Physics and Engineering Internships

2008 Competitive National Internships

Andrew Rice, REU, Montana State University
Paul Weavers, SURF, Mayo Clinic, Dept. of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering
Tommy Hofer, SURF, NIST at Boulder
David Carlson, REU, University of Colorado (Boulder)
Andrew Dirks, Break Through Collaborative Teaching Internship

2007 Competitive National Internships

Sarah Anderson, REU, University of Colorado (Boulder)
Nathan Friez, REU, Cornell University
Randy Johnson, REU, University of Michigan
Tim Johnson, REU, Cornell University
Cory Lindh, REU, MIT
Michael Slotman, REU, Michigan State University
Laura Steen, REU, Purdue University

2006 Competitive National Internships

Gus Olson, National Science Foundation REU, Texas A&M
Matt Seaberg, LIGO SURF, Caltech
Jared Sturdy, Space Scholar, Air Force Research Lab

2005 Competitive National Internships

Nathan Lemke, Fellowship at NIST, Boulder, CO
Jared Sturdy, National Science Foundation REU at CERN, Switzerland
Carl Schreck, REU from NSF, Texas A & M

2005 Corporate Internships

Tim Kuehn, 3M, Optical Systems Division Laboratory
Greg Schutte, Minco Products
Rob Ellis, MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Nathan Lemke, Honeywell Aerospace, Ring Laser Gyro Design Engineering
Brooke McDonnell, Logic Product Development, Electrical Engineering
Andy Nemzek, Xcel Energy, Substation Engineering
Aaron Montello, 3M, Safety, Security and Protection Services
Nick Johnson, 3M, Occupational Health and Environment Safety Department

2003 Corporate Internships

Rob Grodahl, Medtronic
Ben Montello, 3M
Steve Gardeen, Medtronic
Greg Schutte, Minco Products, Inc.
Scott Miles, 3M
Robert Putman, Medtronic
Alisha Zimmermann, Pratt & Whitney
David Rowley, 3M
Nick Isder, 3M

2003 Competitive National Internships

Dawn Schafer, Auburn University, Alabama
Robert Putman, Argonne National Lab, Illinois
Andrew Vitek, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
Steve Gardeen, Texas A&M University

2003 Bethel Summer Research Internships

Erik Leigh, 2D Fluid Flow
Chris Stelter, 2D Fluid Flow
Carl Schreck, Sonoluminescent Interferometry
Ben Pulford, Holographic Saxophone Reed Studies
Peter Nyflot, Holographic Saxophone, Reed Studies
Reed Weber, Sonoluminescent Interferometry

2001-2002 Corporate Internships

Nathan Sunquist, Telecom Department, 3M Information Technologies, St. Paul, MN
Randy Kleinman, Associate Design Engineer, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Logic Product Development, Minneapolis, MN
Dan Krzmarzick, Associate Software Engineer, Logic Product Development, Minneapolis, MN
Nate Lindquist, 3M Fiber Optics Lab, St. Paul, MN
Jesse Geroy, Fiber Optics and Electronics, 3M Technology Center, St. Paul, MN
Paul Mueller, Associate Electrical Engineer, Logic Product Development, Minneapolis, MN
Reed Larson, Fiber Optics and Electronics, 3M Technology Center, St. Paul, MN
Nick Klein, Associate Software Engineer, Logic Product Development, Minneapolis, MN
Tim Roufs, Adhesives Divisions, 3M Technology Center, St. Paul, MN
Lance Lohstretor, Design Assurance Lab, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Seth Hulst, Mechanical Engineering Intern, Delta Industrial, Coon Rapids, MN

2000 Competitive National Internships

Nate Lindquist, National Science Foundation, Internship at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Steve Anderson, National Science Foundation, Michigan State University

2000 Bethel Summer Research Internships

Sarah Boswell, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico
Tom McElmurry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Sponsored by the U.S. Navy, Terry Haute, IN
Kathryn Zurek, Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1999 Nationally Awarded Summer Internships

1999 NASA Summer Institute Internship, Goddard Space Flight Center - Sarah Boswell, '01
National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, Cornell University, Kathrn Zurek, '01
Research for Undergraduates 1999 Summer Fellowship, University of Alaska, Fairbanks - Jason Parks, '00
Argonne National Laboratory, 1999 Summer Student Fellowship - Amy Herman, '99
National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, University of North Dakota, Lance Lohstreter, '01
National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Internship, Oregon State University - Tom McElmurry, '01
1999 NASA Summer Faculty Fellowship, Jet Propulsion Lab - Prof. Brian Beecken
Research for Undergraduates 1999 Summer Fellowship, University of Washington - Aaron Rendahl, '00
National Science Foundation 1999 Summer Fellowship, Arizona State - Matt Lang, '00

1999 Local Internships

3M Laboratories, Laboratory Assistant - Brian Ochs, '00

1998 Nationally Awarded Summer Internships

Argonne National Laboratory, Student Fellowship - Amy Herman, '99
Science Foundation Internship, Oregon State - Jason Parks, '00
Research for Undergraduates Fellowship, U. of Nebraska - Candice Bacon, '99

1998 Local Internships

Bethel College Physics Department, Research Assistant, funded by NASA's Minnesota Space Grant Consortium - Matt Lang, '00
Bethel College Physics Department, Research Assistant, funded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research - Tom McElmurry, '01
3M Laboratories, Laboratory Assistant - Brian Ochs, '00
Bethel College Physics Department, Technical Assistant - Sarah Boswell '01

1997 Nationally Awarded Summer Internships

Jim Belich, Eglin Air Force Base, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Graduate Student research Fellowship
Chris Tebow, Oregon State University, NSF REV Program
Aaron Rendahl, Office of Naval Intelligence, Radar and Satellites

1997 Local Internships

Andrew Hjelle, Cray Research, Hardware Division
Tim Carlson, Impact Mailing Co.
Jon Beck, 3M, Electronic Article Surveillance, Safety and Safety and Security Division
Colin Marsh, FSI International, Surface Conditioning Division/Mercury Research Group
Laura Richards, Anderson Consulting
Andy Iverson, Anderson Consulting
Brian Ochs, 3M, Electronics Materials
Dan Sykora, 3M, Fiber Optics
Peter Homme, Aspen Research
Matt Lang, Bethel College Physics Department, Research Assistant
Candice Bacon, Bethel College Physics Department, Macalaster Summer Physics Program

1996 Internships

Peter Engblom and Chris Tebow worked at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden on a research program in the Department of Novel Materials, researching applications to magnetic sensing.
Laura Richards worked at the West Publishing Company (now called West Group) in Eagan, MN.
Jon Beck worked for 3M in Maplewood, MN. He was a tech aide in the Electronic Article Surveillance Department, which is part of the Safety and Security Division.
Kim Eide worked in the Bethel College Physics Department (in conjuction with Macalester College) as an Assistant Lab Coordinator. She designed, wrote, and implemented Physics Laboratories for two summer courses in Introductory Physics for Pre-Med majors.
Jenney Loper worked in the Fabrication Area at Superconducting Core Technologies in Golden, Colorado. She provided support for the engineers growing thin film High Temperature Superconductors (STO & YBCO) using the PLD (Pulsed Laser Deposition) system. She tested the critical temperature, surface resistance, cleaned the wafers for distribution, and measured the thickness of the films (all of this for single and double sided films and small and large wafers). She worked in a clean room environment most of the time, which required her to get dressed and undressed about 10-20 times a day! She also built an electronic control box to animate the second PLD system (which arrived three weeks before she left). When the second system arrived, she and the other interns assembled it and attached many of the components. She also tested the accuracy of a 56Hz resonator to be used in testing large film surface resistance.