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Looking for an internship? Visit the Engineering Career Center to talk with a career advisor about resumes, interview preparation, the internship search process and more!

Airplane wing in front of a sunset

September 13, 2023 By: Jessica Williams

Tips and Tricks for an Out-of-State Internship

Congratulations! You got an internship in a new and exciting place. Now how do you make the most of it? Internships far from home can be great personal and professional development opportunities, so here are some tips to help make the most of your summer and avoid common pitfalls.

Topics: Internship experience

The SEC Career Fair with hundreds of students and booths

September 1, 2023 By: Guest Blogger

Engineers in Energy share career fair insights

Career fair season can be stressful for engineering students. Check out this advice from former students currently on the ExxonMobil recruiting team for making those quick career-fair interviews count.

Topics: Internship experience, Student life

Two hands trading a one-hundred dollar bill

August 30, 2023 By: Vishal Kandala

Managing Finances as a Grad Student

Navigating the intricate landscape of graduate student life, rife with its fair share of stressors and obligations, can be daunting. Let me guide you in taking advantage of these elements to deal with the financial constraints often placed on graduate students by those supplementary burdens.

Topics: Graduate Students

Austin Kees smiling while working on a laptop

August 16, 2023 By: Austin Kees

Quick guides and practice tests: The best way to study

Studying is the key to academic success in college. I was fortunate to learn a very effective way to study, a method that has earned me A’s in every major-specific engineering class. Check out the four steps of my study method, so you can become a pro at studying and bring your A-game, literally!

Topics: Academic activities, Student life

The word "Software" on a laptop with buildings in the background

July 5, 2023 By: Dharma Paladugu

Software skills are the key to success for an electrical engineer

Gone are the days when companies searched for a narrow set of skills. If you are banking on a single aspect of a specific domain in electrical engineering, it is time to expand your expertise.

Topics: Graduate Students

Austin Kees holding a Texas A&M flag

June 21, 2023 By: Austin Kees

Amazon’s Peculiar Ways, a Q&A on interning with Amazon

Many students contact Ingenium to ask bloggers about their internship experiences. The following Q&A is one blogger’s way of providing answers.

Topics: Internship experience

Exterior view of the Administration Building at Texas A&M University

June 7, 2023 By: Jessica Williams

An Engineer’s Civic Obligations

We talk about the ethical obligations of an engineer fairly often…What we fail to acknowledge is the broader civic and community obligations we have as engineers.

Topics: Student life

Hands typing code on a laptop

April 26, 2023 By: Dharma Paladugu

Need an adventure? Try a hackathon!

For this blog post, I interviewed fellow Ph.D. student Tushar Pandey, who works primarily in low-dimensional topology and hyperbolic geometry in the Department of Mathematics at Texas A&M University.

Topics: Academic activities, Graduate Students

A student writing math equations on a whiteboard

April 12, 2023 By: Jessica Williams

Why be a math person?

Maybe you were surprised by the amount of math in your classes and maybe you weren’t, but love it or hate it, you are going to need to be a math person to be successful as an engineer.

Topics: Academic activities

Ingenium blogger Vishal Kandala working with a female lab partner on equipment in a research lab

March 29, 2023 By: Vishal Kandala

Finding Your Place in Research: A Guide to Navigating Research Labs

Attention! Are you feeling lost in a sea of research labs? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. In this blog post, I’ll give you the lowdown on how to find the perfect research lab that matches your academic goals and research interests.

Topics: Graduate Students

Ingenium blogger Austin Kees in the Playa de Espana

March 15, 2023 By: Austin Kees

3 Ways to Maximize Your Time Abroad

Time really flies while abroad. There are so many new and exciting things to do, it can be overwhelming. Follow these tips to ensure you maximize your time.

Topics: Academic activities, Study Abroad experience

Ingenium guestblogger Joel Lopez posing in front of pyramid on Yucatan peninsula in Mexico

March 1, 2023 By: Guest Blogger

IRAP: Two weeks in Yucatán that changed my life

Studying abroad can be intimidating, but a two-week program is an excellent way to get a feel of the experience.

Topics: Academic activities, Student life, Study Abroad experience

Student sitting at a desk with books and two computer monitors

February 22, 2023 By: Dharma Paladugu

Planning a research paper

The factors contributing to success and failure of a paper mostly depend on research type and domain. Only a handful of steps can be generalized, but here are five of the most important steps in writing a research paper.

Topics: Graduate Students

four Texas A&M University students studying in the Zachry Engineering Education Complex

February 15, 2023 By: Guest Blogger

Dear Aggie Engineer…

After a long first semester of engineering at Texas A&M University, here’s what I’ve taken away. Learning is not easy, and if you are not getting physically angry at your lab assignments, then you are doing something wrong.

Topics: Academic activities, Future Students, Student life

Scenic view of a pond at sunset

February 8, 2023 By: Dharma Paladugu

Find your place in Aggieland

It is easy to get lost in the daily hustle in engineering school, so it is essential to take a step back once in a while to do something creative, fun or both. The 1000+ student organizations plan and organize the activities. All you have to do is show up and make some connections.

Topics: Graduate Students, Student life

Student Austin Kees in front of buildings in Spain

January 25, 2023 By: Austin Kees

How Being Abroad Made Me Value My Major More

Studying abroad is an amazing experience, and I would highly recommend it to any Aggie. Not only are there many opportunities to learn a new culture and language, but being abroad also made me value my industrial engineering major in a whole new way.

Topics: Study Abroad experience

Student Vishal Indivar Kandala standing next to a poster research project

January 11, 2023 By: Vishal Kandala

A day in the life of a graduate student

Ever wondered what the day-to-day grind of a grad student looks like? Is it laid back and relaxed or insanely hectic? Let’s explore in this post.

Topics: Graduate Students, Student life

Three Corps of Cadets brass brooches that say "Per Unitatem Vis"

December 28, 2022 By: Austin Kees

7 Tips for Freshman Cadet Engineering Success

Being in a Navy/Marine Corps outfit as both a fish and an upperclassman, I know that being an engineer in the Corps is challenging. Thus, here are some tips I used for engineering academic success as a cadet.

Topics: Academic activities, Future Students, Student life

A group of students faces the front of the classroom while a professor is teaching

December 14, 2022 By: Vishal Kandala

5 tips for being a TA

While all teaching assistantships aren’t equal and your mileage may vary, I put together some general advice on handling a TA position that I have learned over the last two years.

Topics: Graduate Students

Group of students smiling

November 30, 2022 By: Prakhar Sarkar

The importance of a strong support system in graduate school

To pursue a degree in a place thousands of miles from home can be daunting. For many students, like myself, who come here for an education, a community often provides respite from the rigors of academic work.

Topics: Graduate Students

Selfie of student, Austin Kees

November 16, 2022 By: Austin Kees

The Pursuit

During my time at Texas A&M University, a resounding lesson has been that there is always more to learn. Despite the frustrations, stress and monotony that can come with a college experience, I want to learn. But to truly learn, it is necessary to step out of the comfortable scope of your own knowledge.

Topics: Student life

Student, Leah Davis, sitting in front of flight operations computers and tvs

November 2, 2022 By: Leah Davis

A semester in life of spaceflight operations

My favorite class in my undergrad at A&M has been Dr. Greg Chamitoff’s human Spaceflight operations course. Not only is Dr. Chamitoff a former NASA astronaut, he has successfully maintained his connections in Spaceflight to provide an exhilarating class for all space enthusiasts.

Topics: Academic activities

Directional signage with arrows that say health, friends, time, work, career, and family

October 19, 2022 By: Vishal Kandala

Treat your graduate school journey as a full-time job

Graduate school can be exciting and exhilarating. However, the change from strict undergraduate deadlines or fixed work hours can be a double-edged sword. One of the best ways to deal with this is to treat graduate school like a full-time job.

Topics: Graduate Students

Formula SAE team members with their race car

October 5, 2022 By: Alyssa Byrd

Joining an Engineering Project Team

I stumbled upon Baja SAE, a team open to all students excited to gain design and manufacturing experience, at one of the university’s open house events, and once I became a student, I gave an apprentice application a shot. That year’s team took a chance on me, and it’s ended up shaping my college years and my career path.

Topics: Academic activities, Student life

seven students nicely dressed and smiling at banquet

September 28, 2022 By: Guest Blogger

Making the most of what Texas A&M has to offer

No one can do everything, and I’m not suggesting that you can. But I want to emphasize that once you graduate, even though you’re the same person as before you received your diploma, all of these opportunities vanish in an instant.

Topics: Future Students, Student life

Group of people working in a lab

September 21, 2022 By: Dharma Paladugu

Cherry picking your research advisor and project

Students consider pursuing a Ph.D. for multiple reasons such as funding, job prospects or career paths. Whatever your motivation may be, it is essential to pick an interesting project and an advisor who can guide you to be your best.

Topics: Academic activities, Undergraduate research

Shaham Noorani smiling and standing outdoors

September 14, 2022 By: Guest Blogger

The Power of Being a Generalist

As college students, we’re presented with many opportunities, but I believe the greatest of them is the opportunity to explore.

Topics: Future Students, Student life

Selfie of student, Austin Kees, at his manufacturing job

September 7, 2022 By: Austin Kees

The Co-op Connection: 4 tips to thrive in manufacturing

This fall, I was fortunate enough to participate in an operations engineer co-op at PCC Structurals, Inc. From my experience, here are four tips for students going into future manufacturing roles.

Topics: Internship experience, Student life

Seun Olumurewa seated at desk with computer during internship at nuclear power plant

August 31, 2022 By: Guest Blogger

How I broke into an industry I knew nothing about

In this blog post, I’ll share how I went from knowing nothing to having multiple internships, research experience and leadership positions in the nuclear industry. While this post is about my experience breaking into nuclear, it can be equally applied to any industry.

Topics: Future Students, Internship experience

Two students sitting on the couch doing schoolwork

August 24, 2022 By: Dharma Paladugu

3 steps to land an internship

Everyone has a list of their dream companies they’d like to work for, but sometimes the expectations don’t meet reality. It is important to choose the most suitable company. The following steps will help you come across opportunities not generally seen from the surface.

Topics: Internship experience, Student life

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