Intern experience at URS Company: an internship report
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Date
2013-03-13
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Texas A&M University
Abstract
This report describes the author's internship experience with URS
Company - Dallas, Texas, from May 1980 to May 1981. The internship company is a consulting
engineering firm engaged in providing professional services in the transportation, energy,
pollution abatement, water resources, and water and wastewater treatment fields. The author
worked as an electrical design engineer during the internship period. The author was also
assigned the responsibilities and duties of a project engineer for one of the ongoing
projects. The internship objectives were set to provide the author with an internship
experience that fulfills the requirements of the Doctor of Engineering Program. These
objectives were to become familiar with the organizational characteristics of the company; to
make an identifiable contribution in the electrical engineering field; and to gain experience
in the non-academic activities of the company, industry standards, ethical practices, and the
interactions between the company and the industrial environments. During the internship period
the author was involved in designing electrical power distribution, lighting, and control
systems for the Dallas East Side Water Treatment Plant and some other projects. The author
also developed a computer program to calculate feeder, conduit, and circuit breaker sizes for
electrical power circuits. Furthermore, the author gained experience in project management,
industry practices, and the internal and external activities of the internship
company.
Description
Includes author's vita
"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 bibliographical references (leaf 94)
"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 bibliographical references (leaf 94)
Keywords
Major Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering