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CONFERENCE 2008 Technical Paper & Poster Competitions awarded each first place winner with a $1,000 scholarship, while second and third place winners received scholarships for $750 and $500, respectively. The Technical Poster Competition drew 18 finalists, from which two winners each received $500. For graduate student Scott Moura, winning the competition was an especially rewarding experience. “I am honored to receive an award, especially because I had dreamed of participatIntel’s Carlos Yengle (far right) with winners Scott Moura, ing in this event since I was Octavio Cervantes, Andres Osorio, KyOnese Taylor and an undergrad,“ he said. Romina Rodriguez. The committee and Nine undergraduate and 12 graduate competition chairwoman, Dr. Olivia students participated in this year’s Technical Graeve, thanked all the competition judges, Paper Competition. The technical papers including representatives from Intel (sponwere evaluated on originality, technical sor) Mario Martinez, Ramon Avila, Daniel Marge Goodman, Hector content, quality of presentation, significance Vargas, of work and usefulness to humankind. Rodriguez and Ariel Medina, as well as Competition sponsors Chevron and Intel Chevron (sponsor) Richard Reverol, Carlos Undergraduate Paper Competition First Place Andres Osorio, University of Central Florida Second Place Jorge Castellanos, Polytechnic Institute of New York University Third Place (tie) KyOnese Taylor, University of Houston Jaime Duarte, University of Central Florida Graduate Paper Competition First Place Scott Moura, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Second Place Adrian Pirraglia, North Carolina State University Third Place Octavio Cervantes, University of California, Davis Technical Poster Competition Romina Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley Roger Saez, New Jersey Institute of Technology Yengle and Edgar Yzquierdo; also Vernon Solis (ExxonMobil), Raúl Rebak (General Electric), Jesus Hernandez-Torres (Owens Corning), Concepción Jiménez-Gonzalez (GlaxoSmithKline), Andrea Hodge (USC) and Erica Corral (UA). ■ Second Place Region V University of Oklahoma Jesus Avila, Omar Lozano, Jonathan Campos and alternate Christopher Aguayo Third Place (tied) Region II University of California, Los Angeles Erick Romero, Randy Arizmendiz, Eric Gamez and alternate Eric Padilla Region III Colorado School of Mines Daniel Cruz, Roxana Meza, Alexsander Lopez and alternate Eduardo Cervantes Courtesy of SHPE Academic Olympiad With questions about anything from multidisciplinary science and engineering theories to complex math equations, the “Jeopardy” -style Academic Olympiad put each region’s technical knowledge and teamwork ability to the ultimate test. All student chapters with more than 10 attendees were required to take the preliminary written exam from which seven teams (one from each region) receiving top marks advanced to the final round. During the Game Show portion of the Olympiad, teams had mere seconds to answer questions accurately because incorrect answers were penalized. Although teams with negative point values were not permitted to advance to the following round, Guitar Hero intermissions kept spirits high and thunder sticks roaring. 32 Sponsors NASA and the Department of Energy awarded each member of the first place team with $1,000, and second and third place team members received $750 and $500, respectively. ■ First Place Region I University of California, Berkeley Tristan Fletcher, Romina Rodriguez, Mayra Chavolla and alternate Jesus Tapia (not pictured) (left to right) Judges representing the Academic Olympiad’s sponsors included NASA’s Olga D. Gonzalez-Sanabria and Laurie Carrillo (seated) and the DOE’s Michelle Rathbun and Cindy White. SHPE ❘ Winter 2009

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SHPE - Winter 2009 Contents President's Letter Browser Calendar Professional Chapter Leaders - Providing the Right Resources at the Right Time Closing the Expectation Gap - Summit Addresses ‘Diploma to Nowhere’ Conference 2008 A Career Building Diversity in Engineering Education Graduate STEM Degrees Extend Technical Reach Programs & Services Inner Circle Employer Profile Regional Roundup Annual Report Advertisers Index

SHPE - Winter 2009

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