This is a unique paid internship that incorporates a team component into the student internship experience. Hired student interns work on projects in engineering and science firms or for faculty. Summer internships occurred between May through August of 2012, at a minimum of 100 hours. In some cases, employers and/or faculty may extend internships or create other internship opportunities for students (beyond summer 2012).

Interested companies and/or faculty can view more details and apply at: http://alliance.sdccmesa.com/industry/summer-team-internship

Interested students can view more details and apply at:  http://alliance.sdccmesa.com/students/summer-team-internship

Video – “As seen on” NBC 7, Tuesday, November 22:
Bridging the Gap: There are high paying, professional jobs for college graduates, but not enough qualified people to fill them.
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/Bridging-the-Gap/134372433

Article – Forbes Magazine, Tuesday, November 22
Are Hispanics America’s Next Great STEM Innovators?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmarshallcrotty/2011/11/22/are-hispanics-americas-next-great-stem-innovators/

A select group of San Diego State students honed leadership skills for the future during a special conference for engineering and computer science majors.

The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Student Leadership Conference held in Oakland last month offered extensive professional and leadership development through direct interaction with industry mentors and speakers. The hand-picked students, all majoring in engineering or computer science, were from 25 universities and community colleges across the state.

SDG&E involvement

San Diego Gas and Electric Company sponsored 12 students from the San Diego area, including eight from SDSU. SDG&E’s $10,000 contribution also funded two students each from the affiliated programs at San Diego City and Southwestern colleges.

Brad Weinstein and Sherwin Yari, both with SDG&E, held workshops about the energy industry and encouraged students to continue their educational journeys. Yari, an associate engineer and Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program alumnus, shared how the program helped him when he was a student.

Other conference sponsors included:

• Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
• Southern California Gas Company
• Vanir Construction Management Inc.

Other contributors included East Bay Municipal Utilities District, the Oakland Athletics and Pixar.

Keeping California competitive

The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program is one of the largest in the state to support educationally disadvantaged students so they can graduate from college with degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math, also known as STEM disciplines.

“We know that California’s economy needs more STEM workers to stay competitive,” said Oscar F. Porter, the program’s executive director. “These students provide the solution to industry’s need for well-trained professionals.

“They were selected to attend the conference because these students have strong leadership skills. This event gives them a chance to interact extensively with STEM professionals currently working in the field.”

Student attendees represented campuses throughout California, including California State University, University of California and community colleges, as well as private universities.

About the program

Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement, an academic preparation program that each year serves about 20,000 California pre-college, community college and university students who are educationally disadvantaged, is an award-winning program with a model that works.

Seventy percent of the program’s high school graduates statewide went directly to college after graduation, compared to 48 percent of all California graduates. Sixty percent of MESA students go on to math, science or engineering majors.

Story from SDSU NewsCenter:  http://newscenter.sdsu.edu/sdsu_newscenter/news.aspx?s=73265

Additional photo coverage can be found at the MESA Statewide Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/mesa.statewide?sk=photos

Post-Conference Lunch

MESA and SDG&E: R. Alvarez, T. Garcia, W. Ruis, J. Muniz-Torres, L. Zelkind, T. White, J. Espino-Ramos, R. Bakhiet

san diego state SLC post event release

MESA students from San Diego State University, Southwestern and San Diego City Colleges gathered to thank San Diego Gas and Electric for its sponsorship and support.

Eleven MESA students hosted a luncheon for three SDG&E representatives on November 4, 2011 at the San Diego State College of Engineering.

SDG&E’s contribution allowed those students to build leadership skills during a special conference for engineering and computer science majors. The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Student Leadership Conference Student Leadership Conference was held October 6 – 8 in
Oakland.

San Diego Gas and Electric Company (SDG&E) sponsored 12 students from the San Diego area including eight from San Diego State. SDG&E’s $10,000 contribution also funded two students each from the San Diego City and Southwestern College MESA programs.

During the luncheon, the students presented SDG&E with a certificate of appreciation and students received certificates for completing the conference. In attendance were SDG&E’s Community Relations Manager Warren Ruis, Staffing Advisor Tamika White and Senior Staffing Advisor Lisa
Zelkind.

“I was motivated because of the motivation I found in the students. I was only initially supposed to be there for two hours, but I stayed the entire time,” White said of the conference during the luncheon.  ”It motivated me as a professional to see their enthusiasm to learn.”

The conference offered extensive professional and leadership development through direct interaction with industry mentors and speakers. The hand-picked MESA students, engineering or computer science majors, are from 25 universities and community colleges across the state.

Brad Weinstein and Sherwin Yari of SDG&E held workshops about the energy industry and encouraged students with continuing their educational journeys. Yari, an associate engineer and MESA alum, shared how MESA helped him while a student at San Diego State University.

MESA and SDG&E award SDSU MEP student M. Gagui

Other sponsors include Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, Southern California Gas Company and Vanir Construction Management, Inc. Other contributors include East Bay Municipal Utilities District, the Oakland Athletics and Pixar.

MESA is one of the largest programs in the state to support educationally disadvantaged students so they can graduate from college with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) degrees.

“We know that California’s economy needs more STEM workers to stay competitive,” said MESA Executive Director Oscar F. Porter. “These students provide the solution to industry’s need for well trained professionals.
“They were selected to attend the conference because these students have strong leadership skills. This event gives them a chance to interact extensively with STEM professionals currently working in the field,” said Porter.

Student attendees represent the following campuses: CSU Chico, CSU East Bay, CSU Fresno, CSU Long Beach, CSU Los Angeles, CSU Sacramento, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Sonoma State University, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz,
American River College (Sacramento), Butte College (Oroville), Cañada College (Redwood City), City College of San Francisco, Cosumnes River College (Sacramento), Los Medanos College (Pittsburg), Mission College (Santa Clara), Napa Valley College, Sacramento City College, San Diego City College,
San Joaquin Delta College, Skyline College (San Bruno), Southwestern College, Yuba College (Marysville).

MESA, an academic preparation program that each year serves about 20,000 California pre-college, community college and university students who are educationally disadvantaged, is an awarding winning program with a model that works. Seventy percent of MESA high school graduates statewide went directly to college after graduation compared to 48 percent of all California graduates.

Sixty percent of MESA students go on to math, science or engineering majors.
San Diego Gas and Electric, (SDG&E) is a regulated public utility that provides safe and reliable energy service to 3.5 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 850,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. The utility’s area spans 4,100 square miles.
SDG&E is committed to creating ways to help our customers save energy and money every day.

For more information about MESA, visit http://mesa.ucop.edu/home.html.
For more information about SDG&E, visit http://www.sdge.com/index/

Photo coverage can be found at the San Diego MESA Alliance Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150349280233367.358070.52506768366&type=3

94 MESA students & staff across the MESA programs at San Diego State University, San Diego City College, Southwestern College, and from high schools in San Diego and Imperial Valley who are part of the MESA Schools Programs in their counties participated in the competition.

The competition segments in problem-solving sessions and/or robotics competition designed to promote teamwork, engineering and problem solving skill development.

The OLYMPICS competition has teams of 4 students solve technical problems in mathematics, chemistry, physics and engineering. The competition is broken down in 3 academic levels:

1. Level 1 is the beginner level. Students competing at this level are high school seniors or freshmen. The competition worksheet includes problems from Introduction to Chemistry, Algebra, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus.
2. Level 2 is the intermediate level. Students competing at this level are college freshmen and sophomores. The competition worksheet includes problems up through General Chemistry, 1st and 2nd semester Calculus (high school equivalent is A.P. Calculus), and 1st semester Physics (i.e. Mechanics).
3. Level 3 is the advanced level. Students competing at this level are juniors and seniors. The competition worksheet contains problems up through Calculus 3, Differential Equations, Physics 2 + 3 (i.e. Electromagnetism), Statics, Dynamics, Fluids, Ethics, and other E.I.T. material.

The ROBOTICS competition uses the LEGO Mind storm NXT 2.0 robotics kits for teams of 4 students to build robots to complete 2 challenges-an obstacle course, and a head-to-head competition. The exact nature of the obstacle course and battle will be distributed with the Robotics kits after teams are formulated beginning March 23rd. Only 3 robotics teams are allowed per campus.

MESA alumni and current industry members Maria Charles of Hamilton Sundstrand and Hattie Perez of NAVAIR proctored the Levels 1 and 2 Olympics exams, respectively.  Mrs. Charles also donated $10 iTunes giftcards and 8GB PNY flash drives for use as prizes.

Competition results:

Robotics Competition:

3rd place overall winners (bronze medal & wireless mouse):

Imperial Valley – Holtville High

1. Luis Lopez
2. Raul Gonzalez
3. Josue Mejia

2nd place overall winners (silver medal & Duracell MyGrid charging pad):

San Diego State University

1. Jose Luis Espinosa
2. Josue Quinonez
3. Cody Alcantar
4. Renae Anderson

1st place overall winners (gold medal & portable hard drive):

Southwestern College

1. Adrian DeLeon
2. Jehir Imperial
3. Austin McGuyver

Olympics Competiton:

3rd place Level 3 winners (bronze medal & $10 iTunes giftcard):

San Diego City College

1. Han Nguyen
2. Jorge Gomez
3. Ashley Pourarazy
4. Jacqueline Lagunas

2nd place Level 3 winners (silver medal & 8GB PNY flash drive):

Southwestern College

1. Alfredo Perez
2. Elba Gonzalez
3. Prabath Herath
4. Johan Arias

1st place Level 3 winners (gold medal & 2GB wireless laser pointer presenter):

San Diego State University

1. Arielle Nuspl
2. Brandon Pollack
3. Carlos Jimenez
4. Phillip Patague

Olympics Competition:

3rd place Level 2 winners (bronze medal & $10 iTunes giftcard):

San Diego State University

1. Trang Duong
2. Jastine Ortiz
3. Diane Aceveda
4. Alejandro Castro

2nd place Level 2 winners (silver medal & 8GB PNY flash drive):

Southwestern College

1. Ulises Medina
2. Imran Yasin
3. Ian Colinas
4. Yuri Swarovski

1st place Level 2 winners (gold medal & digital voice recorder):

San Diego State University

1. Whitney Boehm
2. Hoang “Susie” Nguyen
3. Emerson Revolorio
4. Henok Tadesse

Olympics Competition:

3rd place Level 1 winners (bronze medal & $10 iTunes giftcard):

San Diego City College

1. Alvaro Valera
2. Jessenia Lara
3. Alondra Galvan

2nd place Level 1 winners (silver medal & 8GB PNY flash drive):

Imperial Valley – Holtville High

1. Luis Lopez
2. Raul Gonzalez

1st place Level 1 winner (gold medal & 1GB wireless laser pointer presenter):

Southwestern College

1. Stephanie Hernandez
2. Ramira Rodriguez
3. Maite Totorika
4. Eskefanra Rojas

Additional photo coverage can be found at the SDMA Facebook page.

Caltrans’ Abu-Bakr Al-Jafri & Chris Thomas provided an introduction to transportation engineering at their district office in Old Town, fielding questions from students as well as discussing topics such as, ‘what is transportation engineering’, ‘what skills are needed’, ‘how does a project get built’, and ‘what needs to be considered when designing a project’.

Dimitar Peev led a hands on design exercise that allowed students to design a six lane freeway using CADD.

Students were provided with lunch provided by PEGC & MESA, then continued the training academy at the traffic management center (TMC) site in Kearny Mesa where Everett Townsend gave students a tour of the TMC and facilitated a hands on activity that demonstrated real time monitoring and traffic operations strategies, such as incident management, ramp metering and reversible/managed lanes.

San Diego Section Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG) Special Edition MESA Newsletter – web link / PDF

Additional coverage can be found at the San Diego MESA Alliance Facebook page

Evaluation summary

49 MESA/MESA Engineering Program (MEP)/Maximizing Science Potential (MSP) students from San Diego City College, San Diego State University, Southwestern College, Crawford High, Morse High, Lincoln High, Mark Twain High, San Pasqual High, Southwest High, and Calexico High Schools participated in various competitions that promoted the use of their leadership skills and various strengths attributes.

SDMA Pipeline: MESA Leadership Summit students and staff.

A Strengths Quest seminar was presented by Mr. Rafael Alvarez consisting of Reviewing Strengths (resulting from an online Strengths Quest survey via the Gallup Organization), a Scavenger Hunt, Common Strengths lecture, and a homework assignment on visual expression. Students broke into teams to complete a LEGO challenge.

LEGO Challenge winners:

3rd place – Team #3

1. Priscilla Dominguez ,Imperial Valley
2. Miriam Ibarra ,Imperial Valley
3. Brandon Pollack ,San Diego State University
4. Jose Luis Espinosa ,San Diego State University
5. Stan West ,Southwestern

2nd place – Team #2

1. Samuel Drew ,Lincoln High
2. Francisco Candido ,San Diego State University
3. Fernando Villasenor ,San Diego State University
4. Guillermo Langston ,Imperial Valley
5. Vicente Coleman ,Mark Twain High
6. Raul Perales ,Mark Twain High

1st place – Team #1

1. Daniela Rodriguez ,Imperial Valley
2. Stephanie Godoy ,Imperial Valley
3. Javier Soria ,San Diego State University
4. Eden Nguyen ,Mark Twain High
5. David Boydston ,Southwestern

Students also got a chance to mingle around a bonfire to conclude the first night.

Mr. Rafael Alvarez continued the Strengths Quest seminar with lectures on how to connect strengths to future planning and life/career goals, as well as a workshop on creating a cover/interest letter(s). SDSU MEP alumna and current industry member from Infrastructure Engineering Corporation, Ms. Dolores Ventura, led a seminar on Self-Leadership to continue the second day of activities.

Students voluntary rode on the Zip Line activity offered by the camp staff.  They also completed team challenges consisting of building toothpick bridges and pitting them in several competitions based on aesthetics and weight capacity, as well as a PowerPoint presentation culminating in lessons learned from the weekend.

Toothpick Bridge Design Winners:

3rd place – Team #8

1. Stephanie Godoy, Imperial Valley
2. Ninosthka Valdez, Southwestern
3. Ysidro Alfaro, San Diego City College
4. Javier Soria, San Diego State University
5. Joe Anousaya, Lincoln High

2nd place – Team #4

1. Emily Escalante, San Diego State University
2. Randall Ahmann, San Diego City College
3. Stan West, Southwestern
4. Priscilla Dominguez, Imperial Valley
5. Vicente Coleman, Mark Twain High

1st place – Team #1

1. Eden Nguyen, Mark Twain High
2. Shaina Nocum, Morse High
3. Alicia Rivero, Southwestern
4. Fernando Villasenor, San Diego State University
5. Alondra Galvan, San Diego City College

Toothpick Bridge Construction Winners:

3rd place with 151 washers – Team #1

1. Eden Nguyen, Mark Twain High
2. Shaina Nocum, Morse High
3. Alicia Rivero, Southwestern
4. Fernando Villasenor, San Diego State University
5. Alondra Galvan, San Diego City College

2nd place with 177 washers – Team #9

1. Eliel Chavarin, San Diego City College
2. Guillermo Langston, Imperial Valley
3. Francisco Candido, San Diego State University
4. Linnea Briggs, San Pasqual High
5. Ruth Sosa, Southwestern

1st place with 262 washers – Team #4

1. Emily Escalante, San Diego State University
2. Randall Ahmann, San Diego City College
3. Stan West, Southwestern
4. Priscilla Dominguez, Imperial Valley
5. Vicente Coleman, Mark Twain High

Toothpick Bridge Overall Winners:

3rd place  – Team #9

1. Eliel Chavarin, San Diego City College
2. Guillermo Langston, Imperial Valley
3. Francisco Candido, San Diego State University
4. Linnea Briggs, San Pasqual High
5. Ruth Sosa, Southwestern

2nd place – Team #1

1. Eden Nguyen, Mark Twain High
2. Shaina Nocum, Morse High
3. Alicia Rivero, Southwestern
4. Fernando Villasenor, San Diego State University
5. Alondra Galvan, San Diego City College

1st place – Team #4

1. Emily Escalante, San Diego State University
2. Randall Ahmann, San Diego City College
3. Stan West, Southwestern
4. Priscilla Dominguez, Imperial Valley
5. Vicente Coleman, Mark Twain High

The night again concluded with the roasting of marshmallows around a bonfire.

The last day was reserved for the conclusion of the team challenge which  consisted of conducting a PowerPoint presentation on specific topics, as the annual Leadership Summit came to an end.

PowerPoint Presentation Winners:

3rd place – Team #8

1. Alejandra Martinez, San Diego City College
2. Ninosthka Valdez, Southwestern
3. Javier Soria, San Diego State University
4. Patricia Demorest, San Pasqual High
5. Edgar Ramirez, Imperial Valley

2nd place – Team #6

1. Randall Ahmann, San Diego City College
2. Frank Sanchez, Southwestern
3. Silvia Hernandez, San Diego State University
4. Cesar Villa, Morse High
5. Miriam Ibarra, Imperial Valley

1st place – Team #5

1. Dana Long, San Diego City College
2. Alicia Rivero, Southwestern
3. Elizabeth Fortin, San Diego State University
4. Shaina Nocum, Morse High
5. Stephanie Godoy, Imperial Valley

A very special thanks goes to Ms. Dolores Ventura for her attendance and continued support of the MESA program.

Another very special thanks goes to PBS&J for allowing the Leadership Summit to take place with its grant award to SDSU MEP. Without this grant award, the 2011 Leadership Summit would not have taken place.

For additional photo coverage of the event, please visit the San Diego MESA Alliance Facebook page.

Pictured are (from left) Carolyn Williams, community relations manager, Southern California Gas Company; Carolyn Williams, community relations manager, Southern California Gas Company; Joseph Rivera, director of Gas Engineering, Southern California Gas Company; Lisa Zelkind, senior staffing advisor, San Diego Gas & Electric and Angeline Yang, MESA program coordinator at San Diego State University.

Danielle McNamara (510) 987-0230
danielle.mcnamara@ucop.edu

• Press release as .PDF
• Story also on SDSU Newscenter

Engineering and computer science students at San Diego State will benefit from increased services thanks to a grant from Sempra Energy Foundation.

The San Diego State Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) center will receive $6,000 to support students in retention and graduation.

MESA, an academic preparation and enrichment program, supports students so they can earn degrees in math-based fields. At San Diego State, more than 260 students are involved in MESA.

Four other MESA centers in Sempra’s service area will also receive $6,000 each: Cal State LA, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Long Beach and CSU Fresno. MESA currently serves more than 1,000 students at those five campuses.

“Sempra has long been a supporter of MESA, but this is the largest grant MESA has received from the company,” said Oscar Porter, MESA Executive Director. “The money will help us increase services to nearly half of our centers serving university students.”

MESA, an academic preparation program that each year serves about 20,000 California pre-college, community college and university students who are educationally disadvantaged, is an awarding winning program with a model that works. Seventy percent of MESA high school graduates statewide went directly to college after graduation compared to 48 percent of all California graduates. Sixty percent of MESA students go on to math, science or engineering majors.

Sempra is a worldwide energy company whose California subsidiaries, Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas and Electric, serve 20 million customers in southern and central California.

For more information about MESA visit http://www.ucop.edu/mesa/
For more information about SEMPRA visit http://www.sempra.com/
For more information about Sempra Energy Foundation visit http://www.sempra.com/community/foundation/
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The purpose of the annual event was to provide a forum for the leaders of various student and professional organizations including:

• American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
• Black Student Science Organization (BSSO)
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• Pacific Asian Society of Engineers (PASE)
• Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

In addition, the following schools were represented:

• Universities:  San Diego State University, University of California – San Diego
• Community Colleges:  San Diego City College, Southwestern

Raytheon Company’s Mission Center Executive Tom Dlugolecki welcomed attendees and Human Resources Talent Acquisition Vikki Wright and Engineering Manager Raydiance Wise provided an overview of the company and its opportunities.  In ‘Diversity Theatre,’ Raytheon Company staff played the roles of student organization members and addressed the issues of ethics, jealousy, diversity, inclusion, and authority.

[ Download 'Diversity Theatre' script ]

Representing the 53rd district of California, Congresswoman Susan Davis presented advice for current college students, updated attendees on project’s she and her staff are currently working on in support of education in light of the current California and nation economy, shared thoughts about where the future of high education lies in regard to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, the status of state and federal aid in the educational field, and lastly, touched upon the value of engaging in community service.

MESA staff and industry professionals, including co-sponsor Rick Engineering Company representative Edgar Camerino, facilitated student chapter breakout sessions where members presented highlights from previous years, expectations for 2010-2011, and worked towards developing a regional master calendar.

Raytheon Company Human Resources Manager Stephanie Love-Payne moderated a former student leader alumni panel consisting of Mr. Phong Bach, Ms. Michelle Jordan, Ms. Jane Odero, and Mr. Manuel Ramirez. Their experience as previous student organization officers while going to school and now as a professional in a STEM field will greatly help our new set of officers. Panel topics included:  Empowering Others; Responsibilities of Officers; Balance school, work, position and life; Conflict resolution; and Using your advisor.

The conference culminated in leaders and industry professionals collaborating to improve chapter effectiveness and communication between stakeholders and to promote leadership development and a social/industry/professional networking experience.

Following the conference, MESA staff will compile a ‘Who’s Who Roster 2010-2011 Contact Information’ and ‘Joint Regional Master Calendar’ for student organization participants and MESA industry supporters.

Photo coverage can also be found at the San Diego MESA Alliance (SDMA) Facebook Page.

Photos courtesy Raytheon Company.

RAYTHEON COMPANY, with 2009 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 88 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 75,000 people worldwide.

RICK ENGINEERING COMPANY is an award winning, multi-disciplined planning, design and engineering firm. We maintain divisions that focus on urban design and planning, landscape architecture, transportation engineering, surveying, mapping, aerial photogrammetry and specialized computer services.

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A LEGO Mindstorm races to return LEGOs back to its homebase.

The 17th Annual MESA Olympics and Robotics Challenge event was held on Saturday, April 17th, 2010 at San Diego City College.  108+ students and volunteers participated.

Teams consisting of MESA students at San Diego State University (SDSU), San Diego City College (SDCC), Southwestern Community College (SWC), Morse High School, Imperial Valley High School, Southwest High School, and William Moreno Jr. High School competed against each other in exams that spanned Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and some Engineering material.

Each campus was also allowed up to 3 teams who would program a LEGO MindStorm NXT robotics kit to compete in 2 missions. The first mission required speed and intelligence to maneuver from a home area through a slalom course. The second mission was a combination control and head-to-head event where robots raced to collect the most LEGO pieces and return them back to their home base under a constrained area and time limit.

Olympics Level 1 winners:

3rd place:  San Diego City College
1 Troast Nick
2 Deleon Mario
3 Suarez Fredy
4 Gonzalez Bretzner

2nd place:  San Diego City College
1 Taylor Kiedra
2 Spencer Ted
3 Ridgell Latina
4 Baldati-rice Yvette

1st place: Southwestern College
1 Sanchez Frank
2 Osuga Takesi
3 Ordonez Jorge
4 Martinez Andrea

Olympics Level 2 winners:

3rd place:  San Diego State University
1 Duenas Brianna
2 Garcia Matthew
3 Alonzo David

2nd place:  Southwestern College
1 Guerrero Hector
2 Viva David
3 Hernandez Gustavo
4 Godinez Edmundo

1st place:  Southwestern College
1 Ascenico Ana
2 Imran Yasmin
3 Svoroski Yari
4 Cacillas Enrique

Olympics Level 3 winners:

3rd place:  San Diego State University
1 Hale Irene
2 Gomez Roberto

2nd place:  San Diego City College
1 Yepiz Frank
2 Huynh Hung
3 Davidson Jessie
4 Nichol Misty

1st place:  Southwestern College
1 Herath Chatura
2 Gianino Mark
3 Bureaud Eric
4 Huang Lihua

Robotics Challenge winners:

3rd place:  San Diego City College
1 Gomez Jorge
2 Long Dana

2nd place:  San Diego City College
1 Troast Nick
2 Gonzalez Bretzner
3 Deleon Mario
4 Suarez Fredy

1st place:  Southwest High School
1 Rodriguez Daniela
2 Martinez Andrew
3 Ramos Frederick

Special thanks:

Prize sponsors:

• The National Science Foundation
• LG Electronics

San Diego MESA Alliance Industry Advisory Board volunteers, MESA Schools Program advisers, San Diego City College faculty, MESA staff, family and friends:

• Brianna Lutes of Infrastructure Engineering Corporation
• Daisy Galeana of Solar Turbines
• Dr. Douglas Fenner of SPAWAR
• Maria Victoria Charles of Hamilton Sundstrand
• Southwest High School MESA Advisor Ms. Sullivan
• William Moreno Jr High School MESA Advisor Mr. Magallanes

Additional photo coverage can be found at the San Diego MESA Alliance Facebook Page.

SPAWAR PEO C41 logos

The 3rd Annual Team SPAWAR MESA Training Academy took place at the SPAWAR Old Town facility in San Diego, California, on Friday, March 19, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The purpose of the training academy was to expose a diverse group of college level engineering, math, and science students to the world of Civil Service employment and the skills needed to succeed in the workplace as an acquisition professional or engineer.

SPAWAR facilitated discussions and training regarding Employment Programs and Benefits, The New Professional Program, Life as a New Professional, and Director of Organizational Development and Training Management, Dr. Douglas Fenner, presented Leadership/Workforce Development: A Global Literacy Perspective.  Dr. Fenner also recommended several readings to increase students’ self-leadership skills.

A total of 18 MESA students attended the training academy – 6 MESA students from San Diego City College, 6 MESA students from  Southwestern Community College, and 6 MESA Engineering Program/Maximizing Science Potential students from San Diego State University.

The San Diego MESA Alliance would like to thank SPAWAR (especially the efforts of Ms. Pam Field, Dr. Douglas Fenner, Mr. Gary Wang, Mr. Roger Copeland, Mr. Ayax Ramirez, Ms. Sarah Lauff, Mr. Alan Philpott, and their respective colleagues) for their time and incredible work put forth into creating professional development and career relevant learning opportunities for our future – the students.

For more information – Team SPAWAR – PEO C41.