Kentucky
“Unbridled Spirit”
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Greetings From
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Jessica VanGiesen
Electrical Engineering
I am co-oping at Toyota Motor Manufacturers in Kentucky where I work in the
Stamping department as a controls engineer. Most of what I do is working on projects to
update the machines that make the car parts that are later assembled together to make a
car.
I asserted myself into the company culture by introducing myself to all my project
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What I really like about being in Georgetown is how different
it is from Rochester. With my co-ops I wanted to go experience
different places and working environments. Being in Kentucky
is exactly that. There are a ton of different places which I have
enjoyed exploring and becoming familiar with.
My favorite co-op
leaders and talking with them about what they do for Toyota. I also toured all of the
memory so far was being given my first big
Stamping plant and some of the rest of the plant and talked with some people working on project. Most of what I have been doing is work for other people’s
the lines to get a feel for the car making process and the working atmosphere.
projects like drawing in AutoCAD. Last week I was told that I
would be doing most of the work and design for a project at TABC
which is located in California. With this project I will get to finally
do some electrical design and apply what I have learned in school
plethora of co-ops and has committees of co-ops that organize social
and might even get to go to California to do some research.
and volunteer activities. I joined the community service committee which has allowed
me to meet other students. I have also attended most of the co-op social committees
which is a great way to get to know other co-op students.
would be to put yourself out there and go do
something, on and off the job. Being far away from what you are
I typically hang out with other co-ops. Every Wednesday night a used to is hard and if you don’t meet new people you get bored
pretty easily so don’t be afraid to invite people out to dinner or to
bunch of us go to a local pizza place for dinner and on Thursday nights we make dinner
the movies. I’ve enjoyed my time most when I was hanging out
at one of their apartments and eat together. Because Georgetown is a fairly small town
with other co-ops and doing new things.
we typically go into Lexington on the weekends.
Toyota has a
My biggest tip
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