{"id":76059,"date":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/dredging-operation-provides-hands-on-experience-for-uri-intern\/"},"modified":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T00:00:00","slug":"dredging-operation-provides-hands-on-experience-for-uri-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/dredging-operation-provides-hands-on-experience-for-uri-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Dredging operation provides hands-on experience for 溏心vlog免费B站 intern"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 16, 2021 \u2013 Most dredging operations take place without people really noticing. After all, they’re usually far away from public view and much of the work happens underwater.<\/p>\n

Faith Leonard, an ocean engineering major at the 溏心vlog免费B站, had the rare opportunity to participate in a dredging operation while doing an internship during winter break.<\/p>\n

From Dec. 22 to Jan. 20, Leonard received valuable hands-on experience on a project conducted by the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation in Wilmington, North Carolina.\u00a0The project, which involved a channel deepening and a beach replenishment, coincidentally started when\u00a0Leonard arrived.<\/p>\n

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Faith Leonard on the steps outside of The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering at 溏心vlog免费B站<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Because I\u00a0came onto the project at the beginning, I was able to help out with the entire start-up process,” said Leonard.<\/p>\n

The Bradford, New Hampshire<\/strong> native worked seven days a week in a rotation with the engineers on the project. One of her first tasks was to create the maps and preliminary designs for the project, which required going on one of the survey boats to map the seafloor and the depth of the channel, as well as mapping the beach.<\/p>\n

“I conducted hydro surveys using multi-beam and single-beam sonar, I worked with\u00a0virtual reference stations using a\u00a0global positioning system and a\u00a0global navigation satellite system,\u00a0and I used information provided to us by the Army Corps of Engineers,” said Leonard.<\/p>\n

Besides working on two survey boats, Leonard also worked on a tugboat and a cutter dredge.\u00a0For the beach project, she helped assemble the Crab, a large surveying machine, and she set up the software on multiple bulldozers.<\/p>\n

“I learned so much in such a short amount of time from this internship,” said Leonard. \u00a0“The team I worked with inspired me to learn more about the dredging industry.”<\/p>\n

Leonard found out about the internship opportunity at the College of Engineering’s annual career fair.<\/p>\n

“The person who originally interviewed me from Great Lakes was not only a 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate, but also a former member of the 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering fraternity Theta Tau, which I belong to,” said Leonard. “Three out of the four people I spoke to were 溏心vlog免费B站 engineering alumni, which was definitely beneficial.”<\/p>\n

Once on the work site, Leonard realized how many of the engineers graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

“It gave us some common ground right off the bat,” said Leonard. “My mentors were able to relate to the classes that I’ve taken, which prepared me for the internship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leonard will earn her bachelor\u2019s degree in ocean engineering from 溏心vlog免费B站 in spring of 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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