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MSE students Ben Bernard, top, and Ben Poquette worked for Alcoa Aluminio this summer in Brazil. See Ben and Ben's Slide show |
MSE students work for Alcoa Two MSE students returned from a summer internship last August with many stories of their international work experience. Both Ben Poquette and Ben Bernard traveled abroad to work for Alcoa Aluminio in Brazil. The international engineering opportunity was made available through the Materials Science and Engineering department by the A l c o a F o u n d a t i o n . The duo left the States on May 18. Poquette assisted a Brazilian university with a procedure to test refractory brick, while Bernard worked on a project characterizing defects in flat rolled aluminum. Working at Alcoa provided both Poquette and Bernard a positive international learning experience. "I learned how to keep communication flowing between two different cultures and languages. I also learned a lot about aluminum processing," Poquette said.
Bernard took the internship
strictly for international working
experience. "I was interested
in an international experience
and Alcoa gave me the
option," he said. "This internship
introduced me to new
technological, cultural, and life
experiences. It was very valuable
to grow as a metallurgist
and an international businessman,
both goals in my life."
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