Spring Break
Summer student intern researches in engineering department
By: Jessica Henning
Issue date: 8/2/07 Section: News
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Rochester Institute of Technology required him to obtain an internship to have some real-world and research experience.
"I am working in the area of nanotechnology. I'm working with semi-conductors and wanted to continue my study in this type of technology. It's abstract research with micro-manufacturing and I wanted to learn new ways to develop and how to solve problems with this technology," Munder signed with his interpreter by his side.
Munder is working on his degree in mechanical engineering technology. He is thinking about going to graduate school. "A&M would be the perfect place because of all the research that is available here," he said.
Munder said the basic idea of what he and other students are researching is to make 3-D micro-components. In the future, he will research the mechanical characteristics and work on Micro-Electrical Discharge Machining. He is trying to find better electrical and non-electrical parameters, which are two key components.
"We're trying to connect those two things together to understand through design how to make them," Munder said.
"Once you understand that process, you can do more research to develop slots instead, but with my research I'm focusing on drilling," Munder said.
He said that later they will move to 3-D, which will be the final phase, and perform experiments related to how to better fuse the rotation of the electrode.
Munder said he is enjoying his research and that it's a real challenge. "I work on a variety of things [in the lab] so I have to organize my time. I've been here for about four weeks and during the first week I was touching on basic areas related to machining," he said.
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