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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...

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

Durham, N.H., June 20, 2017 -- The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance solutions for the networking industry, has received generous donations from the following industry partners Fidelity , Dell, HPE , Liberty Mutual , QA Cafe, Verizon , Senet, MACOM , Cisco , and Alexander Technology Group to support the continuation of the UNH-IOL High...

The University of New Hampshire to Host NASA Space Apps Challenge

Durham, N.H., April 20, 2017 -- The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance services for the networking industry, and UNHInnovation (UNHI) are excited to announce they will be hosting the upcoming NASA Space Apps Challenge on April 29-30, 2017 at 21 Madbury Road, right off the UNH Durham, NH campus. The Challenge is open to high school seniors, all college level students and young...

How the UNH-IOL has Taught Me Skills to Help Prepare for Industry

I had my first experience working as an undergraduate employee at University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) when I was a sophomore IT student. I heard about the UNH-IOL from the UNH Open House and my roommates. The UNH-IOL is a company that tests networking and data communication products and the main reason I wanted to work there was for the first hand opportunity and experience to test, debug, and get products ready for market. The IOL works with...

Big Risks and Great Rewards: How HighTech Bound Got Me Out Of My Comfort Zone

My name is Surabhi Keesara, I am from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and applying to the Hightech Bound internship was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Computer science has long been a part of my life. Not only are both of my parents, and my sister, software engineers, but I have grown up taking programming classes at various summer camps and weekly STEM classes. Nonetheless, my experience with programming has always been limited to the classroom—solving the...

Hacking The Summer Away at the IOL

This week our student employees took a break from their typical work schedules to get together and participate in our third annual UNH-IOL Hackathon! The UNH-IOL Hackathon is an event where programmers across all disciples and experiences join up to tackle lab-wide problems and create long term solutions. Students are separated into groups to work on the project of their choice in this week long event. This week, I checked in with students to talk about the importance of Hackathons,...

Meet the 2019 HighTech Bound Interns

We are excited to share the big news, we have hired 13 interns for the upcoming 14th year of our HighTech Bound Program. Their first day is Monday, July 8 for five weeks. We couldn't have done anything without the support of our 2019 Sponsors.

Aryan Aryan attends JL Mann High School in South Carolina. Aryan is very passionate about children's education and has helped raise over $3K to support international, educational

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

Durham, N.H., June 27, 2019 -- The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL), an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance solutions for the networking industry, has received generous donations from the following industry partners Cisco , Liberty Mutual , QA Cafe , and Senet to support the continuation of the UNH-IOL High School Summer Internship program, HighTech Bound. Sponsors are directly contributing to the educational growth for 13 young professionals interested in...

Why I knew HighTech Bound was something I had to be a part of…

I found out about the HighTech Bound internship opportunity at the UNH InterOperability Lab through reading other past intern's experiences and projects through blog posts and the IOL website. After spending some time reading through all the cool information, I knew immediately that this was something I had to do. Soon after, I heard more about this opportunity after I took a lab tour with my sister, a current UNH student, and my father.

In my current computer systems...

My Experience Exploring Computer Science and the UNH-IOL

Hi I’m Kate Bacon, and I was an intern at the UNH InterOperability Lab during the summer of 2018. If you’re reading this you’re probably wondering more about being an intern at the IOL, what you will be doing here, and who you will be working with. You’re probably feeling all of the same emotions I was feeling before I started my internship. I am here to tell you about my experience at the IOL, what I learned, and the...