Interning with Design Group

Bo Bayles

Introduction

"Hey, Bo, I heard you just went on co-op..."

• "What did you want to do?"
• "What did you do?"
• "What did you learn?"
• "What did you think?"

Goals

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
• See engineering "in action"
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
• Earn some money
• Not live in a dorm

Goals - My Major

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
  • Electrical engineering it is
• See engineering "in action"
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
• Earn some money
• Not live in a dorm

Goals - See Engineering

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
• See engineering "in action"
  • Mission accomplished:
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
• Earn some money
• Not live in a dorm

Goals - Learn Engineering

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
• See engineering "in action"
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
  • Mission accomplished:
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
• Earn some money
• Not live in a dorm

Goals - Make Contacts

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
• See engineering "in action"
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
  • Mission accomplished:
• Earn some money
• Not live in a dorm

Goals - Earn Money

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
• See engineering "in action"
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
• Earn some money
  • ...Almost:
• Not live in a dorm

Goals - Not Live In a Dorm

"What did you want to do on your co-op?"

• Determine a focus for my major(s)
• See engineering "in action"
• Learn how to do engineering "in action"
• Make contacts in the engineering "world"
• Earn some money
• Not live in a dorm
  • Mission accomplished

Actions

"What did you do on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Design - Hall Street
• Control Panel Design - Creve Couer
• "Consulting - On Site"
• Engineering Intern Odd Jobs - Clayton

Actions - EMD

"What did you do on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Design - Hall Street
  • Control Panel Design Reviews
  • UL Certification
  • Manufacturing troubleshooting
  • SchweigerCAD
• Control Panel Design - Creve Couer
• "Consulting - On Site"
• Engineering Intern Odd Jobs - Clayton

Actions - SchweigerCAD

• "Information is not a one-way street - it goes from me to you!"
• "I've got your spreadsheet right here..."
• "When I ran the shop floor, nobody jumped until I asked 'How high?'... er..."

Actions - ControlTech Automation

"What did you do on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Design - Hall Street
• Control Panel Design - Creve Couer
  • Customer specification review
  • Part specification
  • ControlTech Automation web page
  • Control panel engineering (!)
• "Consulting - On Site"
• Engineering Intern Odd Jobs - Clayton

Actions - Control Panel Engineering

Actions - On-site

"What did you do on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Design - Hall Street
• Control Panel Design - Creve Couer
• "Consulting - On Site": Nestle Waters North America Poland Spring Bottling Plant - Hollis, ME
  • I/O Checkout
  • HMI Programming
  • PLC Programming
  • Engineering Intern Odd Jobs
• Engineering Intern Odd Jobs - Clayton

Actions - I/O Checkout

• "Where is that one?"
• "Does that one even exist?"
• "Oh, I was watching the wrong one, do that again..."
• "Oh, it's dark-operated..."
• "Is that one wired? Backwards?"
• "I swear that one worked yesterday."
• "How can it be both off and on?!"
• "This - broken."

Actions - HMI Programming

Actions - Clayton

"What did you do on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Design - Hall Street
• Control Panel Design - Creve Couer
• "Consulting - On Site"
• Engineering Intern Odd Jobs - Clayton
  • AutoCAD, As-builts
  • AutoCAD, Design packages
  • The Tech Center

Learning

"What did learn on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Wisdom
• On-site Knowledge
• Office Familiarity

Learning - Hall Street

Take Your Laptop Home.

Learning - Control Panel Design

"What did learn on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Wisdom
  • You don't know AutoCAD as well as you think you do.
  • The whole part number matters.
  • The whole part number matters and 120VAC >> 24VDC
• On-site Knowledge
• Office Familiarity

Learning - On-Site

"What did learn on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Wisdom
• On-site Knowledge
  • "Trust no one!"
  • The whole part number matters.
  • Watch out for forklifts.
• Office Familiarity

Trip to Maine

Learning - On-Site

"What did learn on your co-op?"

• Don't be in a hurry to get your luggage in St. Louis.

Learning - Clayton

"What did learn on your co-op?"

• Control Panel Wisdom
• On-site Knowledge
• Office Familiarity
  • Copy room courtesy
  • The Tech Center
  • Training/ seminars

Thoughts

"What did you think of it all?"

• Favorite/ Least favorite aspects
• Suggestions for improvement
• "Would you work there after graduation?"
• Acknowledgements

Thoughts - High/ Low Points

"What did you think of it all?"

• Favorites/ Least favorite aspects
  • High points:
    • Control Panel Design
    • HMI Programming
    • Line Startup
  • Low points:
    • Slow times on-site
    • Slow times off-site
• Suggestions for improvement
• "Would you work there after graduation?"
• Acknowledgements

Thoughts - Suggestions for Improvement

"What did you think of it all?"

• Favorites/ Least favorite aspects
• Suggestions for improvement
  • Longer-term scheduling
  • More formal training
• "Would you work there after graduation?"
• Acknowledgements

Thoughts - Future work

"What did you think of it all?"

• Favorites/ Least favorite aspects
• Suggestions for improvement
• "Would you work for Design Group after graduation?"
  • "It's too early to say, but they made a strong showing."
• Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Non-inclusive list:

• Tedd Araneta
• Tim Boughton
• Amber Bowman
• Dave Edgar
• Mike Grady
• Jimmy Kotis
• Rick LeMieux
• Lonnie McCormick (EMD Outgoing)
• Jeremy McCormick(EMD Purchasing)

• Darrel McGuire (EMD Floor Manager)
• Doug Manning (EMD Wire tech)
• Tim Miller (EMD/ CTA Sales)
• Wil Miller (DG Contractor/ EMD Customer)
• Steve Shryock (EMD "King Co-op")
• Dan Schlattman
• Jim Schweiger (...?)
• Jessie Watson
• "Butch" Wilson (EMD Incoming)
• Corey Wood (EMD Customer)