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The AIAA is a global community striving to engage, foster, and promote professionalism, education, communication, and innovation of aeronautical and astronautical endeavors. The UCSD Student Chapter is one of over 160 student branches devoted towards the fulfillment of this goal. To understand the structure and organization of our organization, please take a look at our constitution (here).

i upcoming events and news
Greetings everyone!!

Welcome Letter For New/Returning AIAA Members!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW BOARD OF AIAA!

Special Thanks to the board members of AIAA@UCSD 07-08! We greatly appreciate all of the hard work you put in to our community:

Irene Chan (Chair)
Andrea Qualm (Vice Chair, Programming)
Christie Carlile (Outreach)
Barry Hawkins (Graduate Liaison)
Samina Bhatia (Rocket PM)
Steven Floyd (DBF PM)

AIAA Movie Night!
Time: May 29th, Time:TBA
Location: TBA

AIAA SUMMER INTERN PROGRAM
The AIAA Summer Intern Program is organized to give engineering, science and technical students the opportunity to learn about and to be a part of the business operations of AIAA. Interns work at AIAA Headquarters located in Reston, Virginia.

Interested? Go to the following link to fill out application
To be considered, applications must be received by Thursday, May 15.

Questions? Contact AIAA Human Resources - 703-264-7518/9 or HumanResources@aiaa.org

Thank you everyone for making the Industry Panel a success!
Here are the panelists' contact information in case you want to follow up with them:

Michael Wiskerchen (Director, California Space Grant Consortium): mwiskerchen@ucsd.edu
Michael Miller (President, Saab Space): michael.miller@saabgroup.com
Karen Conti (VP Business Development, Lockheed Martin): karen.conti@lmco.com
Michael Markow (Systems Engineering Manager, Northrop Grumman): michael.markow@ngc.com
Rosemary L. Shearer (Director, Avionics Engineering, Northrop Grumman): rosemary.shearer@ngc.com
Jim Kaplan (Chief Engineer for Tactical Command and Control, Lockheed Martin): jim.kaplan@lmco.com

Summer Internship Opportunities
Click here for listing of Internship opportunities and applications.

Summer 2008 Internship opportunity through University of Illinois
Deadline extended to February 29, 2008
Click here for link to program

NSWC, Corona Division - Career Fair
The NSWC, Corona Division will be hosting an on-site career fair on Wednesday, February 13, 2008.
See attached flyer for more info

Volunteer to do some Aircraft Restoration with the SD Air & Space Museum For more info click here for more information!

Lewis Educational And Research Collaborative Internship Program (LERCIP)
This is an internship for college students interested in NASA and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Internships will be offered at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio the summer of 2008.

There will be three 10-week summer sessions:

Session I: May 19 to July 25
Session II: June 2 to August 8
Session III: June 9 to August 15

To apply, please download the mail-in application here.
Deadline: Applications must be received by mail by January 31, 2008.
For more information you can visit the website for more info.

Volunteer Opportunities

Come volunteer at the San Diego Science and Engineering Fair!
For more info click here

Summer 2008 JPL Space Grant Internship Program
The Summer 2008 JPL Space Grant Internship Program is now accepting applications. The program dates are June 18 - August 22, 2008. Engineering and science undergraduate students (rising juniors and seniors) and graduate students are encouraged to apply. For more information, please visit the following link: http://casgc.ucsd.edu/?p=113 for more details.

UCSD's McNair Program
The UCSD's McNair Program helps first-generation college students, students from low-income families, and students from underrepresented ethnic groups to prepare for graduate research and professorial careers. The program annually runs from January through 8 weeks of the summer.

Eligibility: you must be a junior or senior with a 3.0 or better GPA and either (1) first-generation college student and low-income, or (2) a member of an underrepresented ethnic group.
Applications for the McNair Program are due by November 15th for the 2008 McNair cohort, and are available online at

http://aep.ucsd.edu/default2.htm

(Click on "Programs" on the left side of the page, and then go to "McNair Program" and see "Application Process.")
**Note that in the spring of 2008, the McNair Program will seek applications from sophomores for the fall 2008- fall 2010 program.

New Job Postings for Electrical Engineers at Boeing
This is to inform you of several job postings for student engineers: interns and coops, graduating engineers with BS or MS degrees that have recently been placed in the Boeing Enterprise Staffing System for the electrical engineering function in El Segundo.
http://www.boeing.com/employment/collegecareers/

AIAA Mentors @ UCSD
Interested in inspiring and motivating a freshman to aviation greatness? Become a mentor!
***If you weren't able to attend the mentor meeting, please e-mail Christie at ccarlile@ucsd.edu for more information or your mentor/mentee pairing.***
E-mail aiaa.mentors@gmail.com


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Membership to the AIAA @ UCSD is open to all students regardless of major. To join our chapter, please visit the Membership section.
To join our mailing list, visit this page or e-mail aiaa@ucsd.edu.

É contact
E-mail: aiaa@ucsd.edu
Address:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Price Center Mailbox Number: B-16
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0077
La Jolla, CA 92093-0077
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