College of Engineering and Computer Science

University of Central Florida

Internships

• Internships while studying are very valuable for students and employers alike

• Provide practical experience as part of student’s engineering/CS education.

• Provides for foot in the door for intern at sponsoring company

• Provide potential employers with opportunity to closely evaluate a prospective employee

International Internships• Value of internship rises dramatically if international• Provides a wealth of experiences that go much

beyond technical and corporate experience of domestic internship

• Cultural enrichment• Possibly learning a second language• Evidence of risk-taking by the student

• Multi-national companies highly value employees who have international experience

• Will often give them priority in the hiring process

International Internships at UCF• The UCF CECS offers a limited number of

international internship positions• Very limited at this time, but hope to grow the number

of positions available.

• We are actively seeking candidates for next year• Spring 2019 (if you hurry!)• Summer 2019 (most popular time)• Fall 2019. (for longer term internships)

• This session is to discuss these opportunities.

Can be part of IE Minor Total of 18-20 hours

1. Six to eight credits of a foreign language, preferably at UCF

2. Three credits of cultural coursework at overseas partner institution

3. An experience abroad consisting of either:• Nine credits of engineering/technical coursework

or• Nine credits of internship overseas

See:www.cecs.ucf.edu/minors/internationalengineering/

Group A InternshipsGroup A internships is where:

1. UCF has direct contact with the company who hires the UCF interns

2. The UCF intern will become an exchange student at FachHochschule Erfurt (Erfurt University of Applied Sciences) in Erfurt, Germany (FH Erfurt or FHE for short)

1. Student will enroll for experiential learning credits at UCF as part of exchange

3. UCF filters applicants and sends the top applicants to FH Erfurt, then to hiring company for their final selection

4. The hiring is done directly between the company and the intern.

Employer #1 – Siemens CorpEnergy Systems DepartmentErfurt, Germany Electrical generator manufacturing plant

Location: Erfurt, Germany• The provincial capital of Thuringia – central

Germany• Part of the old German Democratic Republic

(communist East Germany).• Very pleasant mid-size city of about 200,000

inhabitants, • Located almost in the north-south geographic

center of Germany. • Makes it a good location for travel within

Germany.• Escaped much of the war damage in WWII

several examples of medieval buildings all around town.

• Easily accessible by train from Frankfurt and Berlin (2.5 hrs each). A bit farther to Munich and Cologne.

• But has no meaningful airport

Views of Erfurt

General Requirements• Must be at least 3 months duration

• Preferably 4 or 5 months• Not more than six months

• Salary of €500/month – enough to live on • However, cost of air fare must be borne by intern • No need for visa prior to departure (with US Passport)

• Must get it there upon arrival

• You will be an exchange student at FH Erfurt• Student must enroll for experiential learning

credits at UCF• Six credits if during summer and not seeking IE minor• 12 credits if not during summer or if seeking IE Minor (3

of these are for cultural class)

Eligibility UCF undergraduate in:

Mechanical Engineering (Can also be Aerospace engineering)

Electrical Engineering

3.0 UCF GPA The higher the GPA the better Or a very strong recommendation

from a UCF faculty member

Positions are competitive!! Can also accept graduate

students, but that is much more complicated

Position #1• Mechanical Engineering student (or Aerospace)• Calculations Department (Dr. Thomas Walbeck)• Ability to speak/understand basic German is

required (but not necessarily be fluent in German)• Intimate Knowledge of CAD system use is required• Knowledge of ANSYS highly desirable.• Skills in freehand drawing of parts• High GPA• Resourcefulness

Position #2

• Mechanical Engineering student (or Aerospace)• Mr. Dirk Petzoldt• Ability to speak some German highly desirable, but

not required• Intimate Knowledge of CAD system use is required• High GPA• Resourcefulness

Position #3 (not confirmed)

• Electrical Engineering student• High Voltage Laboratory• Ability to speak German not required, but highly

desirable• Knowledge of Insulation and high voltage

technology• High GPA• Resourcefulness

Employer #2 –MDC Power Co.Kolleda, Germany (near Erfurt)Automotive Engine Manufacturing Planthttps://www.daimler.com/career/thats-us/locations/location-detail-page-5196.html

MDC Power Co.• MDC Power stands for Mitsubishi Daimler Chrysler. • Was originally a joint venture between Daimler Chrysler and

Mitsubishi , but is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler• They make (assemble) 50% of all automotive engines for

Mercedes Benz automobiles and vans• 4-cyl, 6-cyl, gasoline, diesel and AMG engines• 5,000 engines produced per day• Large modern plant with several manual as well as

semi-automated assembly lines• Looking for two interns from UCF

General Requirements• Two to three months duration

• May through August 2019 would be fine• Could be Spring 2019, but timing is very tight

• Salary of €800/month – enough to live on while there • However, cost of air fare must be borne by intern • No need for visa prior to departure (with US Passport)

• Must get it there upon arrival

• You will be an exchange student at FH Erfurt• Student must enroll for experiential learning credits

at UCF• Six credits if during summer and not seeking IE minor• 12 credits if not during summer or if seeking IE Minor (3

of these are for cultural class)

Eligibility UCF undergraduate in:

Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering Interest in automotive manufacturing processes and

process optimization

3.0 UCF GPA The higher the GPA the better Or a very strong recommendation from a UCF faculty member

Positions are expected to be highly competitive!! Interns will live in Erfurt (FH Erfurt student housing). Interns will commute to the plant (15-20 minute drive)

MDC Power will set up carpooling arrangement for interns There will possibly be a cost involved to cover carpooling

Positions #1 and #2• Engineering Department (Mr. Peter Tschugg)• Must have a strong interest in manufacturing• High GPA• Resourcefulness• Ability to speak/understand basic German is not

required (but desirable)

Group B InternshipsGroup B internships is where:

1. UCF does NOT have direct contact with the company who hires the UCF interns. Done through Hochschule Bremen (Bremen City University) in Bremen, Germany (HS Bremen or HSB for short)

2. The UCF intern will become an exchange student at HSB.3. UCF filters applicants and sends the top applicants to HS

Bremen for their final selection4. HS Bremen determines to which company each applicant

is assigned based on the student’s desires and the company’s needs.

5. The hiring is done directly between the company and the intern

Employer: Bremen City University• Actually, there will be several different employers,

but all must go through HSB• HSB won’t actually hire the student

Bremen• Bremen is in northern Germany• Port city on the river Wesser

• Has a long and rich history dating from 150 AD• Part of the Hanseatic League in medieval times

• Bremen and Bremerhaven form a province (a state) in Germany all by themselves. (Berlin does also)

• Called the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

• Many multi-national companies have headquarters or major facilities in or around Bremen

BremenViews of Bremen

General Requirements• Two to three months duration

• May through August 2019 would be fine• Could be Spring 2019, but timing is very tight

• Minimum pay range €450 to € 750 Euros per month (US$525.00)

• Depending on the employer• However, cost of air fare must be borne by intern in most cases • No need for visa prior to departure (with US Passport)

• Must get it there upon arrival

• You will be an exchange student at HSB• Student must enroll for experiential learning credits at UCF

• Six credits if during summer and not seeking IE minor• 12 credits if not during summer or if seeking IE Minor (3 of these

are for cultural class)

Eligibility UCF undergraduate in:

Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering Industrial Engineering Electrical/electronics engineering Computer Engineering/CS/IT

3.0 UCF GPA The higher the GPA the better Or a very strong recommendation from a UCF faculty member

Positions are expected to be highly competitive!! Interns will live in Bremen or surrounding areas, depending

on location of hiring company• HSB will assist in finding living accommodations

Participating Companies• Positions available with some very well-known companies!

• Airbus – IT/database students, possibly Industrial Engineering.• InPro – electronic mechanics / robotics students • Ariane Group - TBD• ABAT - TBD• Daimler (Mercedes Benz) - TBD• Fraunhofer IFAM - TBD• OHB System - TBD• AES Aero - TBD

3.0 UCF GPA The higher the GPA the better Or a very strong recommendation from a UCF faculty member

Group C InternshipsGroup C internships are Unpaid and interesting

opportunities• There are other opportunities for the adventurous

student who does not need funding• Not many details available at this time, but university

partner running these opportunities is very reliable• Will require special arrangements and are not part of

our official internship offerings, but very interesting opportunities.

• If anyone is interested, please let me know and we will begin the conversations to get the details.

Opportunity #1• Participate in a team at Jonkoping University

(Sweden) that will compete in an international solar car competition – The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

• They participated last year and came in 7th place internationally

• One-year commitment: January 2019 through at least October 2019 (when the race concludes)

• Unpaid, but they will cover travel costs to Australia.• Electrical, electronic, mechanical, solar engineers

The Bridgestone World SolarChallengeDarwin to Adelaide

THE JU SOLAR TEAM CHALLENGEBuild a car, race a continent, compete with the world.

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Opportunity #2• Internships in Bangkok, Thailand• Through Jonkoping University• Unpaid but low cost of living• Can take classes in the Jonkoping Univ. Bangkok

campus (in English) and do the internship part time at the same time.

• If interested, See Dr. Gonzalez Avelino.Gonzalez@ucf.edu

General Selection Process

1. Group A and B applications are completed and submitted by student candidates by posted deadline.1. Submit via www.studyabroad.ucf.edu

2. UCF committee meets and selects the best candidates for interviewing by committee members

3. Successful candidates are passed on to FH Erfurt (Group A) or to HS Bremen (Group B) for their consideration

4. Group C is a different (and yet-undetermined) process1. Looking for interested students first

Group A Application Process• We will use the same general selection process for

both, Siemens and MDC Power.• UCF will forward the successful candidates to FH Erfurt

for their concurrence• Those passing the FHE filter will be forwarded to either

Siemens or MDC Power (but not both simultaneously)• Siemens/MDC Power will contact the student they

would like to hire directly and negotiate with him/her• Apply online www.studyabroad.ucf.edu

• Summer Engineering Internship Exchange at Erfurt University of Applied Sciences

• Next deadline: October 1, 2018

Group B Application Process

• The same general process will be used.• HSB will send successful applicants to the various

partner companies to seek interest• Apply online www.studyabroad.ucf.edu

‘Engineering Internship Exchange at Hochschule Bremen’• There will be rolling deadlines.

• Applications (complete ones) received by 5:00 PM of the last working day of each month will be considered during the following month

• If opportunities have been announced by HSB, the successful application will be forwarded to HSB

• Note that opportunities may not be available every month –we have no way of knowing that very far in advance.

Interested?• Each opportunity is different

• May have to move quickly for some• We have some good prior experience

with Siemens but not so with the others

• May have to figure things out as we go• Deadlines will vary according to

program and desired date of start. • Most importantly, we need to gauge

your interest and your desired starting dates

• Contact: Ms. Maureen Waked, 407-823-2455,ENG I 107Maureen.Waked@ucf.edu

Group C Process

• Need for much discussion.• If interested, contact:

Dr. Avelino GonzalezAvelino.Gonzalez@ucf.edu

To begin the process.

Questions?