Naval Architecture or Marine Engineering Virtual Internship

NAME 592
Closed
The University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Co-op & Internship Coordinator
3
Timeline
  • June 10, 2020
    Experience start
  • June 11, 2020
    On-boarding and Orientation
  • June 26, 2020
    Initial Project Presentation
  • July 11, 2020
    Mid-point Check-in
  • August 1, 2020
    Final Project Presentation (MEL students)
  • August 5, 2020
    Final Written Report (MEL students)
  • September 1, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Any
Manufacturing, Government, Environment, Transport, trucking & railroad

Experience scope

Categories
Data analysis
Skills
research project planning data analysis engineering design
Student goals and capabilities

Virtual Internship (paid; full or part-time)

An opportunity to bring in a Master's NAME student this summer to meet short term needs of your organization and contribute to development of a future engineer for Canada's marine industry. The full- or part-time, engineering intern will complete a specific project conducted virtually (i.e. off-site) for anywhere from 6-16 weeks. Internships can commence anytime from May through July; ending by Labour Day. Minimum 180 hours.

Students can work on one or more projects during the internship. This virtual internship could also be an opportunity for your junior technical staff to develop their supervisory skills.

Recruit from our Master of Engineering Leadership program (all students have 4 to 10+ years industry experience ranging from shipyards, mariners, project managers) or the Master of Engineering program (all have undergraduate engineering degrees plus 2 to 8+ years industry experience).

Students

Students
Graduate
Any level
1 student
Project
180 hours per student
Students self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are determined and outlined by the client - you. This could include design drawings packages, background research findings, data analysis summary, financial summary, beta units of systems, etc. Students will need to complete a technical report to meet the NAME 592 Internship course requirement, submitted to the Director, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering no later than September 4.

Project timeline
  • June 10, 2020
    Experience start
  • June 11, 2020
    On-boarding and Orientation
  • June 26, 2020
    Initial Project Presentation
  • July 11, 2020
    Mid-point Check-in
  • August 1, 2020
    Final Project Presentation (MEL students)
  • August 5, 2020
    Final Written Report (MEL students)
  • September 1, 2020
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Here are some examples of how these Master's students can apply their knowledge:

  • Prepare design schematics and detail drawings for vessel requirements
  • Design document preparation for new products and components including drawings and engineering specifications
  • Propulsion and hydrodynamic analyses; stability tests and calculations; structural drafting and design
  • Data Analysis: Validate data sources, transformations, and analysis against reference data to ensure quality, accuracy, and completeness of derived reports.

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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