Introducing NYPA’s Interns
Welcome to NYPA’s 2018 Summer Intern blog series. Each week, we’ll be featuring several interns working across NYPA’s various sites and departments. Read on to learn more about our interns and why they chose to work at NYPA!
Many developmental interns have taken full-time positions at NYPA. NYPA was named one of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers by Forbes in 2018. To search openings, visit nypa.gov/careers.
Haluk Oz is interning with the Human Resources & Enterprise Shared Services department at NYPA’s White Plains office. He is from Plano, Texas and has a B.S. from the University of North Texas and a M.A. from Columbia University. He said that his favorite course was Strategic Talent Management because it sparked his interest in a learning and development career focus. He also explained that he finds innovations in sustainable energy the most interesting aspect of the energy industry, and he enjoys the welcoming professional community that comprises NYPA. In five years, Haluk hopes to be advancing his career within the field of learning and development.
Ashley Livingston is a Project Management Intern at NYPA’s St. Lawrence Project. She’s from Lisbon, NY and is studying Civil and Environmental Engineering Technology at SUNY Canton. She said her favorite classes have been her soil, hydro, and environmental classes because she finds the versatility of water and other compounds extremely interesting. She also explained that she’s most interested in using water to make electricity, and that she enjoys working at NYPA because everyone has been very nice and professional and she finds the St. Lawrence dam fascinating from an engineering standpoint. In five years, she hopes to be working as a Civil or Environmental Engineer, perhaps at NYPA or another state agency, and getting her Professional Engineering license.
Igor Portnoy is a Metering Engineering Intern at NYPA’s 500 MW site in Queens. He is from Queens, NY and is currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University. He said that his favorite courses have been Intro to Power Engineering and Sensors & Measurements because they have showed him “the vastness of our grid system and the intricacies that go into something that seems initially simple, but is rather much more complex.” He also explained that he finds real-time operation of the energy grid the most interesting and important aspect of the energy industry, and that he enjoys working at NYPA because he appreciates how NYPA has made “many strides in the digital sphere with advances such as New York Energy Manager and the ISOC” while also providing low cost power. In five years, he hopes to “improve data acquisition systems such as SCADA for real time operation of the system, particularly for renewable energy sources such as wind which can cause issues in voltage and frequency for the grid.”