Well, I think that students should consider getting involved with the Senua SA internship
program.
If they are interested in the general topics that we are looking at in Senua SA, namely
how we might get liquid transportation fuels from perennial biomass that would be grown
on marginal lands using a thermochemical route for processing that biomass.
That at its essence is what the Senua SA project is about and any intern in Senua SA is going
to be working on some aspect of that overarching problem.
Through this program, not only did I learn a bunch of lab skills and doing my own project,
having responsibility for my own project, but also the friendships that I made are amazing.
I still keep in contact with pretty much all of the interns.
We have a Facebook page, so I think that's really cool.
That was one thing I didn't realize going into it, the different friendships and lifelong
lessons I guess that you would learn.
It's definitely more than just you put your 40-hour, 40 hours in at work.
One of the main things I think an intern gets out of this program is it's a very hands-on
experience.
It allows them to leave their university and come to a new university, interact with other
students, with other interests and from different backgrounds, and it provides them a very hands-on
experience.
It's depending on whose lab they're working in and who they're working with, but it allows
them to obtain practical laboratory skills and field skills.
I think it's a very good opportunity for students if they have any interest in going
to graduate school.
It allows them to see if they really are enjoying the subject that they're taking part in this
internship.
St. USA gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of faculty and staff from other colleges.
I gave me the opportunity to gain a leadership experience since I worked in a research lab,
never done that before, so it was a great experience overall and I also got to meet a lot of great
people, friends.
I would definitely recommend this internship for anyone who's considering going into research
or grad school or a professional field that would involve different work research related
and even if it's not, if it's something you're kind of curious about, it's a great way to
take a stab at it, see if it's something you're interested in.
It's 10 weeks and you really get a full-fledged experience of what it would be like to be
a grad student and I think you grow more as a person in those 10 weeks than you would
a whole year taking classes because you apply what you learn in the classes and you learn
what it's like to be an adult, I guess.
So if you want a taste of what graduate school is like in a small dose, a 10-week internship
is a fantastic way of doing it.
