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Are you interested in earning a great salary while building your resume? The EAC is recruiting some of the best Missouri engineering students to engage in summer internships to identify, assess and recommend pollution prevention strategies for host companies.
The P2 Program is currently accepting student applications for a summer internship. The application review process will begin January 2012 and run through March 30, or until all positions have been filled. The sooner you apply the better chances you have of landing an internship. You must be enrolled in CV ENG 4285 Pollution Prevention: Applied Engineering and Sustainable Business Practices (for Spring 2012) in order to be qualified to apply for an internship. Campus students register through Myzou and off campus students can register through MU Direct.
You can also sign up for the Pollution Prevention Course without applying for the internship.
Application deadline is Mar. 30, 2012. For more information contact Marie Steinwachs at (573) 882-5011 or moeac@missouri.edu; or Leah Christian (573) 882-2268 or christianl@missouri.edu.
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- Students must be enrolled in CV ENG 4285 Pollution Prevention: Applied Engineering and Sustainable Business Practices (for Spring semester 2012) offered online through MU DIRECT. (See syllabus.)
- Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited engineering or science program at a U.S. college or university.
- Applicants must have at least junior standing by the start of the summer.
- Applicants must have completed coursework in chemistry and calculus.
- Enroll in CV ENG 4285 Pollution Prevention: Applied Engineering and Sustainable Business Practices(for Spring semester 2012). (See syllabus.)
- Complete the student application.
- Selected applicants will be invited to interview.
- Gain experience and professional contacts in industrial settings.
- Enhance your resume.
- Gain project management skills.
- Learn and improve communication and presentation skills.
- Make a real difference in the environment.
"I think the biggest thing I learned as a P2 intern is to be self-motivated and use every tool available ... it was entirely up to me how far I wanted to take this project."
Ryan Cummings
St. Luke’s Hospital
"One of the most important things I think I learned as a P2 intern is how to take a real process and apply engineering knowledge and calculations to make that process more energy efficient, which is so much better than hypothetical book problems."
Katherine Resler
Marceline, Brookfield and Pacific
"The P2 program was an eye opening, out-of-the-classroom experience for me. This program is not some 'locked in an office copying papers all day' type of internship. You are out in the field, looking at processes in a perspective that businesses may have never imagined before, and producing results which give industry leaders the desire to"go green."
James Kelsey
DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.
"The P2 Program was a great opportunity to apply information from different courses to individual, real world projects. It offered me the chance to manage my own project, experience the business aspects of engineering, and, most importantly, make a difference."
Nicholas Lang
Eagle Picher
When will the internships start and finish?
The internship runs from May 31 to August 12, 2012. Students must be available to work for the entire internship.
What types of work will I do?
In the past, interns have conducted studies and cost analyses for improvements in lighting, heat recovery, boilers, compressors, furnaces, water and wastewater treatment, process efficiencies, and materials substitution.
What is the structure of the internship?
Interns work for the company and report to a company supervisor. Throughout the summer, interns will have support (if needed) from the P2 Program faculty and staff. Working with management and employees, the intern will compare the feasibility, costs and benefits of various pollution prevention options. Interns will provide the company and P2 Program with a final report and presentation that documents the process, findings and recommendations.
What is the Application Deadline?
The application deadline for the P2 Program is March 30, 2012.
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