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San Diego MESA Alliance Industry Advisory Board

 Wednesday April 11 2012

Welcome & Introductions

Chair – Brianna Lutes

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Infrastructure Engineering Company Vice chair – Maria Charles

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Hamilton Sundstrand Introductions Please sign-in

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attendance roster

Review & Approval of minutes

Review past meeting minutes Changes Motion to approve Second Call to vote

Focus Topic: Financial Development

 Grants & budget adjustments

IAB Nominations

Office to be filled for 2012-2013:

• Vice Chair
• Responsibilities:

 Conduct IAB meetings.  Represent the Board at MEP/MESA functions and meetings.  Remain in position for a 1 year term with the possibility of a 1 year extension.  take over Chairperson's duties when that individual is unable to fulfill his/her duties. Vice Chairperson will be encouraged to replace Chairperson upon completion of term. Send name of nominee to Yadira Oseguera at yoseguera@projects.sdsu.edu

April 4th Nominations Begin May 23 Last Day for Nominations May 30 Nominees Confirmations Begin June 13 Final Voting and Elections at IAB Meeting August 2012 IAB Meeting Elected Vice Chair Begins

SDMA Pipeline: Leadership Summit

What?

• 3-day camping event for high school, community college and university MESA

students.

• Students participate in:
• various competitions that promote the use of leadership skills, teamwork and

strengths attributes.

• StrengthsQuest seminar in which they learn how to use their top 5 strengths

(resulting from an online StrengthsQuest Survey).

• professional development seminar in which they learn how to create effective

cover/interest letters.

Funding

• Atkins Inc. donated $5,000
• San Diego State University Engineering Research Center (ERC)

StrengthsQuest Seminar

• Review of top strengths (Strengths Quest survey via

the Gallup Organization)

• Professional development interest/cover letter

workshop

Special Guests

• Guest Speaker Maria Charles
• Engineering Research Center presenters

Prosthetic Hand Challenge

• Students build a prosthetic hand using materials &

tools provided (straws, string, glue gun, tape, popsicle sticks…)

Leadership Summit Highlights

Leadership Summit Evaluation Summary

Evaluation Summary created by the Institute of Public Health

Leadership Summit Evaluation Summary

Evaluation Summary created by the Institute of Public Health

2012 Leadership Summit

Evaluation Summary Overall, the Summit was characterized as a positive experience as depicted in the responses to the individual questions and the students’ overall experiences. The average responses were 3.1 or greater for all of the individual topics students were asked to rate. Improvement of the food was the most frequent response to what can be done to improve the Summit.

• 52 students total in

attendance

Evaluation Summary created by the Institute of Public Health

Training Academy, April 13

 At  APU 101(Auxiliary Power)

End of Year Awards & Scholarship Receptions

SDCC MESA End of Year Ceremony Friday May 18

San Diego City College MESA Center L115

SDSU MEP/MSP Graduation & Scholarship Reception

Thursday May 17, 4-6pm at SDSU Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center Online Invitation: http://eventsbot.com/events/eb952712753

SWC MSE/MESA Awards Ceremony Friday May 4, 5-9pm

MESA Center/MSE Quad

SWC Beach Celebration Friday May 11, 12pm-4pm

Crown Cove Aquatic Center

Pledges from:

Kyocera Kennedy Jenks Rick Engineering Solar Turbines

Funds Received from:

Sandra Alfredo Pulido ~Alum Brianna Lutes ~ Alum Andrina Luczon ~ Alumn MESA California Northrop Grumman PG&E

SDSU Sponsorship/Scholarship Fund

NSF/MESA Summer T eam Internship Program

Interned at 47 engineering and science companies or did research for faculty the summers of 2008-2011. Participated in 137 internship

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surpassing the NSF grant goal of 108 internships, as of summer 2011. Continued working for their host company after the completion of the internship around a rate of 1/3 for each cohort, each summer.

Industry/Faculty Applications

• Aerospace Structures

Research - SDSU

• Bio4Front Inc.*
• Rick Engineering

Company*

• Southwest Fisheries

Science Center*

• Santarus
• LEE & RO, Inc.
• Raytheon Company*
• City of Los Angeles-

Bureau of Sanitation*

• RBF Consulting
• Naviscan, Inc.*
• Dexcom*
• SPAWAR Systems Center

Pacific (SSC)*

• Kennedy/Jenks

Consultants*

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• Suburban Water Systems*
• Assure Controls*
• Ambient Control Systems,

Inc.*

• Fleet Readiness Center

Southwest, U.S. Navy*

• RSVP (sponsored through

SDSU Dept. of ECE)*

• Caltrans*

 16/20 listed are previous NSF/MESA Summer Team Internship Program

participants.

Joint Planning Conference (JPC)

Hosted by: Tentative Friday August 3 2012 Student diversity engineering and science organization officers Professional chapter representatives Campuses:

• Universities: SDSU, UCSD
• Community Colleges: San Diego City College,

Southwestern College

MESA Programs Key Updates

Science Opportunity Day

Tuesday, March 20

INDUSTY PARTICIPANTS

GOODRICH

RICK ENGINEERING SPAWAR

SDSU –MSP/MARC

CALIFORNIA CONNECTS

2012 summer internship

 Arturo Sotomayor

• Northern Illinois University, Research Experiences for Undergraduates

(REU’s)

 Energy Storage for Railroad Locomotives Applications

 Melody Sycks

• NIH, Community College Summer Enrichment Program (CCSEP),

Bethesda, Maryland

Mock Interview & Resume/Cover Letter Critique

Respective campus Career Services conducts free resume reviews and mock interviews.

Other topics

Agenda building Company announcements?

• Next meeting:
• Wednesday June 13, 2012
• 1:00 – 3:00 pm
• Hamilton Sundstrand on Ruffin Rd.

Adjournment