The intimate environment of a small school and the professors’ approach to classes appeal to him.
But that’s exactly what Elliott did during his internship at Allegion PLC, where he designed a process to generate greater consistency and reduced operator interaction for one of their automated manufacturing cells.Įlliott appreciates his ability to participate in a variety of activities at Principia, which he doesn’t feel he could do at other engineering schools. Not many college students can say they spent their summer helping a company secure $220,000 in annual savings. You meet a lot of cool people that hold similar values as you.”Īssembly Process Engineering Intern, Allegion PLC “Principia draws people from all around the world. He appreciates Principia’s smaller class sizes and the unique perspectives of students. In addition to logging all of Costco’s legal and construction invoices, he worked on a data visualization tool for warehouses to better analyze their utility vendors.Ĭharlie drew from the concepts he’d learned in his accounting classes, along with the skills he’d gained from interacting with his professors. “My internship was a very cool experience.”Ĭharlie was part of a team that handles the roughly $3 billion in processed invoices annually for Costco.
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If she saw an issue that she could tackle, she’d touch base with a Senior Software Developer before performing research and coding.Įmma hadn’t planned to attend Principia, but after learning about the number of female engineering graduates who were working at big tech companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon, she changed her mind. It was Emma’s professor who announced the internship opportunity for iFixit to the Computer Science department, at which point she said, “Sign me up!” Emma’s role as a Student Software Developer gave her a lot of autonomy. “iFixit is cool because they’re investing in us as interns.” She received support from the Career Center, which was able to provide a stipend for the unpaid position. Her diverse interests and Principia classes were an asset to her throughout her Congressional internship.
Paige is pursuing a mass communication major and political science and music technology minors. “Principia has so many flexible options for students like me who have interests all over the board.” But when she learned that she could still perform at Principia while studying other disciplines, her decision was clear. She’d been actively involved in theatre and was looking at other schools to pursue performing arts. Paige hadn’t expected to attend Principia College. Her academic advisor connected Jover to Swoosh, and before she knew it, Jover was working on 3D CAD software, CAM design, manufacturing, NX software, and technical marketing.Ĭongressional Intern, Congressman Guy Reschenthaler’s District 14 Office “That one-on-one interaction with my professors really helped my education thrive.” Although she enjoyed the school, she found it difficult to get all of her questions answered in such a large setting. She’d been attending Missouri Science and Technology where a traditional class size was 200 students. Grad Schools Internships Jover Christianson (C’21)Īpplication Engineering Intern, Swoosh Technologiesįrom the time she transferred to Principia College, Jover can trace the path that landed her two internships with Swoosh Technologies, a branch of Siemens.