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My DSL Journey working from intern to undergrad test technician

By Zachary Simone - Monday, October 3 2022

My name is Zachary Simone, and I am currently a junior at UNH majoring in computer science. I have worked at the UNH Interoperability Lab (UNH-IOL) for almost two years, as I started in December of 2020. Prior to this, I had the honor of being a part of the IOL HighTech Bound internship during the summer of my high school junior year in(2019). At the time, I was attending the Seacoast School of Technology for a more in depth...

UNH Hack New Hampshire: Health & Wellness Solutions in Today's 'New Normal'

By Mara Johnson - Wednesday, May 18 2022

Last month the UNH-InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) and the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) collaborated to host the annual Hack New Hampshire event. Undergraduate and graduate students across all colleges were invited to participate in a two-day event to create a solution to “Help New Hampshire.” Last year’s event was held entirely virtual, this year students were invited to participate in-person at the IOL among industry mentors and peers.

This year, a total of...

How the Younger Generation Can Improve STEM Skills From Home

By Emilie Leavitt - Tuesday, June 1 2021

COVID-19, and the series of lockdowns that followed, has brought a wide array of challenges to students, workers, and employers alike. Thanks to the efforts of teachers and school administrators around the world, institutional education was able to continue through remote learning-- a solution that, as necessary as it may have been given the circumstances, was not without its flaws. Despite the best efforts of everyone involved, many students were left feeling like more of their education was left up...

UNH-IOL Announces Industry Sponsors for STEM High School Summer Internship

High Tech Bound Paid Computer Science Summer Internship

DURHAM, N.H. July 12, 2018— The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) has received generous donations from industry partners Dell EMC , Verizon , Alexander Technology Group , Cisco , HPE , Liberty Mutual , QA Cafe , and Senet to support the expansion of HighTech Bound, its high school summer internship program.

HighTech Bound is a unique opportunity for high school juniors entering their senior year to gain...

Meet the 2023 HighTech Bound Interns

By Grace Silha - Monday, June 5 2023

We are excited to kick off yet another summer for the UNH-IOL HighTech Bound Internship program, a program designed for rising high school seniors interested in pursuing a future in technology. This coming summer marks our 17th year of the internship reaching over 130+ students from across the country.

We welcome 10 passionate students to UNH this July who are coming from New Hampshire all the way from North Carolina. Projects will involve hands-on software development, FPGA board design,...

Meet the 2022 HighTech Bound Interns

By Libby Stone - Sunday, June 26 2022

We are very excited for this year's HighTech Bound Internship Program to start on July 11th! Read below to learn more about our 9 interns for this year.

Ohm

Ohm is a rising senior at Aliso Niguel High School in California, our farthest traveler this summer. He has experience coding in Java, Python, and C++. Ohm is passionate about electricity and magnetism and wants to explore the field of electronics and related...

Get to know the 2021 High Tech Bound Interns

By Grace Silha - Monday, June 7 2021

We are excited to share the big news, we have officially hired 8 interns for the upcoming year of our HighTech Bound Program. Their first day is Monday, July 12th.

Anisha

Anisha is a rising senior from Northview High School in Georgia. Due to her father's experience in programming, Anisha was immersed into the world of computers from a young age and with his assistance, she learned the Java language. She has...

UNH Students Hack for Change at Hack New Hampshire

By Mara Johnson - Wednesday, April 21 2021

As the world marked a truly extraordinary year in a pandemic, the UNH InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL) and the Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) rallied to bring a little normalcy to UNH life with their annual hackathon. The innovative 24-hour event was changed to be entirely virtual and ended up with a higher number of student participants than ever before.

A total of eight teams participated March 27-28 to work together to solve the problem of misinformation in our...

Final Thoughts About My Summer at the UNH-IOL

By Emily Burnham - Thursday, January 19 2017

Throughout this six week internship, I have learned a lot in such little time while at the IOL and I have enjoyed every moment. Some of my favorite times were rebuilding a computer, learning new code, as well as working with the other IP interns Tim, Grayson, Jasiah, and the rest of the IP team. In addition, the site visits were an eye-opening experience and very informative for my understanding of Computer Science.

During the first week at the...