Jet Propulsion Laboratory, like Haas, has longstanding ties with CSUN, but as part of a larger initiative to ramp up its partnerships with universities, it is seeking to expand the relationship.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat JPL is trying to do is develop relationships with universities so we actually can get to know the professors and the curriculum and see if we can target certain areas for involvement,\u201d explains Naomi Palmer, section manager for JPL\u2019s power and sensor systems and its newly appointed university relationship manager for CSUN.<\/p>\n
Broadly speaking, Palmer\u2019s charge is to establish more of a presence for JPL on campus, with an eye toward recruiting CSUN students as JPL employees. As part of this effort, she is trying to connect with some of the student engineering organizations, hoping to arrange for a group of female engineers to talk with the CSUN chapter of the Society of Women Engineers, for example, and have someone from JPL speak on campus about the latest developments at JPL. In addition, she was recently inducted into HKN (Eta Kappa Nu), the engineering honor society, with the understanding that she will support one event every year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to create a pipeline\u2014to identify students, hopefully early enough in their schooling, so they can come into JPL as summer students and see if they like it, and we can see if we like them,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019ll bring them back the next summer if they do well. Or if they\u2019re graduating, we can bring them in as employees. If they\u2019re local, we can try a part-time position. It should be ongoing year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n
A collaboration between the college and JPL is already providing an outstanding opportunity to do exactly that. The CubeSat project with Sharlene Katz, professor of electrical and computer engineering (see page 8), opened JPL\u2019s doors to four of the six students who worked on it last year (the other two had other commitments). The four students had summer jobs there and were brought back for part-time jobs during the academic year. Twenty students are currently working on the CubeSat project, and Palmer has asked Katz to approach the top candidates to see if they too want to work part time at JPL.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been recruiting for a really long time, and I think JPL is trying to formalize this new program,\u201d Palmer says. \u201cWe\u2019re always looking to collaborate with universities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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