I would first off like to apologize for the long disconnect on my blog- I promise I still think about it all the time but I have been running around like a crazy person since February! Update: Man has it been a great year so far! I don’t know about you all, but sometimes the universe just spins in the correct way and this is definitely been what I have needed lately. Since I have last posted, I have had some major things happen! At the Society of Women Engineers Region B conference, I won an Emerging Leader Award!! "The Emerging Leader Award honors a Sonora SWE professional and college member member who has been actively engaged in engineering or technology profession, has demonstrated outstanding technical excellence, has consistently engaged with SWE. " I was also awarded an outstanding student award in my department- in which we are recognized at this spring’s graduation (not my graduation, but still, that’s huge!! And lastly, this past week I received a SWE scholarship from Weber State, but most importantly I was one of the guest speakers! It was fun to talk about my “aha” moment with engineering and some advice that I have for all of the students in the room. Needless to say, I have just been on cloud nine. Now, I am not trying to brag about these awards at all, but more to open the eyes of others. I have worked tirelessly for each and every one of these awards/ accomplishments and speeches so it has been amazing to get them! But here’s a quick life update as well! We finish the semester in less than 3 weeks- holy cow has flown by! My internship is still going wonderfully! I can’t remember if I have written about what I am doing with Northrop, but what I can say is I am transforming an airplane hangar into a prototype shop! It has been so cool to see all of the equipment come in and I am thrilled to see the projects that we work on! I get to go on my first work trip ( wahoo!! #interngoals for sure!) to the Rapid + TCT conference in Pittsburgh, PA. If you don’t know me, let me fill you in- I love everything to do with rapid prototyping so this is soo cool!! If you are in the engineering field, I cannot speak more highly of Northrop Grumman! They offer 401K benefits for their interns, pay really well, and last year all of their summer interns were able to go on at least one work trip and they really value you as an employee! One slight bummer with Solar Turbines last year was work instructions- I did so much editing that I didn’t quite feel like I was utilizing my engineering degree, however, with Northrop, I haven’t even seen a work instruction for me to work on!! Here are a couple pictures from the awards! Thanks again for reading! XOXO E
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AuthorMy name is Elaine Cope, I am studying Manufacturing Engineering. I decided to make this blog with hopes to inspire other young female engineers to pursue their dreams. Archives
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