Don't get stressed about asking people to hire you. I am in a mechanical engineering research lab and we will have two undergrads and a master's student from Fr

Don't get stressed about asking people to hire you. I am in a mechanical engineering research lab and we will have two undergrads and a master's student from France in or lab this summer mostly doing computer work. They are mostly here because they emailed Dr. Bifano and just asked if they could work in his lab over the summer. If you know any professors, you could ask them if they have friends that are looking for someone. Undergrad help is cheap, and lots of professors are interested in hiring someone for a few months. Summers are especially nice because if things don't go well it is easy to let them go afterwords.