Employer Success Stories

"I was only a sophomore when I started this position, I hadn’t gone through many major-specific courses yet to apply to my work, my internship with KitchenAid has taught me more than I could learn in a classroom. I had the opportunity to work with talented engineers who gave me the tools to lead my own projects and space to complete them independently. Being able to lead the project from justifying the need for improvement through implementing the change until seeing the results (fewer...

"I found this internship via Handshake. Principal hired over 250 summer interns with 90 being in Information Technology. Throughout the summer, the interns worked on different teams, but for one week the IT interns organized into specialized groups to produce applications through software development cycles and continuous updates and developments on a system. My team's project consisted of connecting a web portal to Salesforce and Google cloud."

Trent Church
Computer Science...

"As an intern at Norfolk Southern, I was responsible for analyzing customer shipping activity and the freight audits.  By optimizing the mode of transportation and minimum transportation miles, I was able to generate savings opportunities for the company. The concepts I learned and the term projects I completed during the engineering supply chain course at Wright State University were very instrumental in the success of my internship."

Shubham Solanki
M.S. in Industrial and...

What is your major:

Electrical engineering, with minors in math and computer science

What is your year in school: Senior

Why did you choose your major?

I choose my major because as I was completing my AAS of industrial technology, I found that I enjoyed my electrical circuits and programming classes much more than my mechanical engineering classes.

Why did you choose...

"We have had great success recruiting from Wright State for over a decade. On our modeling and simulation team of over 100 engineers and computer scientists, almost 40% have degrees from Wright State. We primarily fill our open intern positions with students from Wright State as they are local and can work part-time for us year-round vs working for just one semester. This gives us the continuity we need, as interns obtain security clearances and become proficient with the simulations and...

"Wright State Engineering students and graduates are a vital asset to the Dayton workforce.  For years, we have had the opportunity to work with Raider engineering students through our sponsorships of the programming competition, scholarships, and the Reynolds Espresso Lane Café. Our managers are impressed with the work and professionalism of associates from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with Wright State."

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Leah Lynch, Junior
Mechanical Engineering

Why did you choose your major?

"I took my first calculus class in high school and it was incredibly difficult for me because I wasn’t flying through questions as I used to in geometry and algebra. At first, I was incredibly discouraged, but over time, I started to love the challenge. This brought me to explore STEM majors and I decided to try a branch of engineering. From there, I signed up for Wright State’s...

Redwall Technologies is a cyber-security company dedicated to providing high-quality and effective cyber-security expertise, software engineering, and leading-edge technology to assist both public and private sectors against security threats. Redwall supervisor Mike Collins states that they have been happy with their Wright State student interns and notes that recent Wright State intern Caleb Smith has been great to work with and well-prepared by the College. Collins appreciates his pleasant...

Founded in Dayton, Ohio, BWI Group serves as a premier chassis supplier as well as designer and manufacturer of brake and suspension systems around the world.

As a valued corporate partner of the Wright State Brandeberry Career Development Center, BWI Group has hired many Wright State students for internships. 

BWI Group supervisor Kathy Murphy states that it has been a pleasure working with one of their recent interns, Renyssa Davis. Murphy comments that Davis is self-...