Collaborative Educational Experiences through Higher Education-Industry PartnershipsThis paper examines the perceptions of mentors and student interns from NASA's Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) program in Hampton, Virginia. Data for the current study are from student interns and mentors participating in the 2010, 10-week summer internship. Students are chosen from around the country based upon their applications and mentoring opportunities to participate in a summer program focusing on a range of specialty areas including: aeronautics; earth science research; exploration and flight; systems and concepts; systems engineering; subsonic/transonic testing; supersonic/hypersonic testing; and structures testing. This study presents information on mentors perceptions of academic preparedness brought to the workplace by student interns; student interns perceptions of how the internship helped develop key skill areas; and self-reports from student interns and their mentors about their internship experience.
Document ID
20120013160
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pinelli, Thomas E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Hall, Cathy W. (East Carolina Univ. Greenville, NC, United States)