Which College Has The Best Connection With NASA,Lockheed,Boeing?

<p>rogracer... thank you. people on college confidential ALWAYS underrate public schools!
public schools...public schools... PUBLIC SCHOOLS...PUBLIC SCHOOLS....PUBLIC SCHOOLS....PUBLIC SCHOOLS! YEAH!!!</p>

<p>Definitely look at University of Colorado - Boulder. The engineering school here is extremely high level and actually receives the most funding from NASA out of all the public schools in the country.
(source: <a href="https://www.cu.edu/content/cu-reaches-record-level-research-funding)%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.cu.edu/content/cu-reaches-record-level-research-funding)&lt;/a>. </p>

<p>There are a lot of connections to the aerospace industry through our engineering program. And our close proximity to Lockheed and Ball Aerospace helps a lot too.</p>

<p>It's nice to see the amount of public schools on the lists for Lockheed. Though our overall schools might not be as strong (i'll admit there's a lot of blowoff majors at my school in non science areas), the engineering programs are usually top notch, and can easily compete with the more expensive private schools. I think its nice to see that companies aren't all focusing on expensive private schools and the ivy's.</p>

<p>Hey,
I'm a NASA employee (JPL) and I go to HMC. You're really limiting yourself with companies like Lockheed and Boeing. Coming out of school you'll be put on procurement at these big companies. I know... I've seen it and talked with many industry veterans.</p>

<p>PM me if you want to actually learn how the system works.</p>

<p>The post above is absurd. I have <em>never</em> hired an engineer for a technical position that has ended up in procurement. In fact, there are only a couple of people I know with engineering degrees in procurement at all...and they are IE's.</p>

<p>In fact, the only person I've ever heard of that's gotten shunted over to doing procurement-type tasks was an intern at NASA. Plenty of my friends are going real engineering work at Boeing and LM, though.</p>

<p>bump! .</p>

<p>Hi, Rogracer!</p>

<p>I realize this board is for recent college grads, but do you have any advice for an experienced professional who is interested in Lockheed? I'm a degreed engineer (two engineering degrees from A&M) and 20+ years experience. Any ideas how to contact a hiring manager within Lockheed at their Clear Lake or Huntsville locations? Besides, of course, the obvious--contact HR, which I've already done! Any advice appreciated!</p>

<p>Also, do campus recuiters check college alumni files for experienced professionals? Should I activate my file at A&M?</p>

<p>aggie, I work for a different aerospace company, and we have a web site where we post a list of external job openings. You can query for the type of job, geographic location,etc. and then select one or more openings to apply to and do it via the web; that is the preferred method - I actually think the <em>only</em> method - for my company. Use google to see if the company or companies you are interested in has a similar setup. You also may be able to sign up for auto-emails when something that meets your keywords comes available.</p>

<p>That's how my daughter got her internship last summer - after coming up empty-handed at job fairs, she received an auto-email from a company with a last-minute opening due to a cancellation. She immediately followed the link in the email, applied on-line, and got the job after a phone interview. </p>

<p>I don't think your alma mater would be involved at this stage of your career. Good luck!!!</p>

<p>Definately look into Purdue.</p>

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Also, do campus recuiters check college alumni files for experienced professionals? Should I activate my file at A&M?

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<p>For such a large school like A&M you might want to see if they have any sort of alumni network available where you could post your resume or get in contact with professionals in the field you want to enter.</p>

<p>rogracer, I'm just curious. How come Florida Institute of Technology isn't on one of those lists; surely their aerospace program is strong (being so close to Cape Canaveral)?</p>

<p>These are the only schools where General Electric recruits its engineers:</p>

<p>Participating Institutions</p>

<pre><code>*
o Boston College
o Boston University
o Bucknell University
o Case Western University
o Clarkson University
o Clemson University
o Cornell University
o Duke University
o Florida International University
o Georgia Institute of Technology
o Indiana University
o Massachusetts Institute of Technology
o Michigan State University
o North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
o Northeastern University
o Ohio State University
o Pennsylvania State University
o Purdue University
o Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
o Rutgers University
o Syracuse University
o Texas A&M University
o Tuskegee University
o University of Cincinnati
o University of Connecticut
o University of Florida
o University of Illinois (Urb-Cham)
o University of Maryland (Baltimore County & College Park)
o University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
o University of Massachusetts (Lowell)
o University of Michigan
o University of Notre Dame
o University of Puerto Rico (Mayaquez)
o University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras)
o University of Wisconsin (Madison)
o University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
o University of Wisconsin (Whitewater)
o Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
o Worcester Polytechnic Institute
</code></pre>

<p>Has anyone had interviews this year for any of the companies yet?</p>

<p>Keep in mind too that you can still apply for positions even if a company doesn't recruit there. You may just have to work harder to find the right people: attend career fairs, conferences, etc.</p>

<p>"These are the only schools where General Electric recruits its engineers:"</p>

<p>Let me be the first to say: I know someone who works at GE that was from a uni not on that list. </p>

<p>My aerospace company has a list of 'preferred' schools (based on experience I assume) but I don't know it because it's proprietary to HR. So I'm surprised other people are posting these lists on the web. </p>

<p>Someone said the major companies recruit nation-wide. Of course, I agree with that, and the web makes this a no-brainer, but I still say that's more theory than practice from my observations, they are more familiar with the schools in their region, and tend to favor them(assuming their experience with the schools is good).</p>

<p>Erm...Penn State NASA Comes up here to recruit as do the other companies</p>

<p>well what I meant is that you can obviously apply to GE from other schools but those are the schools where they are actively recruiting engineering students</p>

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it's proprietary to HR. So I'm surprised other people are posting these lists on the web.

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<p>yay. company secrets on the wild!</p>

<p>and the unis on GE preferred list looks really random.
(im not being grudge here because my school is actually listed)</p>

<p>CalTech isn't there while MIT is; Duke is there while Princeton isn't.</p>

<p>ok. those two might be because of regional/locational reasons.</p>

<p>but they hire from Texas A&M but not from UT:Austin?</p>

<p>One of my friends at Carnegie Mellon did a co-op for two terms at GE, so I'm not sure how accurate that is either.</p>

<p>TOC</a> 2009 - Technical Opportunities Conference - Company Guide</p>

<p>Also GE shows up as a company that recruited this fall there.</p>