Connecting Future Engineers with the Investment Casting Industry
by Steven R. Renz, Business Unit Process Owner – Digitization / Analytics, Arconic Power & Propulsion T
he Foundry Educational Founda- tion (FEF) has a unique platform that provides a connection for the
investment casting industry to join with future engineers focusing in the metal casting fi eld. As a former FEF student from Pittsburg State University, a stu- dent participant at the 1994 FEF/College Industry Conference (CIC), and now a recruiter through Arconic Power & Pro- pulsion (APP), a world-wide leader in aerospace innovation in the investment casting industry, I have the privilege of seeing the benefi ts from all sides. My career was catapulted from the
partnership of FEF and PSU. I was able to intermingle with companies, other
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students, and future employers through this collaboration. I knew that no matter where I would work, I would want to continue to build on these relationships and I have been fortunate in my 23-year career to do just that. FEF’s annual CIC has been rewarding to myself and my company through the many opportunities to engage top engineering students from North American universities interested in pursuing a career in our industry. Students, through their work and
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affi liation with FEF and their respective universities, exhibit a higher than average quest for knowledge and show strong leadership skills. I have been honored through the years, to meet and interact with many talented students that Arconic Power & Propulsion has pursued for employment, and I know that many other FEF affi liated companies have been positively impacted, as well. One of those talented students, Ty-
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ler Dietzschold, a former Pittsburg State University FEF student exhibits what APP and the investment casting industry is looking for in a technical leader - broad educational and work experiences with- in metalcasting/manufacturing settings, combined with character and integri-
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ty. Tyler and I fi rst met while he was a student at PSU (doesn’t hurt that we are both Gorillas!) and I was recruiting there. He was looking for an internship and we both recognized immediately that he was an excellent fi t for our organization. Through a series of unfortunate events, after graduation, we lost Tyler to anoth- er company working in the metalcasting portion of their business. Less than a year later, we crossed paths again and both expressed our disappointment of missing the opportunity for Tyler to work for APP. Shortly after that, we were able to bring Tyler into our organization where he par- ticipated in our Engineering Training Pro- gram for 18 months – rotating between three unique engineering assignments across three different locations with APP. Tyler, in his current role as Project
Engineer, using his work ethic and his quest for knowledge in all he does, has been innovative and supportive of APP’s advancement in our manufacturing processes. With his skills, his personal drive and the encouragement from FEF, PSU, and APP, Tyler has been a valuable asset to us and we hope to continue these relationships with many more students such as Tyler.
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