San Diego MESA Alliance Industry Advisory Board Wednesday April 11 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

San Diego MESA Alliance Industry Advisory Board  Wednesday April 11 2012

Welcome & Introductions Chair – Vice chair – Brianna Lutes Please sign-in Maria Charles of on of Introductions Infrastructure attendance Hamilton Engineering roster Sundstrand Company

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

Leadership Summit Highlights 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 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. Evaluation Summary created by the Institute of Public Health  52 students total in attendance

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 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 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 SDSU Sponsorship/Scholarship Fund Pledges from : Funds Received from: Sandra Alfredo Pulido ~Alum Kyocera Brianna Lutes ~ Alum Kennedy Jenks Andrina Luczon ~ Alumn Rick Engineering MESA California Solar Turbines Northrop Grumman PG&E

NSF/MESA Summer T eam Internship Program Interned at 47 Participated in Continued engineering and 137 internship working for their science opportunities, host company companies or did surpassing the after the research for NSF grant goal of completion of the faculty the 108 internships, internship around summers of as of summer a rate of 1/3 for 2008-2011. 2011. each cohort, each summer.

Industry/Faculty Applications • Aerospace Structures • Dexcom* Research - SDSU • SPAWAR Systems Center • Bio4Front Inc.* Pacific (SSC)* • Rick Engineering • Kennedy/Jenks Company* Consultants* • Southwest Fisheries • T ocagen Science Center* • Suburban Water Systems* • Santarus • Assure Controls* • LEE & RO, Inc. • Ambient Control Systems, • Raytheon Company* Inc.* • City of Los Angeles- • Fleet Readiness Center Bureau of Sanitation* Southwest, U.S. Navy* • RBF Consulting • RSVP (sponsored through • Naviscan, Inc.* 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

GOODRICH INDUSTY PARTICIPANTS

RICK ENGINEERING SPAWAR

CALIFORNIA CONNECTS SDSU – MSP/MARC

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 Adjournment • 1:00 – 3:00 pm • Hamilton Sundstrand on Ruffin Rd.