Intern experience at Tech Tran Corporation, Naperville, Illinois: an internship report
Abstract
This report presents a survey of the author's internship experience
with Tech Tran Corporation during the period September 3, 1981 through April 30, 1982. The
eight month internship was spent as an engineering intern with a small consulting firm
specializing in high technology state-of-the-art manufacturing technology management and
assessment. The intent of this report is to demonstrate that this experience fulfills the
requirements of the Doctor of Engineering internship. The primary objective of the internship
was to develop technical expertise in the field of industrial automation. Secondary goals were
to improve oral and written communication skills and project management techniques. The three
projects presented in this report met these objectives and goals. The major project was to
develop a state-of-the-art assessment of robotics. This assessment was developed by surveying
hundreds of robots users, manufacturers and researchers, and undertaking a comprehensive
literature search on U.S. and foreign robots. The information was distilled into a
professional managerial level report on robotics. The second project was to develop technical
summaries and assessments of completed projects of the Army Missile Command's Manufacturing
Technology Program. This was performed by reviewing project reports and interviewing
government and contractor engineers throughout the country. The third project was to be an
Associate Editor for Manufacturing Technoogy Horizons digest. This is a bi-monthly digest
featuring major developments in manufacturing techniques and equipment. Short concise
summaries for manufacturing processes were researched and developed through written
correspondence and phone interviews. The internship was an opportunity to use my engineering
skills to learn about the robotics industry, and improve oral and written communication
skills. Thus, objectives for the Doctor of Engineering degree were met and the internship
requirement satisfied.
Description
"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes vita (leaf 326)
Includes "Selected glossary of robotics terms" (leaves 265-269, or p. 163-167 of original text)
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 255-256, or p. 153-154 of original text)
Includes text of work previously published: Sanderson, Ronald J. Industrial robots: a summary and forecast for manufacturing managers / Ronald J. Sanderson, John A. Campbell, John D. Meyer. Naperville, Ill.:Tech Tran Corporation, c1982. In addition to bearing leaf numbers 95-269 of the Record of Study, the pagination of the original publication is printed (vii, 1-167)
Subject
Major Industrial EngineeringIndustrial Engineering
Tech Tran Corporation
Technology assessment
Manufacturing processes - Automation
Robots, Industrial
High technology services industries - Illinois - Naperville
Consulting firms - Illinois - Naperville
Industrial engineering - Illinois - Naperville
Collections
Citation
Campbell, John Arthur, 1947- (1983). Intern experience at Tech Tran Corporation, Naperville, Illinois: an internship
report. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /PILO -TAMU -4019848.