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Developmental Assistance - Highlights

Career Fairs – hosted booth twice a year

Job Shadowing – tour of SSC / Michoud facilities

Lecture Series / Professional Development / Executive Exchange – events hosted twice a year,

engaged with faculty / students

Engineering Training – tour of machine shop

• Co-op Program• Value added work generated by students• Supported both business and engineering functions at AR

Huntsville, AL and West Palm Beach, FL locations

• Lecture Series • AR executive management given the opportunity to engage

directly with students and provide guidance/advice

• Advisory Board• NASA and AR representatives shared their knowledge and

expertise regarding the Aerospace industry

• Supports socioeconomic goals (i.e. HBCU category)

BENEFITS TO MENTOR

• Co-op Program• Students exposed to challenging projects and trained to utilize current technical

software applications• Students improved credentials which opened doors for full-time positions within

the industry• Total of 28 students recruited to date

• Research & Development• Students mentored one-on-one by AR engineering Subject Matter Experts on

senior projects

• Job Shadowing • AAMU students and faculty exposed to manufacturing processes and engineering

planning at local machine shop (Avans Machine & Tool)

• Expanded network with industry partners

BENEFITS TO PROTÉGÉ

Post-Mentor Protégé Agreement ActivitiesCompleted Activities• AAMU STEM Day – 4/10/15

• NASA and AR reps supported AAMU’s annual STEM Day event

• Served as judges for ~10 senior projects

• AAMU Black Tie Scholarship Gala –

4/24/15• AR has been supporting this event

for the past 5 years

• AAMU Scholarship Funding Awarded 2015 / 2016

Upcoming Activities• Job Shadowing at NASA/MSFC – Fall

2015 (recruiting 5 engineering students)

• Senior Projects Mentorship by NASA – Fall 2015

STEM Day-Left to right: Robert Parker (NASA), Brian Malone (AR), Michael Rahmatipour (NASA), and Robert Coker (NASA)

Black Tie Gala- Left to right: Devine Beathea (AAMU Co-op), Carla Bossard (AR), Precious Pearson (AAMU co-op), Emily Aker (AR), Ann Nurse (AAMU), Aileen Yates (AR), Dr. Larry McDaniel (AAMU