AIST Steel Intern Scholarship
Nolan J.M. Clark
This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to intern at JNE Consulting. JNE Consulting is part of The JNE Group of Companies; a multi-disciplinary engineering and project services firm serving industries worldwide with a focus on full-service engineering, industrial automation, and wastewater treatment solutions through offices located in Canada and the U.S. I worked out of the Canadian headquarters in Hamilton, Ont.
I worked in JNE’s Piping and HVAC Division alongside senior engineers and designers and was assigned to help with a groundbreaking decarbonization project within the steel industry, working on the future largest electric arc furnace (EAF) mill expansion in North America. I helped to design HVAC systems for the new buildings that were being built. This work included calculation of heating/cooling loads, reviewing applicable industry codes, developing equipment specifications along with performing reviews of model and drawing packages.
I gained experience with piping industry standards, learning about the fundamentals of piping design and best practices. I even helped revise an internal standards document on general piping guidelines. I worked with, developed, and revised piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&ID) drawings for services within the new mill expansion for a variety of services.
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also wrote and presented several knowledge files, which are an integral part of JNE’s high quality engineering focus. I wrote a file on regulator valve sizing and another on relief valve sizing, drawing on experience working on a previous project at JNE that I used as a case study, as well as applicable codes that I consulted. I sat in on consultations with outside vendors for product selection, providing a great learning experience.
As a result of this internship and the types of work JNE performs, I gained experience with a variety of industry tools. I have modeled piping systems using CAESAR II for the purposes of pipe stress, and I got experience with AFT Fathom and AFT Arrow software for modelling a variety of fluid services, to ensure that pressures and flows met necessary requirements for their systems. I got familiar with using Navisworks 3D to gather dimensions and locations of modelled systems, and I worked extensively with AutoCAD while working on P&IDs.
This experience has given me an incredible opportunity to apply the theory and concepts that I have been learning in school to a real industry environment, gaining valuable experience and insight into the world of engineering consulting within the steel industry. I was also provided numerous opportunities to have my knowledgebase challenged and my skillset grown, getting a perfect balance between personal development and professional accomplishment.
I would like to thank AIST for this incredible opportunity, as this scholarship and internship has allowed me to get vital experience within the steel industry which will no doubt have a profound impact on my future as an engineer. I would also like to thank my supervisor and general manager, as well as all my coworkers who helped make JNE a great place to be an intern!