OT Help! Looking for a job, An Engineering Co-op or Internship Options

[BahnBrenner914]

Well, due to a scheduling debacle and my current lack of engineering experience, I'm looking for a spring/summer Co-op or Internship.

I'm a Mechanical Engineering Major going for Bachelors, Masters, and a Minor in aeronautical engineering. I'd like to do Automotive Aero, but right now I need experience, cause finding a Co-op that specific is kind of a long shot.

So do any of you engineers have Co-op's at your company, or do you know of an automotive company that I could look into? Thanks for all of your help.

[BahnBrenner914]

Thanks, Race914. I had thought of Lockhead, I just hadnt checked them out yet, good to know I have an inside connection though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) .

I've also been looking at AMES and the other NASA centers. I'd like to do Auto Aero, but I'm thinking I should just get into Aero somewhere and get some experience, cause getting straight into Auto Aero is pretty hard.

[Wes V]

I had thought of Lockhead, I just hadnt checked them out yet, good to know I have an inside connection though.

It's "Lockheed"!!

[euro911]

I had thought of Lockhead, I just hadnt checked them out yet, good to know I have an inside connection though.

It's "Lockheed"!!

A bit of trivia in the spelling, it was changed to "Lockheed" MANY years ago:

"The Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company was established in 1912 by the brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead. This company was renamed the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company and located in Santa Barbara, California.

In 1926, following the failure of Loughead, Allan Loughead formed the Lockheed Aircraft Company (the spelling was changed to match its phonetic pronunciation) in Hollywood, California. In 1929 Lockheed sold out to Detroit Aircraft Corporation."

The Great Depression ruined the aircraft market, and Detroit Aircraft went bankrupt. A group of investors headed by brothers Robert and Courtland Gross bought the company out of receivership in 1932. The syndicate bought the company for a mere $40,000. Ironically, Allan Loughead himself had planned to bid for his own company, but had raised "only" $50,000, which he felt was too small a sum for a serious bid.

In 1934, Robert E. Gross was named chairman of the new company, the Lockheed Corporation, which was headquartered at the airport in Burbank, California. The company remained there for many years before moving to Calabasas, California."