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Meet the Intern: Jessi Velino

Prairie State is pleased to welcome Jessi Velino as the Mechanical Maintenance Intern this summer! Jessi attends Clemson University and is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering. She chose this major because it interests her to understand why things work the way they do. “I never used to think about how things would work, like a car or treadmill, I would just expect it to work. It’s… More

Meet the Intern: Tyler Lunning

Prairie State is pleased to welcome Tyler Lunning as the Mechanical Maintenance Intern this summer! Tyler attends Illinois College where he majors in mechanical engineering. He chose this career field because he enjoys working with mechanics. “I want to be working in the field and the plant doing all kinds of different mechanical maintenance and fixing things. I love to solve problems, and… More

Meet the Intern: Matthew McLaughlin

Prairie State is pleased to welcome Matthew McLaughlin as the Electrical Maintenance Intern this summer! Matthew attends Ranken Technical College and is in the control systems technology program. He chose this major because Matthew enjoys hands on work and found his dad’s position as supervisor for electrical maintenance interesting. He says, “I like the hands-on work and being at the po… More

Meet the Intern: Connor Guttmann

Prairie State is pleased to welcome Connor Guttmann as the Mechanical Engineering Intern this summer! Connor attends the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he majors in mechanical engineering. He decided on this major due to his family all being engineers. “I have always been interested in math and science. My whole family is full of engineers, but they were missing a mechanical one, s… More

Meet the Intern: Molly Doerflein

Prairie State is pleased to welcome Molly Doerflein as the Mechanical Engineering Intern this summer! Molly studies mechanical engineering at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC). Her interests in this field were inspired by her father. “I have always liked math, and I originally was going to go into accounting. My dad talked to me about engineering and the more I have been in… More