Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area
Grant recipient and CEO of Plastic Progress
York Engineering is a structural and civil engineering firm, specializing in designs for production and custom homes. As an intern, I was given a large responsibility in learning the ropes with understanding the integral components of house structures and proper load distribution for multifaceted designs. I was expected to do detail-oriented calculations that focused on the safety and optimization of structural design. In these calculations, I would analyze, collect, and compile data on the house that would be constructed and then determine the measurements required for the beam and truss sizing as well as the logistics of the framing. This internship, allowed me to directly interact with clients and learn the essential engineering practices needed to fulfill the needs of clients and engineering specificity.
DLR Group is a global, integrated design firm with a core practice in architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning. For DLR group, I was an architectural intern that focused on the design aspect. I worked with architects to win projects and design features in Revit to display needs for clients.
Dibble is a civil engineering firm that works in multifaceted areas such as airport development, flood control, infrastructure rehabilitation, land development, program management, survey, transportation, traffic, structural, as well as water and wastewater. As an intern, I rotated through these practices, working on small jobs for each and learning the engineering for each individual area. Dibble brought me onsite jobs and showed me the essentials of civil engineering.