- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Company: Siemens Healthineers
- E-mail: cshuman2@vols.utk.edu
Profile
Hey there, my name is Camden Shuman and I believe co-ops are one of the best ways to gain experience and engineering skills. Did I mention that on a co-op you get paid to learn new things? It’s a pretty sweet deal and will make you a competitive applicant to any job and a well-rounded engineer.
I am on my second rotation with Siemens Healthineers, a German MedTech company that pioneers molecular imaging technologies used to diagnose 5 million patients per day in 190 countries.
I have had an incredible experience working for Siemens Healthineers for two reasons: I get to work with smart and fun-loving people every day, and I have the pleasure of working on problems that improve the quality of life for billions of patients scanned by our machines. At the R&D facility in Knoxville, I have had the honor of helping to develop the next generation of PET/CT and MRI scanners.
During my time with Siemens Healthineers, I have designed assemblies in Siemens NX CAD, communicated with suppliers about manufacturing my designs, executed tests, ran FEAs, calculated angle tolerances, created engineering drawings with GD&T, and gained hands-on engineering experience in the MedTech Industry.
One of the surprising benefits of working a co-op is that when you return to classes, you realize how useful the things you are learning actually are. This realization makes you passionate about your classes and excited for how you can utilize that new knowledge in the future. Every time you take a class, listen to a podcast, or read a book or article; you are upgrading your brain.
These small pieces of knowledge all come together to make you into an engineer who knows how the world works and how to connect different ideas together to solve real problems. In Industry, problems are no longer neatly packaged like they are in class. You need to be creative and apply your ability to think critically to solve problems that have no defined solution.
The more problems you solve and obstacles you overcome, the more effective you will be as an engineer. If you would like to get involved in a co-op or internship, please come by the EPP office in Zeanah, and I’d love to get to know you and your dream for your future!
A little about me: I love rock climbing, writing my email newsletter called The Engineering Way, and learning new things. See you around!
