Petroleum Engineering  


SUMMER INTERNSHIP EVALUATION FORM


OBJECTIVE - THIS FORM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THE DEPARTMENT'S PERFORMANCE FOR ACCREDITATION PURPOSES AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AN "EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION"

INTERNS - Please discuss the objective with your supervisor, complete the level of education and prior work experience questions, and ask your supervisor to complete the rest of the form.

Level of Intern's Education: Sophomore Junior Senior Graduate
 

NOTE: Level of education is not based upon credit hours; rather, upon completion of engineering course work, as follows:

  • Sophomore - has completed the freshman engineering courses-should understand basic science, mathematics, engineering concepts, and computers. Should have an understanding of the oil & gas business and the petroleum engineer's role.

  • Junior - has completed the sophomore petroleum engineering courses-should be able to apply basic science, mathematics, engineering concepts, and computers to simple engineering problems. Should have an understanding of petroleum engineering systems and petrophysics.

  • Senior - has completed the junior petroleum engineering courses-should be capable of performing significant engineering tasks involving analysis and interpretation of data, preparation of engineering reports, and technical presentations. Should understand reservoir properties, basic drilling and production practices, formation evaluation techniques, and simple reservoir models.

  • Graduate - has completed the senior petroleum engineering courses-should be capable of performing substantial engineering tasks including engineering design. Should understand well drilling and wellbore construction, completion and production practices, reservoir characterization and reservoir simulation, and economic evaluation.

Intern's Previous Work Experience: 
How many previous E&P summer internships have you held? None One Two or more
 

EMPLOYERS - We ask that the intern's supervisor complete the remaining portion of this form and submit it online - or print it out and mail it to us at:

Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Uhdergraduate Programs Office
Texas A&M University 3116 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-3116

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Bryan Maggard at (979) 845-0592.
Thank you. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.


Intern's Current Work Assignments:

companyname (optional) :

Date:

Please answer the following questions about current work assignments:

1.   What duties were the intern best prepared to perform?

2.   What duties were the intern least prepared to perform?

Based upon the narratives associated with level of education, please indicate below whether the intern's skills and abilities were satisfactory, need improvement, or you had no opportunity to observe:

Knowledge Area

Satisfactory

Needs
Improvement

No opportunity
to Observe

Basic science and mathematics
(applying chemistry, physics, geology, differential equations, probability and statistics)

 

 

 

Basic engineering
(applying solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and materials properties)

 

 

 

Communications
(using writing and speaking skills for professional purposes)

 

 

 

Problem solving
(identifying problems/opportunities
/constraints, collecting data, making decisions)

 

 

 

Experimentation
(designing tests, gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data) 

 

 

 

Engineering practice
(using latest techniques, skills, and tools to solve engineering problems)

 

 

 

Engineering design
(designing systems, components, or processes for efficient use of resources)

 

 

 

Well-system design
(developing and analyzing wells systems for drilling and completions)

 

 

 

Formation evaluation
(characterizing and evaluating subsurface geological formations)

 

 

 

Production-system design
(developing and analyzing systems for production, injection, and fluid handling)

 

 

 

Reservoir engineering
(optimizing reservoir development and management)

 

 

 

Project economics and resource valuation
(applying economic principles to design and decision making)

 

 

 

Decision making
(dealing with high levels of risk and uncertainty in reservoir development)

 

 

 

Teamwork
(working in teams/groups, including multidisciplinary teams)

 

 

 

Engineering perspective
(focusing more on practical problem-solving techniques than on developing new knowledge)

 

 

 

Ethics
(understanding ethical responsibility, behavior)

 

 

 

Contemporary issues
(understanding root causes of current events and how they affect practice of petroleum engineering)

 

 

 

Globalization
(understanding impact of engineering solutions on culturally diverse global society)

 

 

 

Political and social responsibility
(recognizing political, social, and environmental constraints on defining and solving engineering problems)

 

 

 

Market economics
(understanding effects of free-market commercial system in problem definition and solution)

 

 

 

Career development
(setting life and career goals, planning achievement, and modifying as circumstances dictate)

 

 

 

Life-long learning
(recognizing need, having fundamental background)

 

 

 


Again, thank you for your help!