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Summer Team Internship

Application

Current (2012) Summer Team Internship Program Application for Industry & Faculty:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012SummerTeamInternshipIndFacApp

Due by March 9, 2012

Introduction

The STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Partnership of San Diego (SPSD) was awarded a 1.9 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2007 to help increase the number of Science and Engineering graduates getting a baccalaureate degree.

This grant will provide stipends of $1,250 to 36 student interns for 100 internship hours each, this summer.  We would like to pay our students to gain experience from you!  Each student can do 100 internship hours for you and be paid a stipend through the grant!

For companies or faculty that require more than 100 internship hours from each intern, we ask that they compensate their interns for hours completed above 100 hours.  For example, some companies/faculty ask students to intern part time or full time over the summer.  These companies/faculty will have students for 100 internship hours, but will compensate each student hourly for hours beyond the 100 hours that our stipend covers (at a minimum rate of $12.50/hour).

Since this is a team internship program, a minimum of 2 interns should be considered, but it is NOT required.  In the event that your company wants to provide an internship to 2 students, they do not need to be assigned to the same project, for the same project mentor or even in the same city to be in a team.  As long as students are within the same company, they will be considered a team.  This summer team internship program is very flexible to the needs of industry.

I encourage you/your company to participate in this great program.  We are currently identifying the top MESA students from San Diego State University, Southwestern College, and San Diego City College who will participate in this year’s summer internship program.  The students will be available around late May or early June 2012. 

Each company/faculty can also have complete control over selecting students, reviewing resumes, interviewing, and finalizing their selections.

Making a match will depend on meeting your company’s needs, meeting the specifications of the NSF STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP) Partnership of San Diego (SPSD), and finally the needs of the intern.  Project descriptions received will be advertised to student applicants.

MESA model

Mathematics, Engineering & Science Achievement (MESA) is a statewide collaboration between regional MESA programs.  It creates a supported pipeline from pre-college, through community college, university and ultimately the technical workforce.  It is one of the country’s most successful models of its kind.  MESA provides support for thousands of educationally disadvantaged students so they can excel in math and science and graduate with baccalaureate degrees in science, engineering, computer science, and other math-based fields.

MESA students can add to the diversity of your workforce, are leaders in their communities, and are available to immediately contribute to your company.  Interning in industry will give them opportunities to develop new skills, gain experience working in science and engineering firms, collaborate in a team, and build relationships with potential employers.

Interns’ commitment to projects will include:

  • 100 internship hours (additional hours can be negotiated at the company or faculty expense)
  • 30 minutes a week of non-paid team collaboration before or after work, or during lunch (this can be a meeting in person, via phone, or via email)
  • Collaborating with team to create a research poster based on the interns internship experience
  • A presentation of their experience in ~August 2012 or later

Employers’ commitment to projects will include:

  • Assignment and supervision of internship
  • Reviewing interns’ research poster
  • Invited to attend a presentation of all summer team internship participants’ in ~August 2012

Application process

  • Industry/faculty representatives must complete the Industry/Faculty Application, via the SurveyMonkey link
  • Pinpoint projects they would like interns engaged in
  • Determine how many students they would like to participate
  • Decide if host company/faculty or SPSD will select interns
  • Work with interns to set interns’ schedule

‘Team’ internship

Projects and internship responsibilities are determined by the company/faculty.  Internship projects should allow students to participate in opportunities to gain valuable skills and knowledge related to science and engineering.

Teams should be comprised of 2-4 students, but is not required.  Interns do not have to be assigned to the same project, for the same mentor, or even in the same city.  If a company/faculty hosts only 1 intern, then the SPSD Program Coordinator (Eric Pamintuan) will assign that intern to a team containing other summer team internship participants from another company/faculty research project accordingly.

Projects should be meaningful and challenging.  Since students will be coming from various levels of educational and experience backgrounds, the company will be given the opportunity to describe their project, outline their minimum requirements, and choose their interns.

In order to make this a positive and rewarding experience for all participants, we will try to be flexible and meet the needs of the host companies/faculty, the NSF STEP Partnership of San Diego Grant, and the students.

Intern qualifications

Interns will vary from educational and work experience backgrounds.  Minimum eligibility for interns to apply through the Summer Team Internship Program is that they have met 75% or more of the MESAdvantage Student Requirements.

MESAdvantage provides students with a set of activities that gives them academic support, receive counseling from their advisor, industry exposure, community service experience, and participate in leadership activities.  These requirements were created with industry and faculty input to help polish and prepare students to intern in industry.

Please refer to MESAdvantage Student Report Card for a list of the requirements.

Minimum requirements of the grant

Description Minimum Notes
Team Internships Team Internships develop teamwork skills that are invaluable to today’s competitive market.  Advantages to the company include: students can collaborate with each other and will require less direction from company mentors, and hands-on projects will give students experience that can help them gain relevant skills within the field of science and engineering. N/A Ideally teams should be 2-4 interns in each team.  If this is not possible, students will be partnered with students at other companies in a similar field or major.Additionally, it would be ideal for each team to consist of a mixture of students from all three campuses, (San Diego City College, San Diego State University, and Southwestern College).  Though we promote this, it is not required.
Time Commitment The time commitment, work days, and work hours can be determined by the company and student.   A tentative schedule should be determined before student begins internship.  Any changes in the schedule should be worked out to fit the intern’s and host companies’ schedule. 100 hours Example of a 100 hour summer internship: Students can intern for 2.5 weeks at 40 hrs/wk; 5 weeks at 20 hrs/wk; 10 weeks at 10 hours/wk, etc.If a company/faculty desires a student to intern for more than 100 hours in the summer, (example: 40 hrs/week for the entire summer months of June-August) they are welcomed to extend an offer to students. Students should be paid a minimum of $12.50 per hour.It will be at the student’s discretion to accept or deny any offers.
Compensation Each intern will receive a $1,250 stipend which will be covered at the cost of the STEP Grant, and at no cost to the host company. If the host company wishes to contribute some moneys in addition to $1,250 they may do so. $1,250 stipend We will try to be as flexible as possible to industry needs, please indicate all needs in the application form.

Dates & deadlines

Actual schedule, dates, and times, will be determined based on company needs and student schedules.

The dates listed below are flexible. Industry needing resumes and/or interns at earlier dates apart from the Summer Team Internship program are encouraged to contact the SPSD Program Coordinator, Eric Pamintuan at epamintuan@projects.sdsu.edu.

  • March 9, 2012: Industry/Faculty Project Description Form due.
  • Early April: Examination of student applications and tentative matching with companies
  • Mid April: Student Resumes and Cover Letters will be sent to Industry/Faculty
  • Late April: Student Interviews and Industry/Faculty make job offers to students
  • Late May-Late August: Students’ internship at companies

Partners (Updated 12/5/11)

Students from Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) at San Diego City College, San Diego State University (SDSU), and Southwestern College (SWC) have interned for the following companies/faculty in the NSF MESA Summer Team Internship Program to date.

  1. Alere
  2. Ambient Controls
  3. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
  4. Assure Controls Inc
  5. Bio4Front
  6. Biotechnology Education & Training Sequence Investment (BETSI) Project at Salk Institute
  7. Biotechnology Education & Training Sequence Investment (BETSI) Project at Scripps Research Institute
  8. Bridges to the Future
  9. Caltrans
  10. City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation
  11. Dexcom
  12. Fleet Readiness Center Southwest
  13. Fqubed Inc
  14. General Atomics Electronic Systems, Inc
  15. Goodrich Aerostructures
  16. Howard Hughes Program
  17. Infrastructure Engineering Corporation
  18. Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
  19. Malcolm Pirnie
  20. MWH Global, Inc.
  21. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  22. Naval Air Systems Command
  23. Naviscan Inc
  24. Northrop Grumman Corporation
  25. Raytheon Company
  26. Regional Water Quality Control Board
  27. REU, University of Minnesota
  28. Rick Engineering Company
  29. San Diego Coastkeeper
  30. San Diego Natural History Museum
  31. San Diego Water Department
  32. San Diego Zoo
  33. SDSU Global Change Research Group
  34. Sempra Energy
  35. Shiley Center for Orthopaedic Research & Education at Scripps Clinic
  36. Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons
  37. SMDEP, University of Washington
  38. Southern California Biotechnology Center
  39. SouthWest Water Company
  40. SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego
  41. Spectrum Scientific, Inc
  42. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
  43. Technische Universitat Hamburg-Harburg
  44. UCSD Laboratory of Sleep and Chronobiology
  45. UCSD CSP
  46. UCSD CURE
  47. UniversityLink Medical Science Program
  48. Research San Diego City College: Dr. Lisa Chaddock
  49. Research San Diego City College: Professor Misael Camarena
  50. Research San Diego City College: Professor Rafael Alvarez
  51. Research SDSU: Dr. Gordon Lee
  52. Research SDSU: Dr. Joseph Lewis
  53. Research SDSU: Dr. Fletcher Miller
  54. Research SDSU: Dr. Khaled Morsi
  55. Research SDSU: Dr. Satish Sharma
  56. Research SDSU: Dr. Diane Smith
  57. Research Southwestern College: Dr. David Brown
  58. Research Southwestern College: Dr. Raga Bakhiet, Dr. Lukas Buehler, Dr. David Hecht
  59. Research Southwestern College: Dr. Gerald Selah

Research poster galleries

Contact information

STEP Partnership of San Diego Program Coordinator:

Eric Pamintuan

E-mail:  epamintuan@projects.sdsu.edu

Office:  619-594-2680

Fax:  619-594-2108

Angeline Villanueva Yang

E-mail: ayang@projects.sdsu.edu

Mailing Address:

San Diego State University
College of Engineering – MESA Engineering Program
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-1303

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