1. CSS Internship Final Presentation
Kennon Owens
SIKORSKY PROPRIETARY
August 12th 2015

2. • Born in Alexandria, Virginia. Raised in Bowie, Maryland.
• Attending North Carolina A&T State University in
Greensboro, North Carolina.
• Hobbies: long distance runs, anything athletic, video
games, thought experiments
• Interests: Space, Physics, Philosophy, Aeronautics
BIOGRAPHY
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3. PROJECTS
• Investigated part discrepancies
and their impact on assemblies.
• Helped to push certifications
forward.
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• Assisted with supplier support
efforts.
• Performed analyses for drawing
releases.
• Issued updates on the
engineering changes.
• Reviewed reports on part and
assembly testing.

4. KEY LEARNINGS
During this internship, the main things I learned were:
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• Time management plays a large
role in project completion
• It’s good to get to know your team,
to foster better communication.
• When working to complete a project,
it’s important to incorporate your team.
• Communication is a huge aspect of the
job, regardless of the department.

5. RECOMMENDATIONS
Future interns will thank you for the following changes:
• See about completing any Ethics, Environmental Health and Safety, and
HR mandated training early on.
• Please get all of the charge codes an intern will ever need, to them early
on.
• If possible, see about getting a calendar together with all intern events
listed, and try to get this calendar to them early on.
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• Work to limit the impact of
INROADS and their events on
interns and their time tables.

6. NEXT STEPS
Following the end of my internship, I plan to:
• Go back to A&T and finish out my Bachelor’s degree, and possibly
double major with Engineering Physics.
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• Be inducted into Pi Tau
Sigma(Mechanical Engineering
honor society), and increase my
involvement in NSBE, ASME, and
EWB.
• Apply to M.I.T. for my Master’s
degree and Ph.D. in Mechanical
Engineering.
• Use my education to go into the
field of engineering research.
Someday work in an engineering
company’s research department

7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to acknowledge and thank:
• Design Engineer - Richard Brandler
• Design Engineer - Daniel Lane
• Engineering Supervisor - Dave Klusek
• Design Engineer - Gillian Allsup
• Gina Halligan
• S-92 Chief Engineer - James Munda, and his team:
− Carlos Rios
− Guy Juan Montoro
− Bruce Jensen
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