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On the day , Abby Koczera 鈥�17 might have been feeling a bit nostalgic about her summer despite being in the midst of a busy fall semester.

That is because Koczera, a major, participated in a 12-week paid internship on a manufacturing design engineering team at Apple, one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

It was a rewarding experience for Koczera on many levels.

鈥淢y summer was full of professional networking opportunities,鈥� says Koczera, who served as a subject matter expert for Apple. 鈥淎ll interns are treated as employees with similar tasks and job responsibilities. This experience has made me eager to finish my degree and start my career.鈥�

Koczera鈥檚 team at Apple conducted experiments aimed at improving the surface finishing and aluminum anodizing process on hardware casing for Apple products. Anodizing is an electrochemical process that converts the metal surface into the decorative, durable and corrosion-resistant finish seen on iPhones, iPads, iPods, Apple computers and watches.

As an intern, Koczera designed and led projects from the research and development phase through execution and analysis, facilitated quality testing and presented conclusions to executives and supporting teams. She also interacted with vendors to evaluate instruments and products and received sponsored training on aluminum finishing offered by the National Association for Surface Finishing.

Despite challenging work, Koczera was able to get a 360-degree experience of life in California with her fellow interns that included trips to Napa Valley and Lake Tahoe and the opportunity to scuba dive with sea lions in Monterey Bay.

鈥淚 valued my time at work and after hours,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 traveled to different places every weekend and met many people from different cultures and backgrounds that exposed me to a plethora of perspectives.鈥�

Like her experience at Apple, Koczera has immersed herself in endeavors at UNH. She is a member of her college鈥檚 program and and is the former president of the .

After meeting with Apple as a sophomore, Koczera actively sought opportunities to bolster her r茅sum茅 by serving as an undergraduate researcher in professor Dale Barkey鈥檚 electrochemistry laboratory and then as an engineering intern at Lonza Biologics in 2015.

The efforts paid off when she learned last November she had been selected to intern at Apple.

鈥淚 believe that the research I conducted in professor Barkey鈥檚 lab was the foundation for my selection,鈥� says Koczera. 鈥淚 also found myself using skills obtained from classes I took at UNH.鈥�

Koczera now has her sights set on a successful senior year, graduation and then a career in materials science and engineering. She听plans to attain her master鈥檚 degree while working in the industry.

Koczera鈥檚 advice for students: It is never too early to start thinking about internships.听

鈥淕et exposure to as many things as possible,鈥� she says. 鈥淗ave a good attitude, and be excited to tackle problems.鈥�

Think you might want to study engineering at UNH? or come to UNH's fall听听event on Sept.听24. .

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