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The first five interns will be selected this fall and spend time working in a Mount Pleasant complex leased by Foxconn before going overseas in February. They will take classes in culture and language at CYCU, meet with Foxconn employees and work on applied research projects in preparation for their upcoming co-op. They will continue work on their research projects at one of Foxconn\u2019s facilities in Taiwan through June 2019.<\/p>\n
The Foxconn co-op program eventually could be expanded to other colleges and universities in Wisconsin and the Midwest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis program will give students in Wisconsin a valuable hands-on international working experience and apply their learning in a real-world, global environment,\u201d said Louis Woo, special assistant to Foxconn founder and CEO Terry Gou.\u201cWe are committed to supporting Wisconsin in expanding the existing strong talent pool and nurturing knowledge workers in the state. This will not only make Wisconsin more attractive to other companies but also contribute to its transformation as a global technology hub. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is an ideal Foxconn partner for this program because of its strong engineering program, diverse student body and experience with international educational partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n
The co-op program builds on an existing study abroad program for engineering students with CYCU in Taiwan. Thirty-one students have participated in the 51ÁÔÆæ-CYCU study abroad program since it started in 2009. A key feature of the program is that students from 51ÁÔÆæ and other universities in the United States collaborate with those from CYCU and Southeast University in China on engineering projects, including some sponsored by Taiwanese industrial companies.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 51ÁÔÆæ College of Engineering & Applied Science is proud to provide this unique opportunity to our students and to be a key player in supplying the talent needed to meet Foxconn\u2019s sophisticated requirements,\u201d Dean Brett Peters said. \u201cAdvanced manufacturing is an area of expertise for our college. This program builds on a strong tradition of partnership between our college and industry in support of Wisconsin\u2019s economic growth and development.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new international co-op program with Foxconn will be the second international internship\/co-op program at the 51ÁÔÆæ College of Engineering & Applied Science. Rockwell Automation established an internship program with the college in 2016 in which engineering students work at its facility in Shanghai, China, in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The first two students in that program have been hired by Rockwell, and two more are participating in the internship this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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