San Diego MESA Alliance Industry Advisory Board Wednesday August 8 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

San Diego MESA Alliance Industry Advisory Board

 Wednesday August 8 2012

Welcome & Introductions

Chair – Maria Charles

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Sundstrand Vice chair – Daisy Galeana of Solar Turbines 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: Publicity

 Increasing MESA’s visibility  Strategies & steps to take  MESA Statewide Regional Strategic Planning Meeting

SDMA Pipeline: Training Academy

@ Hamilton Sundstrand

• The purpose of the Training Academy was to:
• Expose a diverse group of college level

engineering students to Hamilton Sundstrand,

• business development,
• and the skills needed to succeed in the workplace

as an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Market Analyst.

MESA students with Hamilton Sundstrand staff and their product line displays

Training Academy on the Web

A recap of the Hamilton Sundstrand Training Academy can be found at the San Diego MESA Alliance website:

SDMA Pipeline Cont.

MESA Olympics & Robotics Competition

• Purpose: Students compete in problem-solving sessions and/or

robotics competition designed to promote teamwork, engineering and problem solving skills development.

• Olympics Challenge
• Robotics Challenge
• High school, Community College & University MESA students
• Prizes awarded to first, second & third place.

Volunteers

SDSU Schools Program

NSF/MESA Summer T eam Internship Program

Students interned at 47 total 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 Participants

• Ambient Control Systems, Inc.
• Anza Borrego Desert State Park
• Assure Controls
• Bio4Front Inc.
• California Space Grant

Consortium

• Caltrans
• City of Los Angeles - Bureau of

Sanitation

• Engineering Research Center for

Sensorimotor Neural Engineering

• Gould Electric
• Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
• Kiewitt
• Kimley-Horn & Associates
• LEE & RO, Inc.
• National Institute of Health -

Community College Summer Enrichment Program

• NAVAIR Fleet Readiness Center

Southwest

• Northern Illinois University REU
• Raytheon Company
• RBF Consulting
• Retired Senior

Volunteer Patrol, San Diego Community College District Police Dept.

• Rick Engineering Company
• San Diego City College

Geography Research

• Scripps Research Institute
• SDSU Aerospace Structures

Research

• SDSU Dept. of Electrical &

Computer Engineering

• SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

(SSC)

• Suburban Water Systems
• UCSD Moores Cancer Research

Center

• West Coast General Inc.

NSF/MESA Summer T eam Internship Symposium

 SAVE THE DATE -

• Friday August 10, 2012
• 1:30 – 3:30 pm
• San Diego State University Parma Payne

Goodall Alumni Center

San Diego Region Joint Planning Conference for Engineering and Science Organizations

Hosted by: Friday August 3 2012 Student diversity engineering and science organization officers Professional chapter representatives Campuses: SDSU, UCSD, San Diego City College, Southwestern College

MESA Statewide Regional Strategic Planning Meeting

Save the date!

Wednesday August 8 San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92115

Shadow Day 2012

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entative dates:

• Thursday Nov. 8
• Wednesday Nov. 7

Shadow Day 2011

MESA Programs Key Updates

End of Year Awards & Scholarship Receptions Recap

Southwestern College 2012 End of Y ear Beach Celebration

May 11, Crown Cove Aquatic Center

San Diego State University 2012 Graduation & Scholarship Reception

May 17, SDSU Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center

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Other topics

Agenda building Company announcements?

• Next meeting:
• Wednesday August 8, 2012
• 1:00 – 3:00 pm
• San Diego State University

Adjournment