CSS Internship Final Presentation

Kennon Owens

SIKORSKY PROPRIETARY

August 12th 2015

• Born in Alexandria, Virginia. Raised in Bowie, Maryland.

• Attending North Carolina A&T State University in

Greensboro, North Carolina.

• Hobbies: long distance runs, anything athletic, video

games, thought experiments

• Interests: Space, Physics, Philosophy, Aeronautics

BIOGRAPHY

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PROJECTS

• Investigated part discrepancies

and their impact on assemblies.

• Helped to push certifications

forward.

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• Assisted with supplier support

efforts.

• Performed analyses for drawing

releases.

• Issued updates on the

engineering changes.

• Reviewed reports on part and

assembly testing.

KEY LEARNINGSDuring this internship, the main things I learned were:

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• Time management plays a large

role in project completion

• It’s good to get to know your team,

to foster better communication.

• When working to complete a project,

it’s important to incorporate your team.

• Communication is a huge aspect of the

job, regardless of the department.

RECOMMENDATIONSFuture interns will thank you for the following changes:

• See about completing any Ethics, Environmental Health and Safety, and

HR mandated training early on.

• Please get all of the charge codes an intern will ever need, to them early

on.

• If possible, see about getting a calendar together with all intern events

listed, and try to get this calendar to them early on.

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• Work to limit the impact of

INROADS and their events on

interns and their time tables.

NEXT STEPSFollowing the end of my internship, I plan to:

• Go back to A&T and finish out my Bachelor’s degree, and possibly

double major with Engineering Physics.

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• Be inducted into Pi Tau

Sigma(Mechanical Engineering

honor society), and increase my

involvement in NSBE, ASME, and

EWB.

• Apply to M.I.T. for my Master’s

degree and Ph.D. in Mechanical

Engineering.

• Use my education to go into the

field of engineering research.

Someday work in an engineering

company’s research department

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI’d like to acknowledge and thank:

• Design Engineer - Richard Brandler

• Design Engineer - Daniel Lane

• Engineering Supervisor - Dave Klusek

• Design Engineer - Gillian Allsup

• Gina Halligan

• S-92 Chief Engineer - James Munda, and his team:

− Carlos Rios

− Guy Juan Montoro

− Bruce Jensen

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