Engineering (Drones / Electromobility / Renewables / Industry 5.0 / Cybersecurity)

My name is Mahen and I am from Vancouver, Canada. I am an engineering student from the Langara College. I chose this biotechnology internship to gain transferable laboratory skills and some exposure to active work. I believe this internship would help my career as an aspiring bioengineer. During my time here in this lab I was able to see various lab procedures that are used in industry and academia. Some of them being DNA extraction and PCR. Other than that, Thessaloniki is beautiful during the summertime and the view from the white tower cannot be missed. Time flies by here. With the arrangements made by Cerca Abroad, I was mostly happy. Just be ready to have some off line time. There will be times when you may need to disconnect from everything and soak in the experience. I found the city to be really accessible, so this made my experience very nice. Everybody is friendly here and you won’t find any trouble finding the things that you need. If you’re confident, you can make your experience one of a kind and unforgettable.

So, my name is Landon and I’m a computer science student from San Francisco, California. I just do this internship because the title was really interesting to me. I like working hands- on with electronics and this was the electronic vehicles and drones program. So, I was able to learn a lot about programing and all things related to flying drones and staff like that. So, the first week was me recording a lot of videos and getting to actually fly the drone myself and then I programed a facial recognition software for the drone and a couple of other features that it’s not even designed to be capable of doing. So it’s been really fun getting to learn a lot of those things.
Also, the city was really beautiful. I really enjoyed the food and the professors really helped me out, telling me places to go and stuff like that. On weekdays I had got time to get my own schedule. I’ve had a lot of personal freedom with the program. And then, also the weekends I got into to go and explore more areas of Greece myself. So overall I would really recommend it for anybody to come here and check out the lab. There’s a whole bunch of stuff. I got to use the 3d printer for the first time and you can see the drone back here, some other underwater drones that some of the other interns are working on. So it’s been really fun and I would recommend it.

Hi. My name is Ajay and I’m from Vancouver, British Columbia and I chose this internship because it was about flying drones and electric vehicles and I’ve always had an interest into things that fly, and eVs of course. I’ve picked this internship to learn more about drones, building eVs manufacturing processes and had some real life experience.

During my internship I had the chance to work on small aerial drones and I was given the task to put some sensors on it, to make some readings to make these drones smart. Alongside, I also got the chance to work on the auto here, I enjoyed my time working on it and I learnt a lot on the way.

The professors and the Cerca Abroad people were really helpful. They accommodated and helped me a lot whenever I had any problems. The city of Thessaloniki is really nice, The people here are really nice, the food is great, people are great, I’ ve had a lot of archaeological places to visit. There are a lot of things to do on the weekend and I would definitely recommend someone to once come here. This place is awesome.

Hi. My name is Erin, I am twenty two years old, I am from New Jersey, US, and I am currently working my master’s in mechanical airspace in Rutgers University and I am here for four weeks during my Cerca Abroad engineering program. I chose the Cerca Abroad program in Greece because when I was an undergraduate I have studied abroad in Rome and ever since I have wanted to study abroad back in Europe. I was looking for an engineering program abroad because it’s what I have always wanted to be doing for my degree in engineering. So I’ve been for two weeks here so far, and each day I’ve been working on a different project. First week I’ve been working with another intern on 3d mapping and building on campus with a drone, so basically we’ve drawn a bunch of pictures of the building with a drone so that we can use the software to create a 3d map of the building. We used that 3d map for an analysis of the roof of that building to look for different areas of water damage. The second project I’ve been working on has been building a drone. Again with other interns we’ve found the design of the drone and 3d printed the parts before making adjustments to the design and then we worked on wiring with the electronics. So we have basically been working on manufacturing this drone, It has not been completed yet but almost done. So I’ve lived close to the sea in Thessaloniki so I’ve been able to walk in different places, there’s so many things to do. I occasionally found myself going on walks by the water. There’s a pathways that I loved walking on. There’s also a port with a boat that can take you to beaches so I;ve been doing that. I;ve done that last weekend. Thesaloniki has actually many things to offer and I feel super safe and I’ve met some other interns who are students at the University I’ve been going and have fun and go sightseeing. So, this program to me has been really great all the advisors and directors are super nice and really welcoming. The only thing that I would wish that more women would apply to programs like this. There not so many women, especially in engineering, so it’s been great to work alongside with other women.

I got to participate in the activities of an EU funded program involving underwater drones (design & field testing). It was very cool to go to the port and launch drones and work with people from all over the world. The Autonomous Vehicle Research Center at the International Hellenic University, where I interned, has many projects to work on (Drones / Electromobility / Renewables / Industry 5.0 / Cybersecurity) and learn a lot. On top Thessaloniki is a very cool and lively city with many things to see and do.