Marine Technology Mentoring and Internship Program on Oceanographic Research Vessels

该奖项为蒙特利半岛学院海洋高级技术教育(Mate)中心的实习项目提供新的资金。Mate中心是一个由社区学院、高中、大学、研究机构、海洋行业、专业协会和个人组成的全国性网络，共同努力改善海洋技术教育，并为美国未来的海洋科学和技术职业劳动力做好更好的准备。海上海洋技术实习方案是与大学国家海洋实验室系统和美国海岸警卫队(USCG)的12年合作伙伴关系，负责协调考察船上海洋技术专业学生的实习。该计划将在未来三年(2011-2013年)每年为14-17名本科生提供为期两到八周的实习机会，并为一名学生提供为期六个月的实习机会。Mate中心的海洋技术实习项目始于1999年。自启动以来，该项目已为236名学生安排了海上和岸上实习岗位。Mate实习生在科考船上与海洋技术人员和科学家一起工作，这些经历为他们提供了发展技术、科学、航海和人际交往技能的机会。尽管对合格的海洋技术人员的需求空前旺盛，尤其是在深水地平线漏油事件之后，但为学生的技术职业生涯做准备的培训项目很少，主要是因为对于大多数项目来说，提供大量的海上时间和使用最先进的设备的时间太贵了。选择从事海洋技术职业的学生经常陷入两难境地：没有工作经验就找不到工作，没有工作就得不到工作经验。MATE的海洋技术实习计划是解决这一问题的根本方案；现场技术实习帮助本科生获得他们需要的经验，并帮助与海洋相关的雇主获得合格的技术专业人员，以满足他们的劳动力需求。Mate Center有56个正式的社区学院和大学合作伙伴，实习生都是从这些合作伙伴那里积极招聘的。该计划面向注册参加海洋科技项目的社区大学生和对海洋技术职业感兴趣的大学生，并不断接触位于海洋技术产业丰富地理区域的学院和大学，邀请他们参加Mate活动。此外，Mate在招收传统上在INSTEM学科中代表性不足的学生方面做出了很大努力。该项目的主要目标受众是社区学院注册的学生，因为这些学生往往比四年制大学生更多样化(年龄、社会经济和种族)，通常不会获得研究机会。该计划为海洋科学界和海洋工业提供与海上技术相关的劳动力发展努力。

This award provides renewed funding for an internship program at Monterey Peninsula College's Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center. The MATE Center is a national network of community colleges, high schools, universities, research institutions, marine industries, professional societies and individuals working together to improve marine technical education and better prepare America's future workforce for marine science and technology occupations. The at-sea marine technical internship program, which represents a 12-year partnership with University National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), coordinates internships for student marine technicians aboard research vessels. The program will provide 14-17 undergraduate students with two to eight-week internships and one student with a six-month internship each year for the next three years (2011-2013). The MATE Center's marine technical internship program began in 1999. Since its inception, theprogram has placed 236 students in at-sea and shore-based internship positions. MATE internswork with marine technicians and scientists onboard research vessels, and these experiencesprovide them with the opportunity to develop their technical, scientific, seamanship, andinterpersonal skills. Although the need for qualified marine technicians is at an all time high,especially in the wake of the Deep Horizon Oil Spill, training programs that prepare students formarine technical careers are few, mainly because it is prohibitively expensive for most programsto offer substantial time at sea and time working with state-of-the-art equipment. Students whochoose to pursue marine technical careers are often caught in the paradox of not being able toacquire a job without work experience, and not being able to get work experience without a job.MATE's marine technical internship program is an essential solution to this problem; at-seatechnical internships help undergraduate students gain the experience they need and ocean relatedemployers to gain access to qualified technical professionals who can fill their workforceneeds.The MATE Center has 56 formal community college and university partnerships from which theinterns are actively recruited. The program targets community college students enrolled inmarine science and technology programs and university students interested in marine technicalcareers and continually reaches out to colleges and universities located in geographic regionsrich in marine technology industries to invite them to participate in MATE activities. Further,MATE makes a substantial effort to recruit students who are traditionally underrepresented inSTEM disciplines. The program's primary target audience is students enrolled in communitycolleges as these students tend to be more diverse (age, socioeconomic and ethnic) than four-yearuniversity students and are not typically provided with research opportunities. This program supports workforce development efforts related to at-sea technology both for the ocean science community and ocean industry.