Welcome
Thank you for seeking out ATA as a potential educational partner. Our goal is to provide your students an extension of their education with experience in a technical work environment.
University Program development at ATA focuses on two things: students and their education. We believe that “People are our greatest asset.” This is evident in our everyday working environment. By choosing ATA you will be providing your students with unique educational opportunities, focused career development and one-on-one mentor/student relationships to help them transfer education into work applications.
About ATA
ATA is the contractor for the operations, maintenance, information
management, and support of the Arnold Engineering Development Center. AEDC is
the most advanced and largest complex of flight simulation test facilities in
the world and is located at Arnold Air Force Base, TN in Coffee and Franklin
Counties (Manchester, Tullahoma and Winchester TN are adjoining towns).
- Engineering - Aerospace, Civil, Computer , Electrical, Industrial, and Mechanical
- Computer Science
- Physics
- Test Engineering: Aeropropulsion/Aerodynamics Engines & Models, Space and Flight Simulation
- Design: Mechanical, Electrical, Support Structure and Piping Layout
- Aerospace Research
- Mechanical Systems: Engineering, Maintenance, Safety and Oversight
- Computer Science: Programming, Networking, Hardware and Software Design
- Industrial and Process Engineering Improvements
ATA will consider students for placement into the program without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, handicap, or veteran status (Vietnam Era or other). ATA will seek to work with universities adhering to the same principles of equal employment opportunity.
About Jacobs Engineering and Jacobs Technology
Jacobs has business locations around the world with a total of over 40,000 employees. Jacobs Technology as part of Jacobs has 17 business segments here in the United States and employs about 7,800 employees. Jacobs Technology businesses are in 4 major areas: Design/Build construction, Aerospace/Defense, Automotive Testing and Enterprise Systems. Please check out our websites for more information:
Jacobs and
Jacobs Technology.
About General Physics
GP is an international performance improvement
company and a global leader in training, engineering, and technical services. We
provide strategies and solutions designed to help customers optimize technical
and workforce performance. GP has provided services in more than 60 countries,
and is well positioned to serve clients throughout the world.
About CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation)
CSC has consistently built upon decades of
experience to deliver results in the global information technology marketplace.
Some of the largest, most complex systems in use today were built and continue
to be operated by CSC. Our 78,000 professionals integrate technologies and
solutions across industries to create the Best Total SolutionTM
uniquely customized to meet the individual business goals of our clients.
Types of Programs
Our primary offerings for undergraduate students are in the areas of Cooperative Education and Intern Education. We also maintain some offerings for graduate students, primarily for Internship Educations. Please see below for additional opportunities in education and business-related partnerships.
Cooperative Education
ATA Cooperative Education Partners: (schools having an existing Cooperative Education relationship with ATA)
Tennessee Technological University -- Cookeville, TN
Tennessee State University – Nashville, TN
University of Alabama at Huntsville – Huntsville, AL
Alabama
A&M University – Normal, AL
University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
University of Tennessee – Chattanooga, TN
Middle Tennessee State University – Murfreesboro, TN
Other University Cooperatives
If your school is not currently an ATA Cooperative Education Partner, you or your Career Development coordinator may contact ATA directly and request consideration of the school’s addition to our partnership list. A school must be on the current ATA partnership list before a student from the school would be eligible for our program.
Cooperative Education Experience
A Cooperative Education experience provides students with work experience while actively enrolled in a college degree program. Students may spend alternating or continuous spring, summer and/or fall semesters working full-time at AEDC for ATA instead of attending school classes on a university campus.
A Cooperative (Co-op) Education Student is considered: "A temporary employee who has completed at least 45 hours of university credits and is concurrently enrolled in an accredited engineering or related scientific degree program. Co-ops agree to work for at least two semesters (alternating with school or consecutively) and may be employed for more than three semesters (with no more than three consecutive semesters of work without one semester of school."
ATA Co-ops agree to at least two alternating or continuous terms/semesters. Once a Co-op student has been accepted into the ATA program, he/she will not be required to re-interview for the following term(s) provided they maintain satisfactory performance reviews by ATA management and grades are satisfactorily maintained. Students work directly with the ATA University Program Coordinator and ATA management to coordinate the work/school schedule. This gives maximum flexibility to students needing to sign up for required classes while also maximizing related work experience during school enrollment. There are specific requirements to become an ATA Co-op Student (please see requirements).
Students may be given different work assignments for each of their work terms, or may spend all work terms contributing to the same work area. This provides a wealth of opportunities to learn different applications for each student’s degree and field of study. [Note that ATA work assignments may be influenced by high or low demand for work in any given area.] Upon graduation, students who have successfully performed all ATA work assignments may be considered preferred candidates to be interviewed for existing job openings.
Internships
An Internship experience provides students with work experience while
actively enrolled in a college degree program. Students may spend a summer or
several summers working full-time at AEDC for ATA.
An Intern Student is considered: "A temporary employee who has completed at least 60 hours of university credits and is concurrently enrolled as a student in an accredited engineering or related scientific degree program, who is employed over a period of approximately ten weeks between May and August."
Once an Intern student has been accepted into the ATA program, he/she will not be required to re-interview for additional term(s) provided they maintain satisfactory performance reviews by ATA management and grades are satisfactorily maintained. Students work directly with the ATA University Program Coordinator and ATA management to coordinate the work/school schedule.
Students may be given different work assignments for each of their work terms, or may spend all work terms contributing to the same work area. This provides a wealth of opportunities to learn different applications for each student's degree and field of study. [Note that ATA work assignments may be influenced by high or low demand for work in any given area.] Upon graduation, students who have successfully performed all ATA work assignments may be considered preferred candidates to be interviewed for existing job openings.
It is important for all schools to note that ATA will accept students from any school with an accredited degree program that provides major/coursework for any of the majors listed below:
ATA Academic Majors List (All degrees listed are Bachelor of Science, Master of Science or PhD candidates):
Co-op & Intern Majors:
If your school prefers to place students rather than have students work directly with ATA for placements, please advise us as to how to work with you. Many schools have formal relationships, formal programs and metrics or reporting procedures for students to follow. We will gladly work within those established systems. All we need is direction from you.
Other areas of interest:
For more information about these additional areas of interest please contact the University Program Coordinator below.
Contact Information:
Please send all inquiries to arnold.atauniversityprograms@arnold.af.mil