My Internship with NASA Headquarters James Barbour, Jr.

The Entrepreneurial Technology Apprenticeship Program Federally funded program sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and administrated by the National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University Consisted of a two month academic portion and a four month apprenticeship portion

The Academic Portion I took three summer courses at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV: – Technology and Ethics – Strategic Management & Development in Technology & Innovation – Professional & Leadership Development

The Apprenticeship Portion I interned with NASA Headquarters in conjunction with the Science Application Int’l Co. in Washington, DC: – SAIC is a major firm that NASA outsources its IT tasks to. – Because of my request for a more technologically intensive apprenticeship, I worked with SAIC.

What I Did Main Project: Reccomendation Report on Improving the TechTracS Database Aided in the testing of plug-ins and upgrades to computer system core-loads Evaluated and prepared a competitive analysis document on competing asset management software packages Assisted in the initialization of first-time users to ERASMUS, NASA’s Financial Dashboard System

What I Did (cont.) Researched NASA Success Stories to find suitable images and excerpts for the Division Web site Attended NASA sponsored HTML and PowerPoint classes

What I Learned Living As a “Minority” Understanding the Agency-Contractor Relationship Technology transfer Unwritten Rules

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