Summer's End: Autodesk Interns Exit With A Bang

As part of Autodesk's continuing work in education, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) hosted 10 interns this summer. Our 10 worked with another intern hosted by the Design, Lifecycle, & Simulation (DLS) group. On Thursday we had our "Intern Showcase" where each intern presented his/her project and shared what he/she learned. Since OCTO has offices in Toronto and San Francisco, we held the showcase in our Telepresence video conferencing rooms. We even had one intern stationed at Singularity University at Moffett Field.

Here are photographic highlights from their presentations.

Toronto

• Ben Lafreniere, Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Research Intern, University of Waterloo, PhD CS

  
  Ben

• Kazi Rubaiat Habib, Research Intern, National University of Singapore, PhD HCI

  
  Kazi

• Anthony Xiang Chen, User Interface Research Intern, Carnegie Mellon University, PhD HCI

  
  Anthony

• Christopher Menezes, Research CTO Intern, University of Waterloo, BASc Systems Design Engineering

  
  Christopher

• Dae Jeon, Research Transfer Intern, University of Waterloo, BASc Systems Design Engineering

  
  Dae

Moffett Field

• Jonathan Bombard, Singularity University Instructor, Louisiana State University Shreveport, BFA in Animation and Visual Effects

  
  Jonathan

San Francisco

• Heather Kerrick, Project Engineer for Applied Innovation, Stanford University, MS Design

  
  Heather

  
  Heather's clock based on light tubes

• Charlott Vallon, Project Engineer for Applied Innovation, UC Berkeley, BS Mechanical Engineering

  
  Charlott

• Guangnan Wei, Project Engineer for Applied Innovation, IIT Institute of Design, MS Design & MBA

  
  Wei

  
  Wei's car design

• Hyeon Na "Hannah" Woo, Project Engineer for Applied Innovation, Rhode Island School of Design, BFA in Industrial Design

  
  Hannah

  
  Hannah's watch band

• Morgan Fabian, DLS Manufacturing Engineering Intern, UC Berkeley, BS Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

  
  Morgan (with Charlott's speaker case in the foreground)

  
  Morgan's OWL bracket
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  Morgan's OWL back plate

  
  Morgan's OWL front plate

  
  Morgan's iPhone speaker amplifier

The showcase was great. To quote VP of Corporate Strategy & Engagement, Jon Pittman: "I just wanted to thank each of our interns for doing such a good job showing off your projects today. It was very impressive to see the work you all have done, and I was particularly gratified to see the range of projects we are undertaking in the Office of the CTO. Thanks for all of your hard work. We really appreciate your dedication, creativity, enthusiasm."

Jon

Thanks to University Recruiting Program Manager, Jenny Diani, for helping us hire our interns. Thanks to Executive Assistant, Tim Eischens, for organizing the showcase. "Hi ho. Hi ho. It's back to school we go."

Show and tell is alive in the lab.