RUSTON [AP] — Louisiana Tech says the V Vehicle Co. will provide internships for three engineering students each summer at its plant in Monroe.
It says faculty members will choose the students, beginning in the summer of 2010.
A news release says the company’s vice president, Horst Metz, proposed the idea after touring labs and meeting with university President Dan Reneau and Stan Napper, dean of the College of Engineering and Science.
Napper says Tech’s Eco-Car team and the V Vehicle team are both working to design more fuel-efficient cars.
V Vehicle is renovating and expanding the former Guide Corp. headlight plant, and says it expects to employ 1,400 people.
Founder and CEO Frank Varasano says the company is here to stay, and can help develop future automotive engineering leaders.
