The National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to the San Diego MESA Alliance (SDMA) provided stipends for 36 student interns this summer at various projects in science and engineering firms in, but not limited to, San Diego.  Some companies decided to compensate the interns themselves separate of our provided stipend and thus able to allow other students opportunities to participate.

1. Aguilar-Carranza, Natalie
2. Amezquita, Daniella
3. Banks, Gabriela
4. Barrett, Lara
5. Cancino, Erik
6. Capetillo, Vanessa
7. Castro, Eli
8. Cortez, Elsa
9. Gallardo, Abraham
10. Gianino, Mark
11. Gomez, Jorge
12. Gomez, Roberto
13. Gostomelskiy, Aleksandr
14. Hernandez, Mario
15. Hernandez, Khristina Rae
16. Herrera, Rolando
17. Keliher, Jennifer
18. Lampley, David
19. Lauer, Benjamin
20. Leon, Luis
21. Lopez, Anna
22. Lopez, Juan Lorenzo
23. Medina-Perez, Rafael Ivan
24. Montoya, Alejandro
25. Montoya, Sergio
26. Mott, Sean
27. Oliver, Eric
28. Ondevilla, Nilo
29. Pulido, Wilson
30. Rodriguez, Diana
31. Romero, Stephen
32. Taylor, Adam
33. Tekeste, Denden
34. Valdez, David
35. Winchester, Kellyne
36. Yalda, Azhar
37. Zuniga, Victor Jose

The aforementioned students from MESA programs at San Diego City College, San Diego State University, and Southwestern Community College, interned at the following companies in summer of 2008.

1. Caltrans
2. Fleet Readiness Center Southwest
3. General Atomics Electronics Systems, Inc.
4. Infrastructure Engineering Corporation
5. Howard Hughes Program
6. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
7. Northrop Grumman Corporation
8. REU, University of Minnesota
9. Rick Engineering Company
10. San Diego Water Department
11. San Diego Coastkeeper
12. San Diego Zoo
13. Shiley Center for Orthpaedic Research & Education at Scripps Clinic
14. Sempra Energy
15. SMDEP, University of Washington
16. SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego
17. UCSD Laboratory of Sleep and Chronobiology

The interns were placed into ‘teams’ of 2 or more with their fellow interns by a number of ways, including but not limited to, by similar major, company and/or company goals.

The interns then created a joint poster that detailed the teams experiences at their respective companies and presented it to their industry and academic guests.

The agenda for the luncheon also including an opening speech by the SDSU College of Engineering Dean David T. Hayhurst and open networking amongst guests in attendance.

Intern posters & luncheon gallery: