san diego mesa alliance industry advisory board wednesday august 10 2011

San Diego MESA AllianceIndustry Advisory Board

Wednesday August 10 2011

Welcome & Introductions

Chair – Brianna Lutes of Infrastructure Engineering

Company

Host & Vice chair – Maria Charles of

Hamilton SundstrandIntroductions Please sign-in on attendance

roster

College of Engineering

Welcome

Dean David T. Hayhurst

Review & Approval of minutes

Review past meeting minutes

Changes

Motion to approve

Second

Call to vote

SDMA Pipeline Spotlight

Student Organizations

Southwestern College

San Diego City College

San Diego State University

National Society of Black Engineers

San Diego State University

National Society of Black Engineers

President = Aliou Diallo

Treasurer = Jayton Harps

Programming Chair = Daniel Quinones

Academic Excellence Chair = Trenton Leslie

Secretary = Canae Washington

OFFICERS

National Society of Black Engineers

MISSIONTo increase the number of culturally responsible black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.

National Society of Black Engineers

HISTORY• NSBE was founded in 1975 at Purdue University by the

“Chicago Six”• The first national meeting was held on April 10-12, 1975 and

was attend by 48 students representing 32 schools.• Accomplishments of the First Meeting

– From SBE to NSBE– First National Chair was elected– NSBE Logo was created– The organization was split into 6 regions– The mission was written– First Constitution was drafted

National Society of Black Engineers

NSBE LOGO

The torch symbolizes members' everlasting, burning desire to achieve success in a competitive society and positively affect

the quality of life for all people.

The lightening bolt represents the striking impact that will be felt by the society and industry due to the contributions and accomplishments made by the dedicated members of the

National Society of Black Engineers.

National Society of Black Engineers

Professional EventsWTS Resume Workshop/ Mock Interview

Industry Development Night (SDSU)Solicitation Requests

National Society of Black Engineers

Academic ExcellenceNSBE Study Nights

Tutors for Calculus, Statics, Dynamics, PhysicsTest BankScholarships (RMC Water, GPA, volunteerism)

National Society of Black Engineers

Social EventsWelcome Week festivities

Tabling Madden tournament Potlucks Hot Link SalesHomecoming

National Society of Black Engineers

Pre-Collegiate InitiativeAfrican Student Union (ASU) High School

ConferenceEngineering Week

National Society of Black Engineers

Community SEEK (Summer Engineering Experience for Kids)

Bayview Baptist Church Tutoring Making Strides for Breast Cancer Walk

National Society of Black Engineers

ConferencesRegional Leadership Conference

Fall Regional ConferenceNational Conference

Current National Science Foundation (NSF) STEP grant

Grant ends September 2012

Grant goals and objectives (STEM-focus based on MESA model):• Increase student participation• Increase student retention• Increase student graduation rate • Increase number of internship and research

opportunities• Promote post-grad opportunities

New National Science Foundation (NSF) STEP grant

Will enhance current NSF grant goals by:Formally

including the MESA Schools Programs in San Diego &

Imperial Valley

Introducing summer bridge

program and mentoring

Emphasizing the San

Diego MESA Alliance pipeline

Letters of support for proposal due next month (September 2011)

Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads

Mentoring

Professional

Development

Academic and Social Integration

Research Experience

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Summer Programs

San Diego MESA Alliance Calendar

Walk on Water ~Oct

Shadow Day ~Nov

Leadership Summit ~Feb

MESA Days ~Feb-May

Olympics & Robotics ~Apr

Summer Team Internship

SDMA Summary Report for 2010-2011

Summarizes each SDMA activity

Lists each industry/individual volunteers

Will be sent via e-mail and posted online

Prior reports can be found online

NSF/MESA Summer Team InternshipMESA can serve 36 students through the NSF grant (ends September 2012)• Summer 2011: 46 students matched, 35 paid by NSF

Grant• Summer 2012: Recruitment ~December

2011/January 2012Company participation

• Engineering: Caltrans, Goodrich Aero, Kennedy Jenks, Malcolm Pirnie, MWH Global, NAVAIR, Rick Engineering, SPAWAR, SPAWAR-Teaching,

• Science: Ambient Controls, Anza-Borrego Desert State park Paleontology Society, Assure Controls, Bio4Front, Naviscan, Research:; San Diego Coastkeeper, Spectrum Scientific, Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg, UCSD CURE/CSP

• Research w/faculty: Drs. Wolkowicz, Sharma, Chaddock, Lee, Selah

San Diego Region Joint Planning Conference (JPC)Hosted by

Held on Friday August 5 2011, ~ 8:00 – 4:15 pm

Student diversity engineering and science organization officers

Professional chapter representatives

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

Southwestern College• ~40 student officers in attendance

MESA Programs Key Updates

MESA at SWC

IAB Report 08/10/11

OutlineSWC MESA statistics and general info

◦Transfers◦Academic activities◦Hours

Student activities◦California Connects 50 student trainers◦JPC (AMSA, Biology, SHPE and PTK clubs)

Grants ◦B-TOP◦ERC

SWC MESA Students

◦ 156◦ 24 transferred ◦(Fall 2010 and Spring 2011)UCSD, SDSU, UC Irvine, Berkeley, National University, and more.

Academic Excellence Workshops

Math 65Chemistry 170 Chemistry 200 Math 244 Math 250 Math 251

Faculty Liaisons

AEWFaculty Workshops Club advisorsReview sessions Assistance & Inspiration Chemistry Journal CubUndergraduate Research

MESA is open:

Monday-Thursday◦ 8 am – 6 pm

Friday◦ 8 am -2 pm

MESA Supports clubs:Biology Club – SWC Student Affiliate Chapter of the

American Institute of Biological Sciences

Chemistry Club – SWC Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society

Earth Science Club

AMSA Club

SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers)

New acceptances for Fall 2011

68 new students

10 more still

pending confirmati

on

317 total students

in program

Engineering majors – 53

• Aero - 6• Civil – 19• Comp Engr – 7• Constr – 2• Electrical – 5• Environ – 1• Mechanical - 13

Science majors - 15

• Chem – 4• Comp Sci – 5• Math – 5

Demographics

• Male engineering majors: 41

• Female engineering majors: 12

• Male science majors: 8

• Female science majors: 7

Ethnicities

• African American: 3

• Hispanic: 30• Asian American: 15

• Caucasian: 13

• Multi-ethnic: 3

Other topics

Agenda building

Company announcement

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• Next meeting:• Wednesday October 12 2011• 1:00 – 3:00 pm• @ Hamilton Sundstrand on Ruffin

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Adjournment