BOOST  @  CSULA

Would you like to serve your fellow Engineering freshmen, serve your community, work in a team environment to further develop your skills as an Engineer, all while earning some summer pay?

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Job description:

Each project will be assigned a BOOST peer mentor to guide the BOOST participants in their discussions, teamwork, and ultimately delivering a finished product that is of help to the community partner.  Each BOOST mentor will also serve as a liaison between the project team and the faculty mentor, providing feedback and insight into how the projects are progressing. Finally, BOOST mentors can offer their own engineering skills and know-how to help with running engineering tools workshops and training the BOOST participants, alongside the faculty mentors.  We recruit 3 students who meet the following criteria to serve as a BOOST mentor.  In addition to the engineering and leadership experience gained, BOOST mentors will be compensated monetarily for their work.  Unfortunately, the exact amount depends on a funding decision that we will not know about until mid-Spring.

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Eligibility criteria for a BOOST mentor: 

In order to serve as a BOOST mentor, you must be an undergraduate majoring in Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering with:

·   at least sophomore level standing in one of the engineering degree programs

·   a minimum of 3.0 GPA in their engineering courses

·   completion of the Physics I and II sequence

·   a minimum of a B earned in Calculus I and II

·   a desire to serve your community

·   a passion for helping your peers

·   a commitment to working with the BOOST students for 20-25 hrs/wk typically end of May through July.

·   preference given to students with some experience in Arduino programming, mobile app programming, Solid Works or other CAD application, instrumentation, and/or machine shop.

 

Review of applications begin in April and mentors are typically interviewed at the end of April and selected by May.