{"id":36485,"date":"2018-08-31T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/business\/engineering-interns-embrace-kent-based-noviniums-summer-program\/"},"modified":"2018-08-31T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T14:30:00","slug":"engineering-interns-embrace-kent-based-noviniums-summer-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/business\/engineering-interns-embrace-kent-based-noviniums-summer-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering interns embrace Kent-based Novinium’s summer program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special to Kent Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novinium<\/a>, provider of electrical cable rejuvenation for power utilities, celebrated its 11th year of offering a comprehensive, engineering internship program for university students at its Kent headquarters in the Seattle region.<\/p>\n

“The program is designed to give university students entering their junior or senior year, in pursuit of a degree in mechanical, electrical or chemical engineering, a chance to demonstrate their motivation and professional readiness to join a world-class engineering team,” said James Steele, who heads the summer internship program.<\/p>\n

This year’s recruitment was extremely competitive with only two interns selected from a pool of more than 100 qualified candidates.<\/p>\n

Those selected were Michelle Tolfa, a second-year student in the University of Washington’s masters program of mechanical engineering, and Shu-Ki Chan, who will start at the UW’s College of Engineering this fall with a junior standing after earning an associates degree with Bellevue College.<\/p>\n

Candidates chosen this year were selected for their technical aptitude with problem solving and data analysis as well as their communication skills and their comfort level working in teams.<\/p>\n

“Our interns play an integral role in achieving project milestones and hitting our timelines,” Steele said. “We give our interns real-work experience and enjoy the fresh approach the students bring to our team. They require a well-rounded set of skills to participate effectively in the program.”<\/p>\n

Chan said that the Novinium internship was very valuable.<\/p>\n

“I definitely learned a lot through my internship, including how to use SolidWorks, operate a 3D printer and write test reports, just to name a few,” she said. “My experience at Novinium was very enriching and I learned various skills and got a glimpse of what it’s like to be an engineer in the professional work field.”<\/p>\n

Tolfa explains that mechanical engineering is so broad that it has been tough to narrow down her interests. The internship program helped her get a glimpse into working as an engineer.<\/p>\n

“Novinium is a fantastic place to work, and it was cool to get firsthand insight into the research and development process,” Tolfa said. “I learned a lot about prototyping, experiment design and I got a good feel for what it’s like to work as an engineer.”<\/p>\n

The success of this program has now lead Novinium to begin replicating the summer internship program in both the marketing and HR departments at Novinium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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