Internship Information

Engineering Psychology majors are well-advised to seek an internship during their academic careers. An internship is a valuable learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to apply knowledge obtained through course work to practical situations in a work environment. Internships enhance a student's marketability and provide one with an idea of the type of work that is actually done in the field. These experiences can also help students with their subsequent course work.

Although many companies do not have formal programs, students are encouraged to contact companies and ask for an internship, part-time job, or co-op position. A good source to consult is the National Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Directory (Available in Lufkin Library) in order to find the names of Human Factors professionals at companies throughout the United States. Available positions at companies are posted on the Human Factors and Ergonomics bulletin board located on the second floor of Anderson Hall, in the hallway across from the Mechanical Engineering office, as well as listed on the Tufts HFES Web pages, which are currently located here

Any student may receive credit for an internship from a particular department or from the All College. However, at most, two internships can be counted for course credit and each internship fulfills one course credit. If an internship is to be done for credit, a sponsoring professor must be found who will guide the student in writing a paper based on the internship experience, which will be graded so that credit may be given. In the Mechanical Engineering Department, this is called a Special Topics paper. Some internships offer compensation.

Check out the THFES Jobs and Internships Listings for somewhat current offerings.

Also see this list of companies on the web which hire HF people.

Some companies that Tufts students have worked as interns for are:

American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Arthur D. Little
AT&T New Media Services
Bellcore
Black & Decker
Bolt, Beranek, and Newman (BBN)
Chubb & Son Insurance
Digital Equipment Corporation
Dun & Bradstreet Software
Fidelity Investments
Genrad
GTE
Hewlett Packard
Honeywell Inc.
IDEO
Liberty Mutual
Mauro Associates
MITRE Corporation
Proctor and Gamble
Raytheon
Stone & Webster
TASC
U.S. Army
Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S. Department of Tranportation)
Ziff Davis Interactive

Contact Professor Kreifeldt or Professor Soraci for further information regarding internships.