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Abut 1998 NASA SHARP PLUS at Cal State L.A.

 
    Twenty students from various different backgrounds are assigned to California State University at Los Angeles. These students will engage in engineering related research at three nearby industrial sites. The SHARP PLUS Program at CSLA is the only one of the 12 universities hosting the program that has 100% of its apprentices stationed at off-campus industrial worksites. These are:

   Boeing-

    Hughes-

    TRW-

    During their eight-week SHARP PLUS research experiences, apprentices work with  mathematics, science, and engineering (MSE) professionals and engage in "hands-on" research. Basically, the students spend approximately 80% of their time on their research-based projects, the remaining time is to be spent in campus related activities (lectures, demonstrations, workshops, tours, enrichment activities, etc.).

    The students live on campus during the entire eight week period. Unlike other sites, CSLA participants are housed in 4-bedroom apartments with kitchen, dining room, living room, etc. Students are given allowances for weekly grocery and cook meals for themselves. This helps to provide a "real life" atmosphere for SHARP PLUS apprentices that cannot be achieved when simply living in college dorms.