Cooperative Education Program creating opportunities • obtaining professionalism ANNUAL REPORT 2021•2022
Mission Statement
“Our mission is to provide our students and employer partners individualized opportunities to enhance success and opportunity in the workplace environment through relevant and challenging assignments that will result in the graduation of excellent engineers and scientists.” Table of Contents Co op Student of the Year …………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Intern Student of the Year ………………………………………………………………………………….3 Co op Employer of the Year ………………………………………………… 4 Previous Employer of the Year Winners ………………………………………………………………5 Participating Co op Companies …………………………………………………………………………..6 8 Co op Participation among recent classes ………………………………………………………….9 10 Student Demographics ……………………………………………………………………………………….11 Co op Salary Survey …………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Post Grad Placement Information on Co op Graduates …………………………………….. 13 Co op Staff & Faculty Advisor Directory …………………………………………………………… 14
2021 Co-op Student of the Year
Emma Ahlgren, Mechanical Engineering, took the opportunity to work with multiple employers to find her niche in engineering! She contributed at IBACOS, FedEx Ground, and Boston Scientific during her time as a co op.
Emma was also on the SWE Executive Board, a member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, and an Engineering Ambassador with the Swanson School of Engineering.
caused a hold on returning to her initial employer, Emma was able to change direction and grow within her co op experience. Emma explained “My co op experience has been vastly different from what I initially expected, but I am happy with how it turned out. I have had the chance to work at a wide variety of companies and industries, and I feel that I was able to bring skills learned from previous rotations into the next one, even though I was not returning to the same place. The opportunity to explore was also extremely valuable; I began my co op with no clear direction for my mechanical engineering major, and each rotation narrowed my focus to an increasing degree.”
During her studies, Emma was drawn to Bioengineering as her minor of study, enhancing her ME major. She is currently involved with UPMC’s Artificial Heart program as a Biomedical Technician, which she pursued after her co op rotation with Boston Scientific’s Interventional Cardiology R&D Whiledepartment.thepandemic
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University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering Emma Ahlgren
ASEE CEED 2022 Intern Student of the Year
Erin Marshall
University of Pittsburgh
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Erin has been involved in a variety of clubs and organizations, including being the President of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the Executive Vice President of Incline Consulting Group, and the Vice President of Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society. In addition, Erin has been a Teaching Assistant for several industrial engineering classes, a Peer Mentor for freshmen engineering students, and a Co-Chair for the First-Year Engineering Conference. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to study abroad in both China and India. She was also runner up for the University of Pittsburgh’s Industrial Engineering Outstanding Senior Award.
2021 Intern Student of the Year
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Erin was an intern at West Monroe Partners in their Operations Excellence practice where she worked with a team to develop and analyze a business continuity plan for a multi billion dollar utilities company in the event of a cyber attack. Prior to that, during Erin’s sophomore and junior year, she was an Industrial Engineering Co op at FedEx Supply Chain in their Project Engineering
Swanson School of Engineering and
This year the Swanson School of Engineering Co op program has named ACE Services (American Contracting & Environmental Services) as the employer of the Year. ACE Services has partnered with Swanson School of Engineering Co op since 2010 and has helped place many students.
Swanson School of Engineering Cooperative Education
ACE Services recruits our majors in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. They truly support Pitt's co op philosophy by providing real world experience and progression in rotations. Thank you to ACE Services for their continued support of co op and our Pitt engineers!
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American Contracting & Environmental Services
2021 Employer of the Year
5 Previous Employer of the Year Winners 2020 Zoll Cardiac Management Systems 2019 Emerson 2018 Johnson & Johnson 2017 Philips, Sleep and Respiratory Care 2016 Curtiss-Wright EMD 2015 Robinson Fans, Inc. & ZOLL LifeVest 2014 Westinghouse 2013 Eaton 2012 Siemens 2011 FirstEnergy Corp. 2010 Vocollect 2009 Advanced Integration Group 2008 FedEx Ground 2007 Medrad 2006 Valspar 2005 DuPont Chemical 2004 American Bridge Corporation 2003 H.B. Maynard (Accenture) 2002 Mine Safety Appliances 2001 AK Steel 2000 United Parcel Service 1999 ANSYS Inc. 1998 Westinghouse Electric Company, EMD (Curtiss-Wright) 1997 Bayer Corporation 1996 Eaton 1995 Nova Chemical Company 1994 US Airways 1993 J&L Specialty Steel 1992 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Atwell, LLC Avient / Manitowoc B&C Transit/Monroeville, PA BASF/Monaca, PA Bayer Consumer Healthcare/Indianola, PA Bechtel Plant Machinery/Pittsburgh, PA Bimbo Bakeries / Horsham, PA BMW / Spartanburg, SC Bohler Engineering Bosch Security Systems / Pittsburgh, PA Bunting Architectural Metals/Verona, PA
ESTAT Evoqua,ActuationPittsburgh, PA Extrude Hone/Irwin, PA Federated Hermes/Pittsburgh, PA FedEx Ground Corporate/Pittsburgh, Pa FedEx Supply Chain/Memphis, TN Ford Motor Co./Detroit, Michigan
Caliber Contracting Services/Pittsburgh,PA Cardno ChemRisk/Pittsburgh, PA Carl Walker Construction Catalent Pharma / Madison Central Intelligence Agency/Washington, DC Cervis, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA City Brewing Company/Latrobe, PA
Addev AirProducts&Chemicals/Allentown,Aires/Pittsburgh,Group/McKeesAIGAflacAerotech/Blawnox,AECOM/Pittsburgh,Materials/Pittsburgh,PAPAPA/ColumbusAdvancedIntegrationRocks,PAPA PA
Accenture3M
CJL ConnorsCOIEngineeringEnergyGroup/Greensburg, PA Continental Building Co./Homestead, PA Conturo CovestroPrototypingLLC/Pittsburgh, PA Covestro, Charleston, WV Curtiss Wright EMD/Cheswick, PA Data Warehouse Consultants
Delta Airlines Dept. of Rehab Sciences & Technology/Pittsburgh, PA Disney World/Orlando, FL DTE Energy/Detroit, Michigan E.I. Dupont/LA, OH, VA, MA, WV Edwards Lifesciences/Irvine, CA
Emerson Process Management/Pittsburgh, PA Emerson Climate Technologies/Sidney, OH
American Hydro Corporation/York, PA American Textiles/Duquesne, PA
American Contracting & Environmental Services/Laurel, MD
Participating
Undergraduate Companies
Gecko GeorgiaRoboticsTechResearch Institute / Atlanta Geo Solutions Inc / New Kensington, PA Giant Eagle, Inc. /Pittsburgh, PA
ANSYS, Inc. /Canonsburg, PA
Arcadis/Seven Fields, PA Argo Armada/Pittsburgh,AI PA ATI Industrial Automation/Apex, NC
AllCladMetalcrafters/Canonsburg, PA
Federal Services Acutec Precision Aerospace Acutronic USA Inc/Blawnox, PA
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Alliance Rx/Walgreens Prime/Pittsburgh, PA AL Neyer, LLC / Cincinnati, OH Alstom / West Mifflin, PA American Airlines/Charlotte, NC
C3 Controls/Beaver, PA
American Bridge Corporation/Pittsburgh, PA
Sherwin Williams/Cleveland, OH & various Sherwoodlocations Valve LLC Siemens Power Generation/Mt. Pleasant, PA SME Associates/Ann Arbor, MI SMS Group/Pittsburgh, PA
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Excavating/Independence, OH Industrial Scientific/Pittsburgh, PA Ingevity/Covington, IPEG/Conair/Pittsburgh,VA PA IQ Inc. /Pittsburgh, PA Janssen, Springhouse, PA JM Smucker Company/Orrville, OH Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc/PA, MN Keystone Collections Group/Irwin, PA Komatsu/Franklin, KulickeKoppers/Pittsburgh,PAPA&Soffa/FortWashington, PA Langan Engineering/Elmwood Park, NJ LANXESS/Pittsburgh, PA LivaNova/Tandem Life, Pittsburgh, PA Logile/Pittsburgh, PA Logistics Management Institute/McLean, VA Lubrizol Corporation/Wyckliffe, OH Lutron Electronics Mallet Oil / Vantage Marsh Bellofram/Newell, WV Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation McKimResearch& Creed Mine Safety Appliances/Cranberry, PA Mine Safety Appliances/Murrysville, PA Moog, East Aurora, NavalNationalMosebach/Pittsburgh,NYPASecurityAgency/MDNuclearLaboratory/Pittsburgh, PA Net Health/Pittsburgh, PA Neville Chemical Company Neya Systems/Wexford, PA Nicholson Construction/Bridgeville, PA
StyropekSpaceX (formerly Nova Chemicals / Monaca, TeslaPA
Nissan Automotive/Farmington Hills, MI NiSource / Monaca, PA Northrop Grumman/Wallops Island, VA Oriden LLC /Pittsburgh, PA Parker Hannifin/Irwin, PA PA Turnpike Commission/Harrisburg, PA PCC Special Metals/New Hartford, NY PCC TIMET / Toronto Penske Truck Leasing
Philips Advanced PioneerPhilipsGroup/Pittsburgh,InnovationPAMedical/Murrysville,PAPowerGroup/Warrendale, PA Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Poly Concept North America/New Kensington, Powercast/Pittsburgh,PA PA Premier Automation/Pittsburgh, PA Proofpoint/Pittsburgh, PA
RaymondPrudentialCorporation / Greene, NY Redzone Robotics/Warrendale, PA
ResilientRegeneronCognitive Solutions/Pittsburgh,PA Richard Goettle, Inc. /Pittsburgh, PA Robinson Fans/Zelienople, PA
S&B USA Construction / Pittsburgh, PA SanofiPasteur/Swiftwater, PA Schroeder Industries LLC/Leetsdale, PA
Schroeder Electric (formerly Invensys) Seegrid/Coraopolis, PA Sharp Packaging Services Shaw Industries/Dalton, GA
GlaxoSmithKline/Philadelphia, PA GNC / Pittsburgh, PA Grunley Construction/MD Harley Davidson/York, PA Hitachi/Pittsburgh, PA Honda of America Manufacturing / Ohio Honeywell/Monroeville, PA Human Engineering Research Lab/Pittsburgh, PA IBACOS, IndependenceInc.
8 Tetratech NUS/Greentree, TharPA Process/Pittsburgh, PA The Albert M. Highley TheCompanyBoston Beer Company The Stores
TurnerTimesys/Pittsburgh,ThermoPA/Nesquehoning,ConsultingPAWalshGroup/Canonsburg,Fisher/Coraopolis,PAPAConstruction/Pittsburgh,
PA Ulliman Schutte/Miamisburg, OH UL Materials & Supply Chain / Pittsburgh, PA Underwriter Laboratories / Venetia, PA United Airlines United Parcel Service (UPS) University of Pittsburgh UPMC Children’s Hospital/Pittsburgh, PA Vantage Group (Mallet Oil) / Pittsburgh, PA Veolia North America/Pittsburgh, PA Virgin Orbit Volvo Construction Equipment Wade WhitingTrimTurner/Baltimore, MD Zoll Lifecor/Blawnox, PA Participating Graduate Companies AdvancedAdobeAcara Micro Devices ANSYS,AmazonPittsburgh, PA BiogenBayerBattelleCorporation Blue BoschOriginSecurity Systems Bristol Meyers Squibb Enlitic, San Francisco ESTATEvoquaActuation Inc. FedEx Supply Chain GE XinlinxWhiterabbitSiemensServiceLinkPinterestQualcommQeexoOverjetNvidiaMatthewsIntelInariInnopeakGileadHealthcareSciencesTechnologyAgricultureInternationalCorporationEnergyInc.
9 Co-op Participants by Discipline Department Undergraduate 2021 2022 2020 2021 2019 2020 Bioengineering 49 49 54 Chemical Engineering 138 169 173 Civil Engineering 89 102 105 Chemical Engineering Johnstown 1 0 0 Computer Engineering 107 116 124 Computer Science 16 23 33 Electrical Engineering 73 83 81 Engineering Physics/Science 1 0 0 Environmental Engineering 26 29 20 Industrial Engineering 98 122 130 Materials Science Engineering 13 10 14 Mechanical Engineering 191 199 241 Mechanical Engineering -Johnstown 1 6 10 Information Science 1 2 2 Total Undergraduate Participants 804 910 988 Department- Graduate 2021 2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 MS – Bioengineering 1 0 2 MS Chemical Engineering 0 0 3 MS – Civil Engineering 0 0 6 MS Computer & Electrical 6 3 17 MS Industrial Engineering 11 4 11 MS – ME/MS 2 0 4 PHD Bioengineering 1 2 0 PHD Civil Engineering 0 1 0 PHD Petroleum 0 0 1 PHD Computer & Electrical 12 12 0 PHD Industrial Engineering 3 2 0 PHD Mechanical Engineering 4 3 1 Total Graduate Participants 40 27 46 Total Participants 844 937 1034
10 Percentage of Co-op Participation Among SSOE Graduating Classes of August 2021, December 2021, and April 2022 34% Co op participation among SSOE students (37% when excluding bioengineering) 90% Completion rate of at least three work terms Out of the 24 who didn’t finish the program, 13 completed 2 rotations, while 11 just did one. Department GraduatesTotal2021-2022 ParticipantCo-ops CoCompleted-op Did completenotCo-op Participation% Bioengineer 88 13 10 3 15% Chemical Engineering 97 31 31 0 32% Civil Engineering 70 28 26 2 40% Computer Engineering 107 41 37 4 38% Electrical Engineering 58 21 17 4 36% Engineering Science 2 0 0 0 0% Environmen tal Engineering 16 6 5 1 38% Industrial Engineering 73 23 22 1 32% Materials Science Engineering 19 5 5 0 26% Mechanical Engineering 161 69 60 9 43% TOTAL 691 237 213 24 34%
11 Co-op Participation by Demographics 2021-2022 2020-2021 2019-2020 2018-2019 Participants535 36.2% 3.9%1.3%63.8%FemaleMale8.4%Asian2.6%BlackIndianHispanic69.9%White LevelGraduateCoop Participants317Female24Male 640.3Participants910%Female59.7%Male7%Asian3%Black.6%Hispanic83.4%White Graduate Level Co-op 274ParticipantsFemale23Male 84.8%3.86%32%Participants988Female68%Male8.5%AsianBlack2.8%HispanicWhite LevelGraduateCo-op 46 Participants 5 Female41Male 799328Participants1094Female32%647Male68%78Asian7.6%35Black3.4%White77.9%25Hispanic2.4% Graduate Level Co op 5041Participants9FemaleMale
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Bioengineering $7413 $ 6327 $8500 Engineering $8960 $ 8960 Science $4679 $ 4679 Engineering $8751 $ 4765 $12600 Engineering $5558 $ 3466 10557 Engineering $6861 $ 6720 $6932 Total #
Electrical
Computer Science $3639 $2773 $5200 Engineering $3427 $1330 $4334 Engineering Science $3120 $3120 Engineering $3047 $2773 $3293 Engineering $3538 $2600 $5458 Science Engineering $3317 $2946 $3775 Engineering $3422 $2560 $4852 Total # of Undergraduate Students Avg. Monthly Salary SALARY RANGES
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Department Avg. Monthly Salary SALARY RANGES
Note: This survey does not represent overtime pay, travel expenses, tuition assistance, signing bonus, or assistance offered by some companies and agencies.
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$3248 Average Monthly Salary GRADUATE Department
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UNDERGRADUATE AVERAGE AND RANGES
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of Graduate Students $7430 Average Monthly Salary
Bioengineering $3566 $1330 $4334 Engineering $3523 $2600 $4334 Engineering $3018 $2400 $3492 Engineering $3616 $2720 $5816
GRADUATE SCHOOL 2021
2019
ATTENDING 2022 Graduates Total 9% (16 students) Full Time 100% (16 students) Part Time N/A 2020 2021 Graduates Total 13% (32 students) Full Time 100% (32 students) Part Time N/A 2020 Graduates Total 12% (30 students) Full Time 100% (30 students) Part Time N/A
13 2021 2022 GRADUATING COOPERATIVE EDUCATION STUDENTS EMPLOYMENT SURVEY RESULTS 186/228 students (82%) responded to a post graduate survey that asked: where did they complete their co op rotations, if their co op employer offered them a full time position and if so, did they accept the position. If students did not accept a position with their co op employer, the survey asked for information about their current employer, and all students were asked to provide their salary. Finally, students were asked if and where they were attending graduate school. • 100% (186/186 students) are employed in engineering/technology and/or attending graduate school. FULL TIME OFFERS FROM CO OP EMPLOYERS FULL TIME OFFERS ACCEPTED BY STUDENTS 2021-2022 Graduates (115*) 60% 69 offers 2021-2022 Graduates 74% 51/69 offers accepted 2020-2021 Graduates (146*) 61% 89 offers 2020-2021 Graduates 90% 80/89 offers accepted SALARY INFORMATION BIOE ChemE CE. COE CS EE Enviro. ENGRSCI IE ME Material Sci ALL MAJORS toResponsesTotalSurvey 11 25 25 35 2 17 4 0 19 45 3 186 toResponsesTotalSalary 3 11 8 13 0 4 2 0 10 16 1 67 SalaryAverage2021-2022 80,333 78,068 67,375 82,400 0** 76,625 60,100 N/A 77,400 70,325 66,000 73,180 SalaryAverage2020-2021 75,000 75,900 64,053 90,000 74,000 ** 78,350 N/A N/A 70,688 67,360 N/A 74,418 2021 opEngr.Average2022CoGPA 3.47 3.41 3.47 3.26 ** 3.39 3.33 N/A 3.25 3.42 3.33 3.37 opEngr.Average2020-2021Co-GPA 3.4 3.54 3.32 3.36 ** 3.52 3.39 N/A 3.32 3.38 3.49 3.41 Numbers in parenthesis represent total student responses to survey item, 71 students out of the 186 did not answer if they received an offer from their co op employer. For 2020 2021, 97 students out of 243 did not answer if they received an offer from their co op employer. **The CS salary reported was not included in the average engineering salary, nor was the CS average GPA included in the Engineering average GPA This report does not include 11 additional graduates who only completed one rotation through the program.
Dr. Arash Mahboobin, Bioengineering
Dr. Robert Kerestes, Electrical Engineering
Chris Ann Frankovic, Director Tyler Kimmel, Associate Director
Cooperative Education Program Staff
Dr. William Slaughter, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Karen Bursic, Industrial Engineering
Dr. Sam Dickerson, Computer Engineering
Alicia J Olalde, Director Global Experiences & Engagement
Dr. Steven Sachs, Environmental Engineering
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Co-op Faculty Advisors
Dr. Ahmed Ibrahim, Information Science
Dr. Taryn Bayles, Chemical Engineering
Kristal Cheshire, Program Administrator 152 Benedum Hall 412 624 http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/coop9882/
Dr. Marcus Chmielus, Material Science Engineering
Dr. Paul Ohodnicki, Engineering Science
Dr. Steven Sachs, Civil Engineering
Dr. John Ramirez, Computer Science
