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Intern Update: Stephen Richardson

Chemical Engineering Intern, Stephen Richardson, has spent his summer at Prairie State gaining real-world experience in process engineering. Stephen has been interfacing with water treatment and a chemical representative for an Oxamine trial. He has also been naming valve tags to correlate to a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram. His completed projects include a Fuelsolv trial, an absorber blee… More

Intern Update: Brayden Menke

Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Intern, Brayden Menke, has spent his summer at Prairie State getting hands-on experience in the monofill and learning about day-to-day operations. Brayden’s job duties have varied from organizing Near Field reports to observing pump operations. He has also attended numerous meetings to discuss water balance, deep well, environmental services, and weekly project… More

Intern Update: Mehran Mustafa

Electrical Engineering Intern, Mehran Mustafa, has spent his summer completing an arc flash study using ETAP electrical engineering software. With this project, Mehran is in the process of verifying, correcting, and adding on to the current electrical power system. This will help increase the accuracy of Prairie State’s electrical network model. Once this is completed, he will perform the arc… More

Intern Update: Ojoniko Abah

Training and E-Learning Development Intern, Ojoniko Abah, has spent his summer at Prairie State learning how to identify gaps in training and design learning solutions to bridge those gaps. Ojoniko’s main project includes converting PowerPoint presentations into computer-based training modules. He also prepares knowledge gap assessments to determine which subject areas need to be reviewed, al… More

Intern Update: Kaelyn Schoenherr

Training and E-Learning Development Intern, Kaelyn Schoenherr, has spent her summer at Prairie State utilizing a variety of platforms to develop quality training materials. Kaelyn has utilized current instructor-led presentations to develop new E-Learning modules. Her main project is to create technical training plans, which include topics related to fuels and operations. Currently, the fuels t… More