There are many opportunities available for corporations and industry to partner with Penn State, the College of Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.  Below are a few of the ways that corporations can interact with Penn State to exchange ideas and information or to help strengthen programs.

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Senior Reception with Industry Friends
The Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering would like to invite you and representatives from your company to attend our Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Senior Reception on Monday, September 15th from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Atherton Hotel in State College, PA. Non-alcoholic beverages and appetizers will be served. The cost for participating in this reception will be $300. You are invited to bring an unlimited number of your colleagues from your company to attend. To this reception, we will be inviting all of our graduating mechanical and nuclear engineering seniors. We will also be inviting a number of our corporate friends to attend. Please register for this event before September 1, 2008 with your name plus the names of those from your company.

For more information or to register for the reception please visit our online registration page at http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=b3b33a4a-2873-46d5-bda4-194e1b8c3784

Online Job Posting
The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers an online job posting service that is a free service for companies to post their permanent or temporary job openings that is easily accessible to all mechanical and nuclear engineering students. Companies have the flexibility to post their positions up to nine months and can specify other requirements such as the major they are seeking (i.e., mechanical and/or nuclear engineering degree) as well as degree(s), job location, minimum GPA, etc. We invite companies to take advantage of this free service by completing the online form. To post a job, click here.

Search Student Resumes
In addition to offering an online job posting service, companies may also search student resumes online. Companies can search our online student resumes by minimum GPA, degree(s), and specialty areas within mechanical and nuclear engineering. To search student resumes, click here.

IPAC Advisory Board (2008 IPAC committee members)
Each College of Engineering department has their own Industrial and Professional Advisory Council (IPAC) which is made up of representatives from industry, government agencies, academia and the profession. They help advise the various departments and the College of Engineering on academic issues and on current trends and future directions in engineering. IPAC is a forum where ideas are exchanged and recommendations are made and provides a direct link between the College and the engineering profession. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering IPAC, contact: Dr. Karen Thole, Department Head, phone (814) 865-2519 or by e-mail at KThole@psu.edu.

Learning Factory Student Project Support
Since January of 1995, industry-sponsored projects continue to make a significant difference in engineering education at Penn State. Seniors from mechanical, industrial, electrical, and aerospace engineering apply their in-depth training in engineering science and design by executing a real-world project defined by an industrial sponsor. These senior design teams work closely with corporate sponsors to solve product or process design problems. Industry sponsors provide financial support and project mentoring and have consistently reported a high degree of satisfaction with the project results. For more information on the Learning Factory or to sponsor a project, please contact: Leland Engel at lge2@psu.edu, or visit the website for summaries of completed projects at: www.lf.psu.edu.

Co-Op and Internships
The Engineering Cooperative Education and Internship Program at Penn State has been in existence for over seventeen years, and more than 4,000 students have gained career-related work experience through the program.  They are the single source for statewide, national, and international cooperative education and internship experiences.  The program's collective goals are for students to engineer their future careers and for employers to engineer their workforce.  For more information, contact the Engineering Cooperative Education and Internship Office at:  205 Hammond Building, University Park, PA 16802; Phone: (814) 863-1032; Fax: (814) 863-7496.

Corporate Connections
Penn State has a long history of productive relationships with companies of all sizes and collaborates with industry in a variety of ways. The Corporate Connections website has been designed to help guide the corporate community in understanding and exploring ways to connect with Penn State. This site includes the following resources:

• Corporate and Foundation Relations
• Industrial Research Office
• Career Services
• Outreach Client Development
• Athletics
• Penn State Alumni Association