The featured student this week is Brooke Narducci, a mechanical engineering major from Allardt, Tennessee, who worked for Denso in Maryville, Tennessee
Narducci worked as a production engineer over the alternator and starter lines. Some of her projects included designing a jig to remove a pulley cap from an alternator without damaging the pulley, designing a stand for a program and its monitor on starter line, and using SolidWorks to make a 3D model from a 2D drawing. She is currently working on a year-long project to design and implement a method for a new product on starter line.
When describing the benefits of her co-op, Narducci says, “The most valuable benefit I have received by accepting my co-op is finding value in myself. Before starting, I felt like I didn’t deserve to work here. That I was under-qualified and would become a disappointment for the co-op program. In just the 3 months I’ve been here, I realize that I have a lot of great qualities and that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.”