Internships

Students in the Applied Physics program are required to participate in at least one 10 week internship. Students enroll in S407 generally during the summer semester to receive the necessary credit for an internship. Typically the internships take place following the sophomore or junior year.

The internships provide students with a valuable opportunity to work as a paid employee in private industry, academia or at a national lab. These internships provide real-world experience in the student's chosen area of interest and should be selected carefully so as to enrich the educational experience.

A senior thesis based on the internship experience may culminate this invaluable practical experience. Credit is achieved through S409.

A partial list of possible internship and undergraduate research programs appears below. Students are encouraged to seek any internship experience that is aligned with their interests, even if it does not appear in the list below. Placement is coordinated by the physics department in cooperation with the student.

	SUFP; MUSE American Association of Physicists in Medicine		Baxter Scientific
	MEDRAD, INC		RISE Research Internship in Science and Engineering, Germany
	DOE and SULI		School for Life Sciences Lausanne, Switzerland
	Fermilab		General Electric (GE) Specify GE Health for Medical Physics work
	Helmer		Hill-Rom Summer Internships
	IAEA		Eli Lilly
	Methodist Hospital		USRA
	Sandia Search for Internship		Ratheon Search for internship
	SEEP Crane Naval Sea Systems Command		NCI Summer Research Experience
	NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP)		Novartis
	Oak Ridge National Laboratory		Phillips
	Princeton Plasma Physics		REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates
	Riley Summer Internship Program		Roche Internships
	Siemens MedPhys: under "Company" Select "Siemens Medical Solutions USA"		Simon Cancer Center Summer Research Program
	Society of Physics Students		Space Telescope Science Institute
	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Massachusetts Institute of Technology		Varian
	Wonderlab		Zimmer
	Orthoworx
	URS		Crane

Special opportunities are often available through arrangements between the Department of Physics and individual researchers at local industries, Indiana University, Indiana University Health, and Indiana University School of Medicine. To investigate these opportunities, contact the Applied Physics Coordinator, sbklein @ indiana.edu (Susan Klein).