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MARI Workshop

Looking to hire interns already skilled in industrial maintenance and reliability?

Your company can offer sponsorships to Miami students to participate in the Maintenance and Reliability Internship (MARI) workshop. Sponsoring companies will have the opportunity to select one or more students from a competitive pool of applicants to support through the training and then hire for a summer internship. Students who complete MARI arrive onsite for their summer internship equipped with role-specific skills and ready to contribute from day one.

More information about MARI can be found below. If you would like more information or would like to be part of this program, please contact Jenni Szolwinski at szolwijb@MiamiOH.edu.

What is the Maintenance and Reliability Internship (MARI) workshop?

MARI is an intensive three-week hands-on workshop designed for students to develop skills in industrial equipment maintenance and reliability – practices that span industries like aerospace, consumer goods, automotive, paper, and packaging. Students are sponsored by industry partners for their participation in the workshop. Following completion of the workshop, these students are then hired for a summer internship by the sponsoring company. The workshop takes place each January at Miami University’s College of Engineering and Computing.

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Topics Covered

  • Assembly errors
  • Precision assembly and alignment
  • Measurement techniques
  • Power transmission systems (motors, belt/chain drives)
  • Vibration analysis
  • Six sigma quality approach
  • Design for maintenance and reliability
  • Reliability metrics and KPIs
  • Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)
  • ...and much more!

Sponsoring companies are invited to lead a half-day of instruction during the MARI workshop if desired. This session offers a valuable opportunity to increase a company’s brand visibility among students while demonstrating how engineering concepts are applied within a specific industry. CEC faculty are available to collaborate with sponsoring companies to develop content and create instructional strategies.

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If your company is interested in sponsoring CEC students for participating in the MARI workshop and hiring them for a summer internship, please contact:

Jenni Szolwinski
Director of Industry Relations
Miami University

szolwijb@MiamiOH.edu

513-529-0702

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Use the link below to apply now for the MARI program. Please contact Professor Fazeel Khan (khanfj@MiamiOH.edu) with any questions. Company sponsorship covers the cost of the workshop! After you complete MARI, you will be hired as a summer intern by your sponsoring company. This opportunity is open to CEC students in the following departments: Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

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