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Millions of recent college graduates struggle to find a full-time job, and resort to working in positions that don’t align with their degrees or their

How’s it going guys? Tomorrow afternoon, I, along with the rest of the Indium Corporation interns, are presenting the work we’ve done so far in our Mid-point Report-out

Hello again, As I near the midway point of this internship at Indium Corporation, I thought I would review my first half a little bit. The first few weeks of my internship were mostly dedicated to

When you are gluing a picture to a poster board, you don’t want gaps or large spaces without glue, because it would decrease the strength of the overall bond. The picture might bend, bubble, or

One of the most terrifying experiences you may face in your professional life is a presentation gone wrong, where the idea of public speaking becomes too much to bear, and damages your delivery. For

On Wednesday, I was fortunate enough to step into "the room where it happens," and see Hamilton: An American Musical on Broadway. I’ve seen many Broadway shows, but Hamilton was

In my last blog post I introduced the New Generation of Soldering – Robotic Soldering. In this post I will be addressing the most and least appropriate situations in which to use robotic

Sure, we’ve all heard how some wines and cheeses get better with

As an intern at Indium Corporation, I am given a fairly large amount of freedom when it comes to my tasks. My supervisor tells me the end goal he has in mind; however, the steps that I take to get

I have recently been running some tests where I have to start a machine and then wait several minutes before it is complete. I’ll often find myself staring into these machines as they crawl

How’s it going guys? In last week’s Lunch-n-Learn, Jim McCoy discussed the essentials of being adequately prepared for job searching. Some of the things he covered were resume and cover

Over time, everyone develops new knowledge and new achievements through experiences; whether they are accomplishments that are easy to achieve, or

Have you ever wondered how your medicine or vitamin bottle, and its cap, were made? Or where such things like the cap to spices and Parmesan cheese come from? Well, I sure was curious, and was lucky

This week I am posting about how the skills I have learned throughout college have impacted my work here at Indium Corporation. As I mentioned in my first blog post, I am currently entering my senior

Hello Readers, I apologize that I missed posting last week, but I was experiencing something that I am excited to tell you all about. Last week my Formula SAE team, Citrus Racing, travelled to

One of the really good things about using thermal grease in a compression thermal interface is that pressure does not have too much of an effect on it; the thermal resistance stays relatively

My past few weeks at Indium Corporation have been jam-packed full of work. I spend most of my days running between the labs, conducting multiple tests at once. Some days I only get a few minutes at

I have always been a competitive person. That’s just the way I am, with everything I do. Whether it’s downhill ski racing, winning my next state championship, or sprints after football

The DOE (design of experiment) for my primary project over the next 7 weeks is finally complete. It was a fantastic learning experience because, unlike a lab or experiment at school, there was no

Folks, The risk priority number (RPN) of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is a useful tool to help make soldering decisions relating to

Your personal brand is what a person thinks of when your name is brought up in conversation; the first thought that someone has when you walk into a room. It is affected by most everything you do,