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Summer Internship Program

Fully-immersed 8-weeks experiential learning program open for 8th grade to high school students to work with real clients and making an impact.

About the Program

📅 When

Summer 1 & Summer 2, 2024

📍 Location

Enabling Engineering Lab, 002 Ell Hall

Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115

Program Overview

This program is built for 8th grade to high school students. Student will have 8-weeks to fully immerse themselves in an experiential learning environment where students will work with real like clients.

  • Students will explore the multifaceted challenges within the realm of disabilities, equipping themselves to devise tailored solutions for clients. They will cultivate innovation skills vital for addressing complex issues in this domain.

  • Students will master Basecamp as a communication platform for seamless collaboration with cross-functional teams and clients. They will adeptly oversee project management tasks, ensuring thorough documentation and efficient progress tracking.

1. Choose a project

Students will get to pick from a range of project to work with and connect with the clients in person to gather requirements. In course of their build phase our Program Manager, Priyanka Jalan will be assisting students by helping them in managing their projects.

2. Work in our lab

The lab will be open to students throughout the week from 11 am –6 pm. Students will have access to the equipment’s in the lab. We have a 3d printer assistant, electrical engineering student advisor and mechanical engineering student advisor who will help assisting.

3. Present your project

At the end of the 8th week we will have a showcase day where students will present their work and finally schedule a day to deliver the project to their client.

Projects from Past Summer

  • Model for Hematoma

    Currently, there are not enough nurses trained to deal with femoral hematomas, and the current training model is neither detailed nor adjustable. This team was working on making a model to mimic a femoral hematoma accurately using an inflatable bladder.

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  • Universal Wheelchair Camera Mount (v2)

    The client who is a filmmaker, she sits on a wheelchair and always requires some sort of assistance when filming. This team worked on designing an adjustable camera mount that is capable of 360 rotation around a point, a horizontal rotation of 180.

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How to Apply?

  • Click this link to fill out the application form showing your interest. Your program advisor will reach out to you via email sending you an unpaid internship offer letter and a consent form which needs to be signed by the parent/guardian and student.

  • If you are selected, your program advisor will reach out to you via email sending you an unpaid internship offer letter and a consent form which needs to be signed by the parent/guardian and student.

  • When students come into the lab on the first day, we will be allocating the students into teams, discussing project idea, and assigning clients to them.

  • We will have scheduled meetings in the lab through the summer program where students will be able to meet their teams, brainstorm, and work on the projects.

If you want to collaborate in summer internship, reach out for more information.

Priyanka Jalan

Program Manager for Enabling Engineering