July 2011 - Undergraduates - Saltire Foundation Community

In a Van

In the second week of the Internship Joe and I traveled from the GE Wind Energy Headquarters in Salzbergen, Germany to the construction site near Zensko in Poland. We left on the Tuesday morning and travelled on the Autobahn across Germany to the border...

Published 31-Jul-2011 21:20 by Euan MacKinnon

Filed under: Strathclyde University, GE

Better Late Than Never.......

Better late than never...... I’m Alex McAulay and I am currently 3 weeks into my internship in Boston with Veolia Energy North America. As the title might suggest I have been a little late it posting my first blog. This is my first ever time blogging...

Published 31-Jul-2011 18:46 by Alexander McAulay

Filed under: Boston, USA, University of Strathclyde, Veolia Energy, chemical engineering

Mickey Mouse, Typhoon Warnings and Chelsea

Hi All, I can hardly believe it’s been a week since my last blog! Things have been very busy for me, both in and out of work. I’m progressing well with the project that I was set and should be finished it (all being well!) by the middle of...

Published 31-Jul-2011 15:21 by David McKniff

Filed under: Hong Kong, University of Strathclyde, Citi

She's beauty and she's grace, she's Miss United States...

Week six accomplished! Another week in the Big Apple has once again proven to be good’un! My main task at work this week was to plan a Training Video for MaeVona to send out to their retailers all across the US and Canada to ensure the sales staff...

Published 31-Jul-2011 4:41 by Alana Kathryn Mathers

Filed under: week 6, New York, 2011, MaeVona, Alana Mathers

Grans for Tea

3 weeks into the placement and I don’t know where the time has gone. In some respects it has flown in due to how busy I have been everyday but on the other hand it feels like an absolute age since I was going through customs at the airport as so...

Published 29-Jul-2011 21:58 by Sean McManus

!ATTENTION! Wolf Pack now recruiting..

Hey y’all. We are now into our third week of our Wood group internship, for me this is the final week of my rotation in Oracle finance. Where… (Prepare yourself for this, shot of espresso/mountain dew/ red bull WILL be needed) I have been...

Published 29-Jul-2011 15:12 by Jack Nicoll

Filed under: Houston, Texas, finance, week 2, wood group, University of Strathclyde, 2011, jack nicoll

The commitment phase

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Commitment; usually with new jobs you have that three week probation period, where you decide whether this was for you or not, whether you feel you want to commit to...

Published 29-Jul-2011 0:44 by Reuben Sagar

Filed under: saltire, EnvisionSolar, the university of aberdeen, San Diego, Webinars, Highland Cathedral, ComiCon, Super Marios

Don't get caught dancing to Beyonce

Aright folks! Just going to give a quick update as to what we have been up to since my last blog. For the past 2 weeks all 3 of us have been outside working in the yard with the mechanics/electricians and laborers. This has been really good and really...

Published 28-Jul-2011 9:26 by Innes MacLennan

<Insert Witty Blog Title Here> Part 4

Another week has passed here at the Moerdijk site and the weather has been as unpredictable as Charlie Sheen! One minute the rain was battering down and there was literally a small river flowing through the site and then the next day the sun was out,...

Published 28-Jul-2011 7:33 by Chris McGuire

Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Heriot Watt, Amsterdam, GE, Moerdijk, Scotland, Chris McGuire, General Electric, chemical engineering, power plant, Breda, guiness, Holland, university, Rotterdam, dutch, The Netherlands, Belgium, Antwerpen, schiphol

Oranges and the lemons of Scottish football....

Hi all, another update from Chris here in Leverkusen, Germany where the weather has been mimicking typical Scottish weather for just about the entire time I have been here! Over the last couple of weeks alot has been going on at work and outside of work...

Published 28-Jul-2011 7:17 by Christopher Potter

Filed under: Cologne, Bayer, Germany, fireworks, football, Leverkusen, Dundee University, Christopher Potter

A time spent in houston

Super market 5 minutes, work 15 minutes, downtown 25-30 minutes.....................................................................supermarket 30 minutes, Work 2 changes and 15 minute walk, downtown is it even possible? To say Houston kind of likes its...

Published 27-Jul-2011 19:02 by Christopher O' Connor

Filed under: awesome, sexy, inconcievable, the best blog, amazing, cool

Mongolian, French, Italian, TexMex, Indian and... 'Burger Girl'!

Hello again! Week 2 has flown past very quickly and the only bad thing about that is that it means we only have 6 weeks left to pack in all the things that we want to do. This week has seen the end of my rotation with Human Resources so I had a couple...

Published 27-Jul-2011 3:18 by Elizabeth Sparks

Riding the Heat Wave

Hello Saltire universe! (I saw someone start their blog with that recently and I thought, stolen) For anyone who's not read any of my previous blogs, I'm Aidan and am working for Jabil Circuit here in Florida. I've had another great week here...

Published 27-Jul-2011 2:44 by Aidan McDonagh

Filed under: finance, USA, Florida, Jabil Circuit, Tampa, Aidan, mcdonagh, Maths, Psychology, Beach

What time is it...? Beer O'clock!

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Apologies for the late arrival of blog two, whoever thought finding the time to blog was going to be a task which needed to be added to my list of “things to do”, sitting...

Published 27-Jul-2011 1:37 by Stacey McGill

"This is Jenny, she's from SCOTLAND!"

So the plane from Miami airport to Tennessee was three people wide. Aaron, a local, asked if I was from Tennessee and I smiled in bewilderment as his eyes widened at my reply: “No, I’m from Scotland… I’m on a business trip with...

Published 26-Jul-2011 9:05 by Jennifer Henderson

Filed under: st andrews, London, Giles Insurance, Jenny Henderson, Tennessee, Knoxville, Appalachian Underwriters

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