Graduate Internships
Because so many of our graduate students come from other universities,
many students have not had a chance to participate in an internship
or co-op as an undergraduate student. The interest from graduate
students in gaining experience in industry is strong. Consequently,
the BME Student Employment Program was expanded to include
internship opportunities for graduate students as well. Support
for graduate internships was significantly enhanced in 2004
when the Case BME Department Developed The Case BME-Industry
Partnership Program For Biomedical Engineering Graduate Students,
which will pay expenses to send graduate students to industry
sites for up to four weeks to initiate new collaborations with
industrial partners. Learning experiences at industry sites
can often benefit BME graduate students, industry partners,
and the BME faculty. However, management in industry may be
reluctant to commit resources without initial risk assessment,
and BME faculty members may be reluctant to commit limited
resources to development or processes that may not be publishable.
The Case BME-Industry Partnership Program can help mitigate
these concerns because it is designed to integrate graduate
students´ research activities, in industry and at Case,
to emphasize interdisciplinary training, and the time at the
industry site is limited to a total of four weeks to minimize
impact on the current graduate program of study.
