PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Aug 31, 2004--Christina Wright spent much of her summer working on an advanced genetic analysis project that could ultimately help doctors more accurately diagnose patients. She is just 18 years old. Daniel Mirota has devoted a good part of his summer to writing a user-friendly interface to help doctors analyze MRI images more quickly. He is 21. These exceptional young people conducted their research as interns at Siemens Corporate Research Inc., a hotbed of innovative technology research in Princeton with one of the most exciting university collaboration and graduate internship programs in the world.
The internship program at Siemens Corporate Research (SCR) attracts some of the best and brightest university and graduate students from across the United States and around the world. Among the students currently at SCR are interns from approximately 25 countries, including Brazil, France, Italy, Canada, Serbia, New Zealand, and Germany. What attracts students like Ms. Wright of Marlboro, New Jersey, who won a prestigious Siemens Award for Advanced Placement last year and begins her first year at MIT this fall, is the opportunity to work on significant, cutting-edge research at the U.S. R&D; facility of Siemens, one of the world`s leading technology companies. Examples of SCR`s involvement in research breakthroughs include:
-- ''Fly-through'' virtual endoscopy system
-- SOMATOM Sensation 64(TM) computed tomography scanner
-- SCRPowerMonitor: An adaptive, general purpose Machine Condition Monitoring Software
''By bringing together an eclectic group of young minds, Siemens is gaining multiple perspectives on our next generation products, while giving real world experience to future scientist, engineers, and researchers,'' said Norbert Gaus, President and CEO, Siemens Corporate Research. ''Our unique combination of researchers and students has created an energetic learning environment and innovation breeding ground.''
Many of the students at SCR provide researchers with patent development support. In fact, past SCR interns have supported researchers in the discovery of new patentable technologies. Last year, SCR interns were able to provide research support to some of the 1,486 patents awarded to Siemens by the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Currently, interns are contributing research support to patent development in these areas:
-- new ways to comprehensively monitor patients with chronic ailments
-- the next generation of mobile phone communications
-- a new model for measuring error probability in tumor classification
-- faster, more accurate three-dimensional MRI imaging
-- new ways to visualize huge amounts of information
-- DNA research with potential applications in the pharmaceutical industry
Hands-on Experience
''The Siemens internship program gives you hands-on experience and a real sense of ownership of your work,'' said Daniel Mirota of Flemington, New Jersey. Mr. Mirota is completing his third internship with Siemens this summer as part of a work/study program at Stevens Institute of Technology.
''We encourage our interns to fully participate in the everyday life of the company,'' said Mr. Gaus. ''They work side by side with our accomplished researchers, and are encouraged to attend internal meetings ranging from budgeting sessions to guest speaker presentations. Our priority is to give them meaningful, resume-building work experiences they couldn`t attain anywhere else.''
Students from roughly 25 different countries are typically interning at SCR at any given time. The pool of interns at SCR ranges from high school students to PhD candidates, from computer science majors to graphic designers. Internships can last anywhere from two months to a full year.
Not Your Parents` Internship
-- Chandra Harrison, came from New Zealand after completing two masters degrees to intern in the User Interface Design Center. She is currently working in the fascinating area of affective computing, researching how computers can understand and respond to human emotion
-- Linda Westrick, a brilliant young mathematician from Richmond, Virginia, is devoting her internship to developing a new algorithm to better define boundaries in 3-D images. Ms. Westrick was a top prizewinner in the 2003-04 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science & Technology, the nation`s leading science research competition for high school students. She begins her first year at MIT in September.
-- Yuyin Chen of West Bloomfield, Michigan, recently completed his internship in the Software Engineering department. He worked on a project called WebChecker, designed to check HTML files for bad code and standardize the style and syntax of web pages. Mr. Chen won a Siemens Award for Advanced Placement in 2003 and begins freshman year at Harvard this fall
Internships at Siemens Corporate Research can also lead to full-time employment. Marcela Esteves, a native of Rio de Janeiro, becomes a full-time employee this October, having interned in the User Interface Design Center since October of last year. ''For me, the most appealing aspect of working at Siemens Corporate Research is the opportunity to develop and apply my skills in meaningful projects that fulfill my need to help society,'' commented Marcela.
Students interested in applying for an internship at Siemens Corporate Research should contact Human Resources at: [email protected]
Siemens Corporate Research
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. (SCR), based in Princeton, New Jersey, is one of five Siemens global R&D; centers with 220 scientists and engineers focused on researching and developing emerging technologies in areas such as imaging and visualization, software engineering, multimedia/video technology, and multimedia
documentation. Application of these technologies range from healthcare and communications to automation and security.
Siemens Technology-To-Business Center LLC, an SCR subsidiary located in Berkeley, Calif., identifies and develops disruptive technologies through partnerships with universities and independent entrepreneurs, converting those enterprises into viable Siemens businesses or independent start-up companies.
SCR was founded in 1977 and was the first Siemens corporate technology facility outside of Europe. Worldwide, the company commits more than $5 billion and 45,000 employees to R&D; and holds 45,000 patents. In the U.S., Siemens dedicates $700 million to R&D; and holds 8,600 patents. In 2003, Siemens was the eighth largest recipient of patents awarded in the U.S. with 1,486. For more information, visit SCR`s web site at: www.usa.siemens.com/research or TTB`s web site at www.usa.siemens.com/ttb.
About Siemens
Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $80.5 billion in fiscal 2003. Founded more than 150 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas of Automation and Control, Information and Communications, Lighting, Medical, Power and Transportation. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $16.6 billion and employs 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens` worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 423,000 people in 192 countries.
For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com
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