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most of these students will get to work in a shipyard," said Karin Hagen, internship coordinator at NASSCO. "They are exposed to many of our departments, managers work with them and allow them to observe and partici- pate in meetings and assign them mean- ingful projects."

Perusek credits his classroom experi- ence as well as his motto of always

Seniors Zachary

Franczyk, Jeff Benton, and Elizabeth Nicoletti shared with MR/EN their thoughts on the Academy's

Shipyard Management Pro- gram.

Since completing their respective six-week internships, these members of the USMMA

Class of 2000 gained valuable experience that will aid them in their upcoming job searches.

Pictured (Clockwise from left): Antoinette

D'Elia, Danny LoCasto, Jessica Mont- gomery and Kellie Redcay 1997 USMMA graduate completed her internship at Atlantic and when it was time to apply her skills into the real world, Darnell was offered (and accept- ed) a position in the yard's planning department as a production planner.

Although the formalized shipyard management program had not yet been established for her class, Darnell was still able to take everything that she learned from the courses she took at the

Academy and worked them into her position at Atlantic Marine. "You need a basic understanding of how a shipyard works and what is involved to get a project done," said

Darnell, who was recently promoted to project coordinator. "Whether it's a repair or building job, knowing how to deal with the work process and all the people involved on various levels is important."

Although Jason Perusek, USMMA

Class of 1999, is pursuing a different path outside the shipyard world, the

Chardon, Ohio resident found himself in the midst of a quite favorable experience during his internships at NASSCO and

Solar Turbines.

For a 14-week period, sometimes putting in 16-hour days, Perusek worked at NASSCO during the day, Solar Tur- bines at night and on weekends, and still managed to develop a palm-top comput- er and bar code technique designed and created for NASSCO's inspection department. The futuristic device, which

Perusek presented to the yard's various department heads, included the vice president of production and finance, was developed for the purpose of performing quicker and easier inspections - thus allowing the process to become com- pletely electronic, rather than using the conventional paper method. "This is one of the fir ft times that

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