Internships
Students in the applied physics program are required to participate in a two three-month internships. One credit hour in S407, is given for each internship. Typically the internships take place during the summers after the sophomore and junior years. The internship provides students the opportunity to work as a paid employee in private industry or at a national lab. During the senior year, students prepare a senior thesis on the research work undertaken during the internships.
Tristan Witt ('10) had this to say about his summer experience working for ProCure: Some highlights of my work were: preliminary quality assurance on leaded drywall for radiation safety, CT scanner operation and calibration, data collection and analysis of robotic motions, and location of isocenter points in treatment simulation rooms. My internship allowed me to actually apply what I've learned in physics classes to real world situations. My internship also helped me personally decide whether a career in medical physics was suitable for me.
Meet some of the other students and learn about their internship experiences.
Placement into internship programs is coordinated by the physics department in cooperation with the student. A partial list of possible internship locations appears below. Students are encouraged to seek internships aligned with their intersts, even if they do not appear in the list below.
Industry Internship Opportunities
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NSWC (Naval Surface Warfare Center) Crane is located about 20 miles from the IU campus. It employs over 1,900 scientists, engineers and technicians. |
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ProCure is a Bloomington-based company specializing in the design, construction, operation, and maintenence of proton therapy treatment centers. |
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Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute (MPRI) is a proton therapy center that uses the IU Cyclotron Facility proton beam line. |
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Cook is a Bloomington-based global company that does medical research and product development in the area of medical devices. |
NSF, DOE, and NASA Internship Programs
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) funds a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at various centers throughout the country. At each site, about 10 students work with faculty and other research mentors. |
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The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program places students in paid internships in Science and Engineering at any of several Department of Energy facilities. |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration sponsors the NASA Undergraduate Student Research Program (USRP) in which undergraduates across the United States mentored internship experiences at NASA Centers and research support facilities. |
National and Local Laboratories
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Indiana University Cyclotron Facility www.iucf.indiana.edu |
