Industrial Internship Industrial Experience Prof D Schreurs Prof

Industrial Internship/ Industrial Experience Prof. D. Schreurs Prof. M. Heyns (local Master) Prof. B. Sorée (EMM)

Industrial Internship/Experience • Website: http: //set. kuleuven. be/nanotechnologie/eng/current-students/internships • Contact Persons o Internship coordinator: Prof. dr. ir. Dominique Schreurs • office: ESAT 02. 16; Dominique. Schreurs@kuleuven. be o Program director EMM: Prof. dr. ir. Bart Sorée • office: IMEC; e-mail: bart. soree@imec. be o Program director Master nano: Prof. dr. ir. Marc Heyns • office: IMEC; marc. heyns@imec. be 2

Industrial Internship/Experience Main goals o o Internship ≠ summer job But: experiencing daily way of working in industry as a nano master graduate • working in a team, reporting to a manager, … o o To realise something of value for the company in a limited time When and how? • summer period between 1 st and 2 d phase of Master (Aug/Sept. exams!) • ISP entry: 1 st semester phase II • Industrial Internship: min. 6 weeks → 6 ECTS • Industrial Experience: min. 4 weeks → 3 ECTS 3

Procedure: Step I • Identify a company • Past internships http: //set. kuleuven. be/nanotechnologie/eng/currentstudents/internshipcompanies • International • • e. g. , IAESTE network, Humasol/VLIR, . . . See VTK website: http: //www. vtk. be/ • Any company in nano field …. 4

Non-exhaustive Company List • Companies in Belgium o Cochlear (Mechelen) o Solvay (Neder-over-Heembeek) o NXP (Leuven) o Melexis (Ieper) o Nanocyl (Namen) o Umicore (Olen) o Xenics (Leuven) o Europlasma (Oudenaarde) o On Semiconductor (Oudenaarde) o Thrombogenics (Leuven) o Peptisyntha (Brussels) o Arcelor Metal (Gent) o AB Inbev (various locations) o …. 5

International Internships • Companies abroad o ITRI (Taiwan) o Panasonic (Japan) o Intel (Ireland) o CERN (Switzerland) o TNO, ASML, VSL, Holst Centre (The Netherlands) o …. Notes o KU Leuven doesn’t allow unsafe destinations (www. diplomatie. be): http: //www. kuleuven. be/education/study_abroad/application_procedure. html o Don’t forget about visa and possible vaccinations (see www. itg. be) o Check your health insurance. The KU Leuven insurance only covers work accidents and limited liability if you damage some property of the company o Agree clearly on reimbursement (travel/stay/ …) 6

Step 1: Identify a Company o Where? • Companies: OK • imec: OK BUT: you can NOT do internship and master thesis in same company! • Research institutes? case by case • Other universities: NO o How long? If company requires longer internship (> 2 months), consider performing a Master Thesis in such company instead of ‘Industrial Internship’ Note: no stipend in case of Master Thesis 7

Procedure: Step 2 • Agree with company on an internship work plan o subject should be in field of nano master! • discus in an early stage with internship coordinator to avoid disappointment o subject should be different from master thesis! o work plan = 1 page pdf • • name and address of company supervisor within the company (with his/her email address) description of the planned work start and end dates of internship o end of March: send work plan by e-mail to programme director and internship coordinator for preliminary approval (technical) o do not start with the legal part unless the work plan has been approved! o [if abroad: ] ask for KU Leuven permission as well 8

Procedure: Step 3 • Complete legal documents o contract • KU Leuven model contract: available on website • distinction between contracts for internships with and without ECTS! • if company requires other contract, e. g. , IPR phrasing (example: imec) • contact internship coordinator • any deviation from model contract requires approval by KU Leuven legal department, which can take several weeks! • 3 hardcopies, to be signed by student, company, and internship coordinator o o HSE-file (Health, Safety, and Environment) Strict deadline: April 30 th! (also if no ECTS!!!) 9

HSE-file (see your KU Loket) 10

Procedure • If no stipend (possible expense reimbursement is OK): o o o Preliminary Approval (Model) contract between KU Leuven, student, and company (possibly: ) NDA between company, student, KU Leuven HSE form, to be signed by company Evaluation • If stipend: o o o Preliminary Approval Contract between student and company Company should take care of insurance, HSE, social security, etc. (possibly: ) NDA between company, student, KU Leuven Evaluation 11

Before/During Internship • Let us know ASAP if something goes wrong o subject changed, illness of yourself or the company supervisor o supervisor not (or too little) available o accident 12

Procedure: After the Internship • Written reporting o o instructions: see website • Industrial internship: 25 pages; 15 pages for Industrial Experience • Plagiarism rules apply! hand in at the latest on first working day after Nov. 2 nd • Oral reporting o o presentation (20 min. + 5 min. Q&A) typically in November; schedule is prepared in October company supervisor is invited to this presentation via Skype if needed (e. g. , EMM student, company supervisor) • Final note o an internship executed without technical + legal approvals will not be ISP approved! 13

Be Aware for Plagiarism and Fraud ü Plagiarism is any identical or lightly-altered use of one's own or someone else’s work (ideas, texts, structures, images, plans, and so on…) without adequate reference to the source: o The literal or near-literal use of (part of) someone else’s text o Copying images, diagrams, graphics, figures, sound or image fragments, etc. o Paraphrasing someone else’s arguments o Translating texts o Fraud o Falsifying research data ü Make sure that you use the correct way to make references in your text (e. g. , reference to publications, book chapters, “literal quotes”, …) ü Sanctions at KU Leuven are severe! 14

Procedure - Timeline • now: identify a company and a topic • end of March: apply for technical approval • April [if internship abroad] : apply for KU Leuven permission • April 30 th (strict deadline!): apply for legal approval Deadline is strict, whether you apply for ECTS or not!!! • May [if internship abroad]: apply for visa, if required • May/June: perform a medical examination, if required • July – September: internship • start academic year: include Internship/Experience in your ISP • first working day after Nov. 2 nd: deadline written report • during November: oral presentation + Q&A 15