Looking at the bigger picture has always been a tendency of mine. I’ve shaped who I am today, in part, because of my inclination to question ideals, motives, and systems around me. I think it’s a big part of what drew me to industrial design—I love the discussion around what makes a well-designed product. I love the questioning.
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During the first few weeks of our internship, we heard talk of an intern project and a running joke about how the birdhouse is coming along. Around our last month at Tekna, we were given the project brief. The mission was to create a birdhouse for the back patio—but not just any old birdhouse.
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Before my graphic design internship, my experience was limited to branding, marketing, and some web design then I came across Tekna’s internship opportunity
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For the 3rd year, we collaborated with students to bring their concept to life at Michigan Design Prize. Every year, K-12 and collegiate level students are tasked with designing a product based on larger societal issues and with a Michigan focus. This year, the challenge was to design a physical product solution that improves and beautifies the lives of Michigan’s citizens.
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At Tekna, we recognize how important it is to stay connected and inspired outside of our daily workflow, so we’ve built in an hour of collaboration every week that celebrates creativity and exploring together as a team.
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As a first-year aerospace engineering student, the expectations I set for my first summer internship were not high. I had heard horror stories about entry-level interns spending 12 weeks running countless errands and fine-tuning their boss’s coffee order―only to head back to school before learning anything about their aspired field of work.
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As a first year Product Design student at WMU looking for an internship, I was apprehensive about all that I didn’t know and eager to learn everything I possibly could.
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The Air Zoo hosted the 5th annual Corporate Engineering Challenge (CEC) put on by several local Southwest Michigan companies and organized by the South Central Michigan chapter of Society of Women Engineers. Two of our female engineers, Sarah Mangas and Kelly Oswald, volunteered to judge the competition.
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The engineering team at Tekna conducts monthly Lunch & Learns where one of us presents on a technical topic to educate the rest of the team over lunch. At a recent Lunch & Learn session, we wanted to try something a little bit different: a proof-of-theory building exercise for a fluidized bed.
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For the second year in a row, we hosted MIX’s capstone event, recognizing local student talent who submitted their concepts, prototypes, and models for new products and services.
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