“If you’re an IACMI member and you’re not taking advantage of the internship program, you’re missing out on a valuable opportunity.” That’s Zaher Jabr Managing Director, Forward Engineering North America, who has already employed four IACMI interns in their Detroit office since June 2025. They are part of the new cohort of IACMI Interns 2.0, who are ready to chart their own success.
Since first launched in 2016, IACMI’s internship program has employed over 100 college students in the composites industry, and 100% of those got job offers or acceptance into graduate school. Averaging 10 weeks and embedded in industry or academia, these jobs give students a chance to explore a wide range of roles.
“It gave me a broader aspect of manufacturing,” said Mahnoor Zubair, an aerospace engineering student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo who interned at Vitriform3D this summer. “It doesn’t matter what you started at your college. It’s ok to pivot.”