This summer, COSE’s Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering Department has sent two SCSU students, Paige Ehalt and  Pratiksh Patel, to India. The students are completing an internship at JK Cement Company. The internships were arranged through the JKLU-SCSU Internship Exchange program, a partnership between SCSU and a university in India. The partnership creates internship abroad opportunities for students from both institutions. We are tracking the students’ progress here on the COSE International Programs blog. Check back periodically to hear more about their experiences abroad.

Paige’s Experience in India, Journal Entry 2:

We arrived at JK Lakshmi Cement in the evening. First, we settled into the guest house, which is like a mini hotel. The next morning we attended a formal welcome, followed by a tour of the entire cement plant.

Dr. Ben Baliga of SCSU, with Paige Ehalt, Pratiksh Patel, and JK Cement engineers at the JK Cement Company facility

After the first couple of days we began our training, which is set up in phases. Each phase lasts 3 days. The first phase was studying the crusher, stacker, and reclaimer of the cement manufacturing process. The second phase was the vertical roller mill.

For each phase, we are learning the functioning and operation of the equipment. After completing the first two phases, we created a presentation to present to the company.

The next morning, we left for a day trip to Udaipur. We stopped by Pichola Lake and the Celebration Mall.

Celebration Mall