{"id":3042,"date":"2020-02-26T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:14:08","slug":"student-interns-beyond-the-classroom-izzy-thalman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/academic\/student-interns-beyond-the-classroom-izzy-thalman\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Interns Beyond the Classroom: Izzy Thalman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Izzy Thalman, who was once a young girl interested in STEM\nand attending Introduce a Girl to Engineering day in west Chicago, is now an\nintern with Siemens in mechanical engineering. She is a catalyst for women in\nSTEM, as she is mentor to FIRST <\/em>Robotics\nteam #6413, Degrees\nof Freedom<\/a> as well as being a full time robotics engineering student at Arizona\nState University. Izzy is passionate, forward-thinking, and a perfect example\nof student success from classroom to industry. Read on to learn a little more\nabout her: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where did you attend college, what was your\nmajor, and how did you become interested in your field of study?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\ncurrently am attending Arizona State University as a Sophomore studying\nRobotics Engineering. My interest in robotics stems from participating on a\ncompetitive robotics team in high school and the desire to be a versatile\nengineer. I do not necessarily want to use my career to build robots, but I do\nwant to have a solid understanding of electrical-mechanical design and\nprogramming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What drew you to Siemens?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nwas drawn to Siemens when I was a kid, as I had the opportunity to attend a\nIntroduce a Girl to Engineering Day in West Chicago. It definitely sparked\nan interest in engineering that I did not previously have. I visited Siemens a\ncouple times while in high school and one of my mom\u2019s managers always said, \u201cAs\nlong as you learn how to do NX and CAD you have a very good chance at getting\nto work here.\u201d My intern position was actually in mechanical engineering. In my\neveryday life I do competitive robotics, and I wanted to originally do Robotics\nso I could understand a wide breadth of programming, mechanical, chemical, and\nindustrial engineering. I enjoy CAD a lot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are 2 or 3 key things you learned\nwhile interning for Siemens?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\ncouple of things I learned while interning for Siemens: 1) Ask a lot of\nquestions. 2) Any opportunity to use PLM software as a young student in college\nis a priceless experience. Getting to learn how to use SAP, Teamcenter, and\nSalesforce so early in my education is definitely what sets me apart from\nmy classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What brought you to the decision to stay\nwith the company and is what you are doing now different from what you did as\nan intern? Is it similar? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nam still an intern, or hopefully I will still be an intern. I am currently\nstill looking for a summer internship position with Siemens and have my eyes on\nthe Engineering Leadership Development Program in Georgia. I really enjoyed my\nlast summer with Siemens and was so thrilled with everything I learned. I hope\nI have the chance to continue to learn and grow as an engineer with Siemens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the most impactful\/ rewarding part\nof working in your specific field and for Siemens? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nam a bit of a nerd when it comes to being efficient and making things more\nefficient so when I was working on a project last summer and was able to modify\nmy process to shave approximately 10 minutes off of it, there was a little part\nof me that was extremely satisfied. That was another moment that really sparked\nsome interest for me to investigate system process engineering as a potential\njob path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tell us more about what interests you about\nWomen in STEM. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Siemens\nis a very female forward-thinking company. My boss was a woman, and there were\nmany women on my team. I enjoyed that environment and getting to work with\nstrong and smart women! I do mentor an all-girls robotics team, ranging from 8th<\/sup>\n-12th<\/sup> grade, with FIRST Robotics! We are working on building a robot\nand all the girls are sponsored by Siemens! They\u2019ve all worked so hard and I\ncouldn\u2019t be prouder of them. My view of women in STEM has changed as I\u2019ve\ngotten older, and I\u2019ve learned how important it is to work together as women.\nThere\u2019s still a lot of work to be done, though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\nlearn even more about Izzy\u2019s work with FIRST\n<\/em>Robotics, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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