May 24, 2004



2008-2009 Summary Report

The following is a brief report for the 2008-2009 Academic Year. The San Diego MESA Alliance wishes to thank all industry sponsors, volunteers, and donors for their generous support and contribution for the 2008-2009 Academic Year. Without this support many of the activities listed below would not have taken place. THANK YOU ALL!!!!

ACTIVITIES

The San Diego MESA Alliance met regularly to plan the following joint activities and to evaluate program outcomes:

|Date |Activity |Students |Industry Support |

| | | |IAB |Other |

|8/22/08 |San Diego Region Joint Planning Conference for | |X |NSBE |

| |Engineering and Science Student Chapters – sponsored by Raytheon & QUALCOMM |36 | |SHPE |

| |Purpose: To bring together professional and student leaders from diversity focused | | |SWE |

| |engineering & science organizations in the San Diego region to share expectations, goals, | | |Various |

| |calendars and strategies. | | |professional |

| |Location: Raytheon | | |organizations |

|8/29/08 |AEW Facilitator Training | | | |

|1/20/09 |Purpose: Opportunity for all MESA programs to jointly train workshop facilitators. Other |20 | | |

| |program facilitators participated. | | | |

| |Location: SDSU | | | |

|10/3/08 |MESA Alliance Transfer visit to SDSU |12 | | |

| |Purpose: Expose program participants to 4 year institutions. Includes tours of campus, | | | |

| |engineering and science facilities and student panels. | | | |

|10/17/08 |MESA Alliance Transfer visit to UCSD |12 | | |

| |Purpose: Expose program participants to 4 year institutions. Includes tours of campus, | | | |

| |engineering and science facilities and student panels. | | | |

|10/18/08 |Walk on Water Competition | | | |

| |Purpose: Teams of MESA students design “buoyancy shoes” and student “shoe pilots” race |100 | | |

| |across the length of the pool. Competition allows students to gain experience at applying | | | |

| |the engineering design process; solving open-ended problems. | | | |

| |Location: Southwestern College | | | |

|11/20/08 |Shadow Day |64 |X |X |

| |Purpose: Expose program students to professional environment by allowing them to shadow an | | | |

| |engineer at his/her workplace for the day. Students from other MESA sites and other SDSU | | | |

| |programs participated. | | | |

| |Location: Various San Diego Company sites | | | |

|2/18/09 |College Shadow Day |54 | |College |

| |Purpose: To bring junior/middle and senior high school MESA students to SDSU campus to | | |Volunteers |

| |‘shadow’ an engineering or science student. This exposes the younger student to the life of | | | |

| |a university student in hopes of recruiting to engineering/science field and to SDSU. | | | |

| |Location: SDSU | | | |

|2/26/09 |‘Interviewing for a Job’ Professional Development Workshop – presented by Northrop Grumman | | |San Diego |

| |Purpose: Students will partake in mock interviews and resume and cover letter critiques. A |27 |X |Engineering |

| |presentation on all the aspects associated with interviewing for a job allowed students to | | |Firms |

| |prepare themselves for work at various engineering and scientific firms in San Diego. Great | | | |

| |opportunity for practicing professional development with industry representatives. | | | |

| |Industry Volunteers: Dolores Ventura of Infrastructure Engineering Corp., Sara Hice of | | | |

| |Department of Navy, Amanda Whipple, Bernie Hill, Bryan Herrington of Northrop Grumman & Daisy| | | |

| |Galeana of Solar Turbines. | | | |

| |Location: SDSU | | | |

|2/27-3/1/09 | 8th Annual MESA Alliance Leadership Summit – featuring StrengthsQuest |43 |X |Alumni |

| |Purpose: Bring leaders and emerging leaders from all participating programs together for | | |So Cal MCCPs |

| |joint training and networking opportunities. StrengthsQuest was incorporated into this | | | |

| |year’s summit to enhance the leadership development experience. Students were engaged to | | | |

| |understand, develop and apply their strengths as individuals and within teams. | | | |

| |Location: Indian Hills Camp, Jamul, CA | | | |

|SDSU |MESA Day Competitions |100+ |X |College Volunteers |

|2/21/09 |Purpose: Pre-College students participate in designing and developing several different types| | | |

|IVC |of projects i.e. Trebuchet, Egg Drop and/or Mousetrap Cars. Their projects are then taken to| | | |

|3/14/09 |local and regional MESA competitions where students compete against their peers. Trophies | | | |

|Regional |and other such prizes are awarded. | | | |

|Irvine |Location: SDSU, IVC, Irvine | | | |

|4/18/09 | | | | |

|3/23/09 |Science Opportunity Day |150 |X |Student |

| |Purpose: Local Companies and colleges host information booths to expose community college | | |Organizations |

| |students to engineering and science opportunities. | | | |

| |Location: Southwestern College | | | |

|3/27/09 |Training Academy: CALTRANS |17 |X | |

| |Purpose: Local Companies provide ‘in-house’ training; students learn technical skill sets | | | |

| |and gain professional development to enhance their employability. | | | |

| |Location: CALTRANS Headquarters & Transportation Mgmt Center | | | |

|4/18/09 |MESA Olympics & Robotics Challenge - sponsored by SONY |55 |X |Alumni |

| |Purpose: Competition for all MESA program segments in problem-solving sessions and/or | | | |

| |robotics competition designed to promote teamwork, engineering and problem solving skill | | | |

| |development. Industry Volunteers: Carol Gooden of Nasland Engineering & Brianna Lutes of | | | |

| |Infrastructure Engineering Corp. | | | |

| |Location: City College | | | |

|May 2009 |Presentation of SDMA Graduation Sashes |67* |X |Alumni |

| |Purpose: Reward graduating MESA students for their dedication, achievement and | | | |

| |participation. Stoles are to be worn during commencement ceremonies. | | | |

| |Location: City, Southwestern, SDSU campuses, MSP San Diego, MSP IVC | | | |

|5/15/09 |MESA year-end celebration |50 |X |Alumni |

| |Purpose: Informal year-end celebration for extended MESA family - students, faculty, staff, | | | |

| |industry and guests. | | | |

| |Location: Southwestern College Aquatic Center @ Silver Strand State Beach | | | |

|Summer |STEP Summer Team Internship Program | | |San Diego |

|09 |Purpose: Students will experience application and interview selection process to work at |40 |X |Engineering |

| |various engineering and scientific firms in San Diego. Great opportunity for career | | |& Scientific Firms |

| |exploration, to gain first internship, or acquire additional job experience. | | | |

*Combined total for SDSU, SDCC and SWC campuses.

Monetary Support

The following donations were received in the 2008-2009 academic year to support the alliance activities mentioned in the table above:

|Date |Source |Amount |

|February 2009 |PBS&J |$5,000 ~ sponsorship |

|August 2009 |QUALCOMM |$500 ~ hosting |

|August 2009 |Raytheon |$500 ~ hosting |

|April 2009 |SONY Electronics |$50,500 ~ products |

Industry Partners

The MESA Alliance relies on the active support of industry partners. Representatives from the following companies served on the MESA Industry Advisory Board (IAB) and/or supported MESA Alliance activities.

IAB Officers

Chair – Edgar Camerino, Rick Engineering Company.

Vice-Chair – Tarrence Mack, Hamilton-Sundstrand.

Companies

|ASSURE CONTROLS INC. | |NAVISCAN |

|BAE SYSTEMS | |NAVY HUMAN RESOURCES CENTER |

|BERRYMAN & HENNIGAR | |NORTHROP GRUMMAN |

|CALTRANS | |PACIFIC BELL |

|CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | |Parsons |

|CITY OF LA BUREAU OF SANITATION | |PBS&J |

|CLARK CONSTRUCTION | |Prodigy |

|COUNTY OF SD-DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS | |Project Design Consultants |

|CUBIC CORPORATION | |QUALCOMM, INC. |

|CVALDO CORPORATION | |RAYTHEON |

|FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST | |Raytheon Systems |

|FQUBED | |REMEC, INC. |

|GOODRICH AEROSTRUCTURES GROUP | |RICK ENGINEERING CO. |

|HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND | |SAN DIEGO COASTKEEPER |

|Hewlett Packard | |San Diego Gas & Electric Company |

|Infrastructure Engineering Corp. | |San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board |

|KENNEDY/JENKS CONSULTANTS | |SONY ELECTRONICS |

|Kleinfelder | |SOUTHERN CA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER |

|KYOCERA AMERICA, INC. | |SPAWAR |

|MOTOROLA | |SSC PACIFIC SAN DIEGO |

|MWH | |UNISYS CORPORATION |

|NASLAND ENGINEERING | | |

|NAVAIR Depot-North Island | | |

Organizations

National Society of Black Engineers

Raytheon Asian Pacific Association

San Diego Architects and Engineers Recruitment Consortium

Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Society of Women Engineers

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Alliance

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San Diego City College ( Southwestern College ( San Diego State University

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