HR: 1340h
AN: ED23A-0083    [Abstracts]
TI: The Young Engineers and Scientists Mentorship Program
AU: * Boice, D C
EM: DBoice@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Space Science & Engineering 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 United States
AU: Lin, C
EM: CLin@swri.edu
AF: Southwest Research Institute, Space Science & Engineering 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, TX 78238 United States
AU: Clarac, T
EM: E029534@nisd.net
AF: Warren High School, 9411 W. Military Drive, San Antonio, TX 78251 United States
AB: The Young Engineers and Scientists (YES) Program is a community 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 12 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 acknowledge funding from local charitable foundations and the NASA E/PO program.
UR: http://yesserver.space.swri.edu
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 2736 Magnetosphere/ionosphere interactions
SC: Education and Human Resourcese [ED]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting