by Ramces Luna
Summer is a time for rest, relaxation and growth. For Cockrell School of Engineering students, it’s also a time to get their feet wet working for large companies, government entities and other organizations. For these students, it’s internship season.
We asked our Texas Engineering students about their summer internship plans. See below to learn more about where these 23 interns for 2023 will be spending their summers, from programs at UT Austin to TxDOT; SpaceX to PepsiCo. and more.


Haia Abdallah
Aerospace Engineering Class of 2026Internship: Bell Flight as a Supply Chain Engineer


Shruthi Ananth
Biomedical Engineering Class of 2025Internship: UT Austin's University Health Services as a HealthyHorns Program Intern


Ayan Basu
Electrical and Computer Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Textron Bell as a Supply Chain Engineering Intern


Brandon Cruz
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2023Internship: SpaceX


Jason Deng
Aerospace Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Blue Origin


Louis Diara
Architectural Engineering Class of 2023Internship: Truebeck as a Project Engineer


Carolina Duran
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: ExxonMobil as a Project Controls Engineer Intern


Mrigayu Ghosh
Biomedical Engineering Class of 2026Internship: National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates program at Syracuse University as an Intern in Regenerative Medicine


Ismene Gutierrez Suarez
Biomedical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Thermo Fisher Scientific


Shane Johnson
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2026Internship: Tesla as a Vehicle Manufacturing Engineer Intern


Jason Marek
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2026Internship: Caterpillar Inc. as a Product Compliance Engineering Intern


Jacqueline McCoy
Chemical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: LyondellBasell as a Co-op II


Hamza Mujtaba
Electrical and Computer Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Dell Technologies as a Software Engineer Intern


Kareena Patel
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: PWC-Strategy& as an Operations and Transformations Intern


Nallely Perez
Civil Engineering Class of N/AInternship: BP and currently a Trading and Shipping Intern for the Natural Gas Trading Desk


Marc Rapalo
Civil Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Halff Associates as a Water Resources Engineering Intern


Prithika Sen
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Technip FMC as a New Product Development Intern


Gerardo Skrut
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Pratt & Whitney as a Hot Section Engineering Structures Intern


Chayne Tillis
Civil Engineering Class of 2026Internship: TxDOT as an Engineering Support Aide


Luis Uttley
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: PepsiCo HQ as an Engineering Intern


Jaci Vance
Civil Engineering Class of 2025Municipal Roadway Team at Kimley-Horn as a Civil Engineering Intern


Kimberly Wang
Chemical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Tesla as a Manufacturing Engineering and Material Flow Engineering Intern


James Zhang
Mechanical Engineering Class of 2024Internship: Texas Instruments as an Equipment Engineering Intern