Co-op Awards 2008

Outstanding CO-OP Employer

FEDEX GROUND

Our Co-op Employer of the Year for 2008 is FedEx Ground.  FedEx Ground has had a long-standing and outstanding relationship with the Swanson School of Engineering’s Co-op Program and the University of Pittsburgh!  Through this program they have hired many full-time individuals as well.   They are very deserving of the recognition!

Previous winners were:

1991    Delphi Packard Electric Corporation/GM
1992    Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
1993    J&L Specialty Steel
1994    USAirways
1995    Nova Chemical Corporation
1996    Eaton/Cutler-Hammer
1997    Bayer Corporation
1998    Westinghouse Electric Company, EMD
1999    ANSYS Incorporated
2000    United Parcel Service
2001    AK Steel
2002    Mine Safety Appliances Company
2003    H.B. Maynard
2004    American Bridge Corporation
2005    Dupont Chemical Solutions Enterprise

2006    Valspar

2007    Medrad

 

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2008 CO-OP STUDENT OF THE YEAR

KALEIGH MULLER

We are proud to announce our Co-op Student of the Year for 2008, Kaleigh Muller, industrial engineering department, and co-op student with UPS Customer Solutions!

 

During Kaleigh’s tenure at UPS, she acted as lead engineer on a layout redesign, taught industrial engineering principles at a local technical vocational school, and worked during her fourth co-op rotation on an international project, where she assisted a European company with the consolidation of their warehouses.

Kaleigh also received a $4000 scholarship from the Freeman Asia Foundation towards participation in Pitt in China 2008 to examine ethnic relations between Mongolian and Chinese citizens.

In addition, she served as Engineering Student Council President and also is very active thru Tau Beta Pi with Family House.  Kaleigh was also selected to work on key research projects at UPMC,  taught a summer course through the CARE program, is a teaching assistant, and marathon runner!  She will also graduate from the Swanson School with highest honors, and has accepted a full-time offer with Walt Disney World. 

We congratulate Kaleigh and wish her the very best in the national competition for Co-op Student of the Year.

 

We have two finalists this year, who are:

Eddie Halusic, Mechanical Engineering, BMW

Marcus Gundrum, Chemical Engineering, Westinghouse

Our Honorable Mentions are:

Andrew Bilitski, Electrical Engineer/ G.E. Power Systems

Bryan Brown, Chemical Engineer, Washington Penn Plastics

Lee Dosse, Mechanical Engineer/ Curtiss Wright

Kevin Shaffer, Computer Engineer/Compunetix

Brian Smith, Industrial Engineer/FedEx Ground

We truly appreciate the efforts of these outstanding individuals.

All of these students will be presented with plaques at the Co-op Dinner and Reception on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the PAA.