Hi Everyone!
My Name is Miguel Sanchez, and I am very excited to start my internship aboard the R/V Sikuliaq. For my internship, I will be assisting the marine technicians as the ship undergoes maintenance this winter. I am flying up to Alaska next week, where we will spend several weeks overhauling the ship. Eventually, we will sail to Oregon, where my internship will end.
A bit about me: I am an undergraduate student at Webb Institute in Glen Cove, New York. I, like everyone else at my school, am double majoring in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. As part of the curriculum, my school has every student do an internship somewhere in the marine world every winter. After four years, these opportunities will have given us valuable experience and knowledge about the practical application of what we learn in the classroom. For example, last winter, I worked at General Dynamic’s NASSCO San Diego shipyard as a pipefitter. After I graduate, I am interested in designing research vessels, which is what made me interested in the MATE internship. I wanted to experience what it was like work on and operate an active research vessel, and MATE’s program seemed perfect for that. My experience working with the marine technicians will be invaluable going forward as a ship designer.
I am really looking forward to this internship, and I am excited to be able to share my stories with you all.
See you soon!