Danielle Taran’s internships have zig-zagged her halfway across Texas and stepped her through the life of a mine -- from pre-stripping land, to digging coal, to reclaiming a site.
At the UA College of Engineering, students learn how to write code for apps that could become real-world products under conditions they are likely to encounter in industry.
From figuring out how to efficiently pull basalt out of a caldera on Oahu to making plans for putting a strip mine back to the way it was, UA mining and geological engineering interns are setting themselves up for success.
Jamie Mills is returning for her second summer at an aggregate mine in Oahu to help integrate new technology, and perhaps earn herself a job in mine engineering management, and a slice of island life.
Peter and Paul Mather are brothers pursuing mining engineering degrees at the University of Arizona. One is oriented to business, the other to research. Both are following their passions.