Sun, Feb 13, 2011
Bell Hosts College Students For The Fourth Straight Year
For the fourth consecutive year, Bell Helicopter hosted college
students from universities around the United States at its
company-sponsored Engineering boot camps. This year, a total of 20
engineering students representing 11 different universities from
across the country attended the camps.
(L-R) Bell Helicopter engineers James Tolbert and Lexy
Bowers, Derek Eddins from Texas Tech University, and Bell
Helicopter engineer Geoff Latham
"Bell Helicopter has received an excellent response to our
engineering boot camps. All the student participants are excited
about the opportunity and have learned a lot from the experience,"
said Jeff Lowinger, Bell Helicopter's executive vice president of
Engineering. "These boot camps have been a great tool to help Bell
Helicopter attract top engineering talent. The students have
provided new perspectives and innovative ideas that build on the
current engineering team's experience and energize the entire Bell
Helicopter engineering group."
The two week-long camps, held in the beginning of each year at Bell
Helicopter's Fort Worth, Texas facilities, provide challenging
learning opportunities for both the engineering college students
and Bell Helicopter. For students, the week-long camps are a chance
to work at a globally recognized aerospace company that allows them
to see firsthand how engineers tackle real-world engineering
problems. For Bell Helicopter, the boot camps are an excellent
recruiting tool. Attracting high-potential university talent is a
strategic priority for Bell Helicopter. Innovative programs like
the engineering boot camps and summer intern programs are a few of
the ways to feed the recruitment pipeline and drive interest in
aerospace engineering.
"One of the most rewarding parts about being involved in the
boot camps is introducing the students to the helicopter. Before
they come to camp, few of them realize the complexity of the
aerodynamics, control system and mechanical systems. They get to
experience putting their hands on the machinery, flying the flight
simulator and riding in a ... helicopter. There is no substitute
for experiencing a simple hover, where one feels that they are
floating above the ground," said Stacey Kelly, Bell Helicopter
engineer and boot camp drill sergeant. "There is certainly a 'cool'
factor in helicopter design that the students catch pretty
quickly."
Bell Helicopter says it is continuing to look for innovative ways
to attract high-potential university talent and the annual boot
camps are one avenue to accomplish this goal. This year, boot camp
students were given projects on the V-22 program, opportunities to
collaborate with current Bell Helicopter engineers and tour Bell
Helicopter's Texas facilities in Fort Worth, Amarillo and
Alliance.
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