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What Are Your Apps Doing Behind The Scenes?

Hello Everyone, PokémonGo is an iOS as well as an Android application that has taken the world by storm. The object of the game is to search for Pokémon characters anywhere you travel

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The Mid-Point of My Indium Corporation Internship

Friday, July 8th, marked the mid-point of my 2016 internship with Indium Corporation. This has been a remarkable experience. This past Friday was known as “bragging day.” Each intern

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Solder Paste Reflow Defects Relate To Welding Defects

The defects in welding two specific materials can relate to different types of defects that exist after reflowing solder paste. An example of welding defects, from my personal world, include my

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Updating the E-Commerce Website

One of the projects that I'm working on during my summer internship is updating Indium Corporation's e-commerce website. The goal is to create a simplified and user-friendly

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How To Give the Best Presentation at Work: Start With Why

Most people like to stick to the way that they've always done things, especially when it comes to giving presentations. Students learn a format for this in school and think they must stick to it

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My Legacy: A Surprising Twist In My Internship

Hi, My internship is approaching its final weeks and I have recently been faced with the problem of how I am going to make my work live on as I intended it even after I leave. As I have mentioned in

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An Interview With Former Indium Corporation Intern Tory King

I'm often asked how I became aware of Indium Corporation and its summer internship program. I learned through word of mouth from a previous intern, one of my best friends, Tory King. Tory said he

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How I Have Benefited From My Indium Corporation Internship

Before I joined the Indium Corporation summer internship program I had a lot to learn. As a young college student, I always felt that I had learned a lot in school and I would be well prepared when

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A College Intern Speaking Out – and Looking In

Last week was the halfway point of Indium Corporation’s 2016 college internship program. In a special meeting, all of the interns gave a brief presentation to share our progress thus far; we

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An Intern’s Perspective on Effective Communication: Business vs. School

Everyone's perspective on effective communication changes as we gain experience. In middle and high school we were taught to communicate based on certain length requirements; for essays and

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Sustaining Process Improvement is Often the Most Difficult Task

Folks, It looks like Patty is a little down…. A sad event happened near her house. The fawn that was born a few weeks ago, appears to have been killed, most likely by a bear. A neighbor spotted

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An Eventful Week as an Indium Corporation Intern

Hello Everyone, Last week was rather eventful as an intern at Indium Corporation. On Wednesday, we participated in a volunteering event known as the Utica CITY SWEEP. Every Wednesday, starting about

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Clean Sweep Helps Utica’s Boilermaker

Last Wednesday the other interns and I participated in a Clean Sweep of Utica lead by Mayor Robert Palmieri. This is a program that gets people out onto the streets of Utica to tidy up the area so

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Halfway There: Sharing My Experiences as an Indium Corporation Intern

This past Friday, I had the opportunity to present my last five weeks' experience as in intern at Indium Corporation. It is surprising that half of the intern program has already gone by. When I

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Community Volunteering in The City of Utica

Hello Everyone, Every year in Utica, NY, in the month of July, there is an annual race called the Boilermaker. All locals are familiar with this race and know it is 15 kilometers long (9.3 miles).

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Why Do Women Quit Engineering?: From the perspective of a woman in engineering.

Recently, I read an article on women in engineering careers and why many women tend to turn away from the field. Susan

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The Mid-Point of My 2016 Indium Corporation College Internship Experience

This week marks the halfway point of my Indium Corporation internship. To commemorate this special occasion, all the interns participate in "Bragging Day." This is where each intern, their

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Quality of Life Sweep: How Community Service Can Make A Difference

Community service has always been something I have been passionate about – ever since I was young. Community service enables students like myself to acquire skills and knowledge as well as

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College Experience Translating Into Real-World Applications

I recently finished my freshman year of college at Clarkson University and, even though it was only my freshman year, I still gained a lot of knowledge and experience. Clarkson University is a

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Indium Corporation Interns Volunteering in the Community for the Boilermaker

This Sunday; July 10th 2016, is the Boilermaker. This 15 kilometer road race brings people from all over the world to Utica, NY. The event is held every summer on the second Sunday in July but the

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Comparing Mechanical Engineering to Plastic Thermoforming

I didn’t think Mechanical Engineering would play such a large role in plastic thermoforming. Throughout my internship I am learning all about the plastic thermoforming process and how it works.

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