Author: Marie Russo : 08/30/11
As business has grown at EGI, it also has become more technically intensive. We are competing to make parts for newly designed equipment in world markets against world class competitors. We continue to develop our talent pool of engineering majors with interns who worked at different EGI business units during the summer. To close the summer engineering internship program, students were given the opportunity to present their project work to ELLWOOD executives, engineers and other managers on August 5, 2011.
Interns who gave presentations were from the following universities:
Ø Pitt
Ø PSU – Main
Ø PSU – Behrand
Ø Purdue
Ø Slippery Rock
Ø WVU
Ø Kettering
Their majors included:
Ø Material Science
Ø Mechanical Engineering
Ø Mechanical Engineering Technology
Ø Electrical Engineering
Ø Safety
All of the interns worked on beneficial projects that had practical application to our current business needs. Among the reports presented were topics about:
Ø Calibration of furnace controls for the high temperature tensile tester furnace
Ø Fatigue testing and thermo couple trials
Ø Spalling and mold life predictor
Ø Upgrade furnace lift mechanism
Ø Analysis of reversible temper embrittlement
Ø Return on investment analysis of lathe, grinder drives and oil/coolant separator
Ø Small casting line and flask project
Ø Block forms and the center machine layout
Ø Establishment of an electronic print data base
Ø Upgrade of gate and fence
Ø OSHA training and hearing protection
The high quality of the reports indicated the interns received exceptional mentoring from their supervisors at ECF, EMP, ECM, EEC, ENC, ENF, & EGI. The intern program is an important resource for potential, future employees and helps to get EGI’s name better known at colleges and universities. Additionally, we are confident that this year’s summer interns will serve as enthusiastic ambassadors to their classmates and professors about how dynamic EGI is and that an internship at ELLWOOD provides valuable, hands-on experience.