An Innovative Internship Model ( version 3 1/3/2012 )

Presenters Cathy Balas Executive Director, Education and Workforce Development, Avetec, Inc. – Springfield, Ohio Danis J. Heighton Professor, Computer Networking – CyberSecurity, Clark State Community College Greg Teets Assistant Professor, Computer Networking, Clark State Community College

Presentation Overview Introduction of the Partners Internship Design Futures Q & A

Foundation for Success

Avetec Non-profit organization Founded in Springfield in 2005 National Center for Advanced Modeling and Simulation

Avetec’s Mission Accelerate applied scientific discovery: research solutions to complex problems. The mission is accomplished through three pillar programs: 1. Applied Research and Development 2. High Performance Computing and Networking 3. Workforce Development / Education

Applied Research & Development Advanced Propulsion Conceptual Design Complex System Design, Analysis & Optimization Model-Based Systems Engineering

High Performance Computing Data Intensive Computing Environment Test & Evaluation Services Data Management Research Concept Studies & Consulting Fiber access

Education/Workforce Development Community Involvement Developing understanding and support K-12 schools Community Colleges Universities Educational Preparation STEM Employment Internships and Placements

Clark State Community College Two-year Community College 4,500 FTE Springfield, Ohio Surrounding communities Dayton, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Highly competitive educational environment.

Information Tech Programs AAB – Computer Networking Training students in the support and maintenance of computers and network systems AAS – CyberSecurity/ Information Assurance Training students to protect computer systems and the network infrastructure. Other Technology Programs

Avetec/CSCC Partnership CSCC Board of Trustees – Ms. Cathy Balas Exploratory Mission to Pacific Northwest National Lab Avetec Sponsored Externship – Professor Heighton (2006) Avetec funded Student Internship (Winter 2007) DoD funded internships (Summer 2008/2009) MentorLinks Grant Award (2009) NSF ATE Planning Grant # (2009) Avetec internship/externship – Summer 2010 NSF FaST Grant – Summer PNNL Internship/Externship

A Multipronged Approach

Internship Components Competitive Student Selection Academically Connected Corporate Support Research Focus High-Technology Team-Based Multi-School Imbedded Faculty Virtual Collaboration Hard-skill and Soft-skill Development Significant Deliverables

Competitive Selection Application Requirements 3.0+ grade point average Professional Resume 2 Recommendations (1 academic, 1 professional) Sample writing Panel interview Interview presentation

Academically Connected Course required prior to, and/or during internship Develop foundational information and concepts Develop teaming skills

Corporate Support Avetec, Inc. Classroom space Internship opportunities Personnel expertise Intel Corporation Equipment Cincinnati Bell Equipment Bright Computing HPC Software Microsoft Corporation HPC Software Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Internship opportunities Personnel expertise Equipment

Research Focus Challenge for 2 year technical students Research plan development Research processes Analysis and Discovery

High-Technology Technology focused Intelligence CyberSecurity High Performance Computing Convergence Technologies Others?

Team-Based 2-6 team members Mixed teams Gender, race, skills, strengths, academic level, academic majors Local and Remote collaboration teams

Multi-School Approach Central State University 4 year school Wilberforce, Ohio Computer Science program Students are part of internship teams Student count: , , , ,

Imbedded Faculty Faculty are part of the internship team. Paid Faculty Externship. Work closely with student teams. Onsite at remote and local locations.

Virtual Collaboration Local and Remote internship teams interact Collaborate via web-based collaboration tools Meet weekly (additionally as needed) for formal and informal communications

Hard-skill and Soft-skill Development Technical knowledge, and skill development. Hands-on experience Expert seminars Corporate visitations Non-technical skills development Interaction with professionals High-tech business environment

Significant Deliverables Written Research Reports Powerpoint Briefings Classroom usable lab documents/materials Poster presentations Final Formal Presentation Remote and Local

Student Successes Unique experience Recognized highly by industry Jumpstarts student career Opens new doors Introduces new career options Personal and Professional Growth

What Next?

Fine Tuning Encourage greater student participation. Enhance the team development processes. Expand the multi-school opportunities. Optimize the virtual team collaboration process. Standardize the deliverables.

Summer 2012 Opportunities Wright Patterson Air Force Base AF Research Laboratory AF Institute of Technology Lexis-Nexis CyberSecurity/Systems Support Pacific Northwest National Laboratory CyberSecurity/High Performance Computing Visiting Faculty Program (VFP)

Collaborations Looking for academic, government, and business collaboration opportunities. Increase the number of students. Increase the number of projects. Create new opportunities for cross-team collaborations.