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TI: The Young Engineers and Scientists Mentorship Program
AU: * Boice, D C
EM: dboice@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Space Science & Engineering Div. 6220 Culebra Road P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 United States
AU: Jahn, J
EM: jjahn@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Space Science & Engineering Div. 6220 Culebra Road P.O. Drawer 28510, San Antonio, TX 78228-0510 United States
AU: Hummel, P
EM: oconn146@nisd.net
AF: Sandra Day O'Connor High School, 12221 Leslie Road, Helotes, TX 78023 United States
AB: The Young Engineers and Scientists (YES) Program is a ommunity partnership between Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and local high schools in San Antonio, Texas (USA). It provides talented high school juniors and seniors a bridge between classroom instruction and real-world, research experiences in physical sciences (including space science and astronomy) and engineering. YES consists of two parts: 1) an intensive three-week summer workshop held at SwRI where students experience the research environment first-hand; develop skills and acquire tools for solving scientific problems, attend mini-courses and seminars on electronics, computers and the Internet, careers, science ethics, and other topics; and select individual research projects to be completed during the academic year; and 2) a collegial mentorship where students complete individual research projects under the guidance of their mentors during the academic year and earn honors credit. At the end of the school year, students publicly present and display their work, acknowledging their accomplishments and spreading career awareness to other students and teachers. YES has been highly successful during the past 10 years. All YES graduates have entered college, several have worked for SwRI, and three scientific publications have resulted. Student evaluations indicate the effectiveness of YES on their academic preparation and choice of college majors. We gratefully acknowledge partial funding for the YES Program from a NASA EPO grant.
UR: http://yesserver.space.swri.edu/
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
DE: 7800 SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting