Internships and co-ops can help you gain valuable work experience and transferable skills such as communication, leadership, and technical engineering skills. This will give you a competitive edge when searching for post-graduation positions. Employers indicate when interviewing full-time candidates, the ones who rise to the top are those with work experience, communication, and teamwork skills. You will also be paid for your work!
Internships and Co-ops
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Internship and co-op host companies
The following companies have recently hosted CBE students for valuable work experiences.
- 3M
- A to Z Drying, Inc.
- AFCA
- Ag Processing Inc (AGP)
- AgCertain Industries, Inc.
- Ajinomoto North America, Inc
- Amcor
- American Packaging Corporation
- Ames Laboratory of US DOE
- Andersen Corporation
- Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
- Ardent Mills
- B&G Foods, Inc.
- BASF Corporation
- Bayer CropScience
- Boeing Company, The
- Boston Scientific Corporation
- BP
- Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.
- Burns & McDonnell Engineering
- Cargill, Incorporated
- CF Industries
- CJ BIO America
- Clysar, LLC
- Collins Aerospace
- Conagra Brands
- Conga
- Continental Cement
- Corbion
- Corteva Agriscience
- Cree, Inc.
- DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center
- Dover Corporation
- Dow Chemical Company
- DuPont
- Ecolab, Inc.
- Emerson
- empirical
- Encapsys
- Essentia Protein Solutions
- Feed Energy and FEC Solutions
- FM Global
- Frontline Bioenergy
- GELITA USA
- GENENTECH
- General Mills
- Grain Processing Corporation
- Green Plains Inc./Fluid Quip Technologies
- HDR Engineering, Inc.
- Hershey Company, The
- Hydrite Chemical Company
- Ingredion Incorporated
- International Flavors and Fragrances
- Iowa Department of Natural Resources Pollution Prevention Services
- Iowa Department of Transportation
- Iowa Renewable Energy
- John Deere
- Kemin Industries, Inc.
- Kimberly Clark Corporation
- Koch Industries Companies (Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Guardian Industries, Flint Hills Resources, & INVISTA)
- Land O’Lakes, Inc.
- Lifecore Biomedical
- Lucas Milhaupt
- LyondellBasell
- Medline Industries
- Merck
- Minnesota Department of Transportation
- Nalco Water
- Nestle USA, Inc.
- Novozymes
- OCI Nitrogen Iowa
- Olathe, Kansas, City of
- OSI Group
- PB Leiner USA
- POET
- Post Consumer Brands
- Quaker
- Resonetics
- Roquette America, Inc.
- Schwan Food Company, The
- Space X: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Syngenta
- Texas Instruments Incorporated
- USG (United States Gypsum Company)
- Valent BioSciences Corporation
- Valero Services, Inc.
- WEC Energy Group
- Wells Enterprises, Inc.
- Winnebago Industries
- Xcel Energy, Inc.
- Zinpro Corporation