Elara Engineering’s 2025 Summer Internship Program provided four talented students the opportunity to contribute to our firm’s success as they worked side-by-side with our engineering experts and operational leaders on a variety of endeavors across our engineering teams.
As members of Elara’s multidisciplinary engineering design teams, our interns completed field surveys at various sites, executed engineering calculations for a variety of projects, and utilized AutoCAD (2D) and REVIT (3D) drafting/modeling software to support the preparation of engineering drawings. Elara’s Building Performance Group intern also supported numerous building infrastructure studies which included preparing utility and energy analyses.
Our summer interns also attended weekly presentations conducted by our Principals, Associate Principals, Team Leaders, and various firm Engineers intended to introduce the group to a wide variety of topics relevant to the industry. Discussion topics and activities included “A History of Elara”, “Elara Services & Processes”, “Insights from Elara’s Principals”, and technical presentations covering Elara’s various disciplines and studios. The summer intern program culminated with an end-of-summer tour of an Elara project, presentations by each of the interns to Elara leadership covering a technical topic each student chose to learn about throughout the summer and a lunch celebration to acknowledge each intern’s hard work and success.
We congratulate all four of our 2025 summer interns and wish them great success in the school year ahead.
Elara is pleased to offer internships for aspiring engineers each summer with additional opportunities to engage students throughout the year. Resumes for internship consideration can be submitted to employment@elaraeng.com.
“My internship at Elara gave me the opportunity to learn more about HVAC, engineering practices, and make an impact on my community! Having the opportunity to intern as the mechanical consultant on a project at my previous high school showed me the importance of existing conditions and see the impact projects have on their communities. Additionally, Elara’s contractor mindset allowed me to get on site and think about the constructability of a project in the design process.”
-Jill K., Bradley University, Mechanical Engineering Major with Minor in Construction Management
“As an Engineering Intern at Elara Engineering, I learned many essential skills and experience with green building standards, building drawing analysis, and other civil analysis areas. This experience strengthened my technical thinking and problem-solving capabilities, all while working with an amazing and incredibly supportive team.”
– Allison F., Loyola University Chicago, Environmental Engineering Major
“I really enjoyed my time here for the summer internship, I learned a lot from my team and all of the site visits I had the opportunity to go on. My favorite site visit was when I got to perform functional testing to determine suds zones, and climb around in pipe spaces (safely) to measure pipe diameters.”
– Ella B., University of Texas at Austin, Mechanical Engineering Major
“My internship at Elara Engineering was an amazing experience that gave me valuable insight into the engineering field. I had the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects, while collaborating with experienced engineers. The support I received helped me learn about the design aspect of electrical engineering and grow both professionally and in my engineering knowledge.”
Holly M., University of Illinois at Chicago, Electrical Engineering Major
