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Dallin Anderson: Manufacturing Engineering

Dallin interned as a Lab Assistance for BYU ME Prototype Lab during Winter 2023 Semester.

Briefly explain what you did and the result of your internship.

My role was to help students complete class, Capstone, research, and personal projects. I assisted in the design and development process, as well as the manufacturing itself. I did a lot of CNC machine programming, as well as CNC machining. I was also responsible with maintaining and optimizing lab operations.

What did you learn on your internship that you were not expecting to learn?

My role was to help students complete class, Capstone, research, and personal projects. I assisted in the design and development process, as well as the manufacturing itself. I did a lot of CNC machine programming, as well as CNC machining. I was also responsible with maintaining and optimizing lab operations.

Please share how your experience led to personal inspiration or insightful revelation.

I wouldn’t say that any of the work itself led to these outcomes. Any inspiration or insight was as a result of those I worked with. Building relationships with good people will prove extremely beneficial in all facets of one’s life.

Would you recommend this internship to other students?

I had the job long before I received internship credit and the job itself is amazing. Best I’ve had. The whole process of making it an “internship” was a disaster, and working with Sam Cardenas and Tracy Nelson of the manufacturing department was chaotic at best and typically disastrous. I wouldn’t recommend trying for any more internship credit than necessary because of it.

Is there anything else you would like to say regarding your internship?

They need to work retroactively. I did another internship when I was ME but they don’t require one to graduate so I didn’t bother going through the process to get credit. When I switched to mfgen they do require it and it was a pain to set this up to count my current employment so I could get credit.

Pictured is a Haas VF4 CNC machine with 4-axis capability. I used this machine, and others similar, to manufacture products for students capstone, research, class, and personal projects.
This is the portion of the lab where most manual machining takes place. As lab assistants we teach students how to use the equipment so they can make their own parts.