One of the aspects of CES's mission is to provide education and training to prepare undergraduate and graduate students for absorption into industry.

The CES internship program provides real-world work experience in embedded systems for undergraduate and graduate students. The undergraduate students can utilize the internship to earn academic credit towards their B.S.E. degree. Students are compensated from industry members for their efforts, and gain critical experience in industrial work environments without interrupting their education. CES faculty offer courses addressing embedded hardware, system software and applications.

  1. The hardware related courses include computer organization and assembly language programming, computer architecture, advanced IC design, synthesis and formal verification of digital systems, low power processor architectures and hardware/ software co-design.
  2. Embedded system software courses include embedded microprocessor systems, compilers, software for real time embedded systems, distributed and multiprocessor operating systems and courses in embedded systems security.
  3. CES faculty also offer a wide range of courses in computer networks covering basics of computer networks, quality of service, network reliability, sensor networks and wireless and mobile ad hoc networks.

Types of Internships

Academic Year Internship

  1. Part-time internship experience during a fall or spring semester.
  2. Students must work approximately 20 hours per week for 3 credit hours in the first internship experience.
  3. Students must complete 340 hours

Summer Internship

  1. Full internship experience in the summer.
  2. Students work 40 hours per week during summer session for a total of 440 hours.

Semester Dates

  1. Fall August 16 - December 31
  2. Spring January 1 - May 15
  3. Summer May 16 - August 15

Student Eligibility Requirements

  1. Students may be undergraduate or graduate students and must be enrolled in a computer systems engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, materials engineering or industrial engineering degree.
  2. Students may work as interns up to a maximum of three semesters.
  3. Students must work 20 hours per week at the industry member site during spring and fall semesters and 40 hours per week during summer session. Each student is expected to complete 340 hours during the spring and fall semester and 440 hours for the summer.
  4. Students must also be enrolled full-time as undergraduates and have completed (or be currently completing) the minimum required courses in the Embedded Systems curriculum. For Arizona State University, these required courses are CSE 230 and CSE 325.
  5. Students (undergraduate or graduate) must have a minimum gpa of 3.0 at the time of application.

Internship Requirements

In order to receive internship credit as well as a full payment you must perform all of the following tasks:

  1. You must work a minimum of 340 hours during the spring and fall semester and 440 for the summer.
  2. You must complete an internship application form (Word .doc) and return it to the SCI Advising Center.
  3. You must maintain a daily work record and submit weekly report to the industry administrator. This report should document the tasks performed, what was learned and the plans for the next reporting period.
  4. You will be required to make an oral presentation on the day on or before reading day of the semester you worked in. You must submit a final written report at the end of the semester. NOTE: If all reports are not completed by the end of the semester, academic credit will be withheld and an incomplete grade will be posted. Also, if your internship has been renewed, you will not be able to start until all reports are completed.
  5. You must comply with all other request for information throughout the semester.