Career Internships

21 April, 2023

In 2022 we continued our 3-month paid internship placement programme.

Sunandita Ghosh

MBIE

University of Auckland graduate, Dr Sunandita Ghosh, was involved with the MBIE Contestible Investments contract management system, working across the different funding mechanisms. Reviewed and assessed project reports and contract variation requests.

 Kenneth Ortega

MacDiarmid Institute/NZPA

University of Otrago graduate, Dr Kenneth Ortega, interned at MacDiarmid Institute/NZPA and developed/updated the National Testing Register, an NZPA-hosted directory of scientific testing equipment throughout NZ. The Register provides a streamlined pathway for connecting companies to research expertise, as strong relationships often develop through simple requests to use equipment.

 Zeineb Ayed

MaramaLabs

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington graduate, Dr Zeineb Ayed, explored the CloudSpec ability to analyse cloudy wine samples without the need of any pre-preparation, working directly with the R&D team in determining the colour and phenolics of untreated wine samples.

 Thomas Grant

UniServices

University of Auckland graduate, Dr Thomas Grant, learned about the internal triage process that goes into assessing the commercial viability of an idea, including market analysis, creating a target product profile, and novelty searching/competitor analysis.

Matthew Brett

Power Trip

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington graduate, Dr Matthew Brett, worked on programming an electric vehicle battery tracking tool to monitor statistics for the battery owner. Worked on creating a series of calculations using battery data, and transforming this into a dashboard for users to view.

Dion Thomas

Wellumio Ltd

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington graduate, Dr Dion Thomas, worked on the development of an NMR device for stroke diagnosis.

Alyssa Thomas

Ministry for the Environment

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington graduate, Alyssa Thomas, contributed to Aotearoa’s Environmental Reporting Framework, including a case study on Kaipara Moana, and worked on projects across the Evidence Data and Insight’s group’s work programme.

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