Let's discuss some of the opportunities available to engineering and other STEM students to get experience with NASA programs! One of the absolute best is NCAS and I'll be discussing it in this thread.
NCAS stands for NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars and it's available to any current college student at a two-year institution who is interested in learning more about the agency and perhaps pursuing it as a career. 
Upon acceptance to NCAS, you'll spend time attending virtual sessions and completing online activities about the various responsibilities that NASA has. The fun really starts when it's time to pick a final project from a selection of them.
My project when I attended a couple years ago was designing a robotic Mars rover mission plan and CAD model. You have a lot of latitude with the various projects as long as you can justify your opinions or design choices.
Once the deadline arrives and projects are submitted for grading, NASA begins inviting those who did well enough to an on-site experience at a NASA center or partner facility!
I ended up getting assigned to Meridian, MS, where my NCAS class worked with people from both NASA Stennis and NAS Meridian. One of the unique experiences at mine was having the opportunity to fly the Navy's T-45 jet simulator through a full carrier takeoff and landing!
I was assigned to the Gold Team and over the course of the four day event, we built a successful rover design and ended up winning the competition! It was a fantastic experience and opportunity to meet like-minded students and professionals in the agency and its partners.
If that sounds interesting to you then definitely check this link for application info and dates! nasaostem.okstate.edu/ncas/
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