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One of the most uniquely advantageous events for both SHPE Conference participants and hiring companies is our Corporate Tours Program, which will take place on Thursday, October 27, 2011 during the time frame of 7am - 2pm. Attending a Corporate Tour is an opportunity to be one of the few conference participants to experience a company's technologies first-hand, interact with potential recruiters, and network with engineers and scientists with similar interests.
Please submit your request to attend one of the tours listed below as soon as possible by selecting the link for the tour. Your request will be provide to the selected organization for final selection. You must be a paid registrant of the conference to attend. We will be notified once the organization has made it selections. Please note we will be posting additional tours as the details are received.
On the day of the tours please plan to check in at the Convention Center Tours Info booth no later than 20 minutes before the tour time. Be prepared with your photo id when you check in. There will be more details to follow.
GE Aviation Tour
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 Tour of our GE Landing Gear facility
Audience: Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Professionals
Target Majors: All Engineers
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Legacy of Innovation, Medtronic Heart Valves Facility Tour
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 Innovation is the lifeblood of Medtronic. For more than 60 years our innovations have helped physicians diagnose diseases earlier, treat patients with the least amount of disruption possible, and help alleviate symptoms throughout the patient's life. Throughout our history and into today we strive to change the way the world treats chronic disease and help people live better, longer. The Focus in Santa Ana is on heart valves and valve repair technology to treat congenital heart defects and valve disease. We also continually work to develop minimally invasive approaches to traditional full open-chest heart surgery for valve replacement and repair. Attendees will participate in a manufacturing tour as well as see a live demo of what takes place on the production line.
Audience: Undergraduate Students, Professionals
Target Majors: Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality/Regulatory
Industries: Medical Devices
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 The El Segundo refinery is a 1,000 acre facility located in the city of El Segundo just south of LAX. Built in 1911 and named El Segundo, meaning the second in Spanish, this was the standard oil's second refinery in California. The facility has over 1,100 employees and has the capacity to refine over 270,000 barrels of crude per day. The primary function is to provide transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel and jet.
Audience: Masters Graduate Students and Undergraduate Students
Target Majors: Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
| Restrictions: Participants must present a valid government issued picture identification. Closed-toe shoes are required. |
Minimum Attire: Business Casual |
| Citizenship: Not Required |
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct 27 - 8:00AM to 12:00PM |
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 Take a walking tour of Turner Construction's Southern California Edison Data Center job site. The project includes a 62,000 sq. ft. facility and an exterior mechanical yard totaling 14,000 sq. ft. The total footprint is approximately 122,000 sq. ft. which includes new landscaping, site concrete, and a new fire lane. The project is striving to achieve LEED Gold certification by the US Green Building Council.
Audience: Masters Graduate Students and Undergraduate Students
Target Majors: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, and related Majors
| Restrictions: Participants must present a valid government issued picture identification. Participants must wear boots or hard-soled shore with jeans or slacks. No sneakers, open-toe shoes, high heels, or soft sole shoes allowed. |
Minimum Attire: Business Casual |
| Citizenship: Not Required |
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct 27 - 8:00AM to 11:00AM |
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 In the aerospace industry, Eaton is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a comprehensive line of reliable, high-efficiency systems and components for hydraulic, motion control and fuel applications. Students will tour our hydraulics systems division of our aerospace business where we produce hydraulic power generation and fluid distribution components and systems.
Employment Opportunities: Internship; COOP; Full Time Audience: Undergraduate Students and Professionals
Target Majors: Manufacturing
| Restrictions: Closed-toed shoes |
Minimum Attire: Business Casual Attire |
| Citizenship: Not Required |
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct 27 - 9:00AM to 1:15PM |
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Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems is unique in its integrated approach to both the air and space sides of the business. Increasingly, the organization is leveraging technology, processes, expertise and people across domains. The company’s vision is to be the leader in advancing freedom and advancing discovery by providing our customers with innovative and affordable integrated air, space and ground solutions. The proximity to one another of the company’s industry-leading space and air manufacturing facilities allows for an exciting and an educationally enriching experience for both Engineers and students in STEM.
Space Park, Redondo Beach
Many of the world’s most sophisticated and pioneering spacecraft, rocket engines and astronautical observatories have been developed here. Northrop Grumman is currently developing the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble. The Webb Space Telescope is an engineering marvel. It will orbit almost a million miles from earth and will be built with a five-layer sunshield with each layer the size of a tennis court to keep the mirror operating at optimum temperature. The telescope’s 6.5 meter diameter primary mirror could fit seven Hubble Telescope mirrors and is made from 18 hexagonal segments of polished Beryllium. The Webb Telescope will peer into the farthest reaches of space back to a few hundred thousand years after the Big Bang to help us better understand the origins of the universe. The visit would include a tour of the high bay where some of the components are being assembled.
El Segundo Manufacturing Center
Northrop Grumman is responsible for the design and production of the ship set of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the U.S. Navy’s frontline carrier-based aircraft. The shipset includes the center/aft fuselage section, twin vertical tails and associated subsystems. The Hornet entered service in 1983, the Super Hornet in 2001. In order to help extend the service life of the original Hornets, we also produce replacement center barrels for those aircraft. The center barrel serves as the attachment point for the wings and the main landing gear. Recently, the company celebrated two significant milestones: The deliveries of the 500th Super Hornet ship set and the 300th Hornet center barrel. The tour includes a visit to the company’s state-of-the-art F/A-18 manufacturing facilities as well as visit to the Integrated Composites Center, where Northrop Grumman has pioneered the use of high-strength, lightweight graphite composite materials used throughout the structure of the F/A-18.
Employment Opportunities: Full Time Audience: Masters/PhD Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Professionals
Target Majors: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.
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 Tour of the C-17 Program will include, Wing assembly, Major Join, Final Assembly, Center Assembly and possibly the Ramp/Delivery. We will have an executive speaker greeting all after a 5 minute film and safety talk. No guarantee of on-aircraft access due to production schedule.
Audience: Undergraduate Students, Professionals, Masters Graduate Students, PhD Graduate Students
Target Majors: Engineering/Aerospace- Design, Hardware, Software, Dynamics
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Guided tour of Boeing's Satellite Development Center, the world's largest dedicated space satellite factory.
Audience: Undergraduate Students
Target Majors: Engineering/Aerospace- Design, Hardware, Software, Dynamics
| Restrictions: Participants must present a valid government issued picture identification. No cellphones or cameras allowed. |
Minimum Attire: Business Casual, Closed-toed shoes, legs covered, no loose or exposed jewelry |
| Citizenship: Required |
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct 27 - 8:15AM - 2:00PM |
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 Global Technology Center Tour will involve seeing the state of the art Research Laboratories including the robotics and fermentation labs. Types of research being conducted in San Diego will also be discussed during the tour.
Audience: Undergraduate Students, Master Graduate Student, Professionals
Target Majors:All Engineering Majors
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