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Northrop Grumman Visit (Cont.)
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collective focus in principal business areas, achieve operational efficiencies on a significant scale, and enhance its competitive position and opportunities for growth in the aerospace marketplace. The three busi
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ness sectors are: the Integrated Systems and Aerostructures Sector, based in Dallas, Texas; the Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland; and Logicon Inc., based in Hern
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The most advanced targeting and battle management system in the world, Joint STARS operates around the clock to detect, locate, classify, track and target hostile ground movement and stationary targets. It covers a very large area even during bad weather and darkness, while standing off a significant distance from the area under surveillance.
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Lockheed Martin visited UIC on March 3rd. Tomi Fadley-Jones, A Human Resources Representative from the Naval Electronics and Surveillance Systems Division in Egan, Minnesota, gave a slide presentation and informed members of the many exciting and rewarding opportunities that exist within the Lockheed Martin organization.
Tomi explained the opportunities that are available for full time, co-op, intern, and grad students. Lockheed comprises many companies and has positions in loca
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tions worldwide.
Lockheed also provides furnished housing that is affordable on an interns salary. Interns live in the same apartment complex which makes it easy to make new friends from other schools and backgrounds.
The 'Summer Buddy' Program is yet another benefit interns have when working for Lockheed. This program assigns newly hired employees who show interns the basics and how to become familiar with their responsibilities. Also they will help give them a resource to get
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information and ask questions that they may be afraid to ask.
Lockheed offers 100% tuition reimbursement for continuing education, recreation programs, flexible benefits, employee store/discount bookstore/citywide discounts at many retail businesses, as well as an employee assistance program. To find out more visit their website at :
http://www.lmco.com
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The Titan IVB Rocket at launch
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Tellabs Tour (Bolingbrook Facility)
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On February 11th IEEE members visited the Tellabs facility in Bolingbrook.
The tour consisted of an introduction of Tellabs and some of the products they manufacture. Afterward, we listened to a panel discus
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sion, went on a tour of their manufacturing plant, and received an overview and demonstration of the Titan 6500 and Echo Canceller technologies.
Mitch Anderson, our first tour guide, informed us that
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Tellabs designs, manufactures, markets, and services voice and data transport and network access systems for the communications industry worldwide.
The positions available are Continue to page 3 -->
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