Jesse Deppisch

At Intel, I learned about the entire semiconductor manufacturing process. I had the privilege of working with the photolithography group. While I did learn a lot about the process, there wasn't time to learn everything, so I concentrated my efforts on working on software projects to aid the engineers in my group.

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The majority of my projects dealt with automation and data analysis. A few highlights of this internship included:

• Wrote a script to help audit a factory process, resulting in quicker completion of the audit

• Wrote a script to automatically gather data for inventory tracking and projection, saving man-hours

• Implemented IoT chemical monitoring system to save man-hours

• Worked on creating a program to automatically calibrate tools using a temperature-sensing wafer to theoretically increase yield

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I enjoyed working for Intel and seeing a lot of exciting physics and chemistry at play. I loved being able to program to help the engineers in my group - I found it very rewarding!

In this scientific computing fellowship at the CACDS, I was exposed to a variety of math and computing. I learned about good scientific programming practices, numerical methods theory, and the practical applications of the theory we learned (i.e. actually writing code and running it on servers).

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During the program, I:

• Studied various elements of numerical methods including discretization and implementation techniques

• Learned about computer architecture to improve code performance

• Wrote C code for assignments to test and improve understanding of numerical methods theory

• Optimized code with new knowledge of computer architecture and language-specific memory usage

• Used in-house servers for large-scale parallel computing tests

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One of the projects I worked on here was the Burgers' equation solver, which combined my programming and math skills.

At Kroger, I provided excellent customer service at grocery pickup and worked as part of a team to ensure order accuracy in a fast-paced environment. I worked as part of a team that set store records, processing a high number of orders daily.

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While not specifically engineering related, I find this experience extremely valuable. It taught me more about how to interact well with people and how to communicate effectively.

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