging and a learning experience so far."

Michael Degenhart

McNeil Consumer Healthcare

 

“It has given me experience with different technologies along with working in a globally distributed team. I now feel more confident working with people from around the globe.”

Ryan McHale

Ansys, Inc.

 

“This assignment contributed to my development as a professional, because it demonstrated the importance of collaboration and communication between co-workers working on the same project. I realized the different work pace and schedule that occurs between college and in the work place. It has inspired me to keep working hard in college to develop my critical thinking skills, as well as my ability to apply my knowledge to a variety of challenges and projects. Lastly, it reiterated the importance of time management and organization in order to be successful as a professional.”

Erica Carson

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

 

“I gained real life manufacturing engineering experience and got to participate in the type of projects and assignments that I would like to as a full time engineer, after graduating.  It has helped me to solidify my career goals, and helped me to realize that I want to continue with a career in a manufacturing or operations setting, after graduation.”

Narissa Handler

Phillips HHS/Respironics