enigineering & technology
Conference highlights square6Competitions including the positions — for students and experi-
include: National Academic Olympiad Show, enced professionals
Extreme Engineering, Design
square6The AHETEMS Pre-College Competition, and Technical Competi- square6Professional Development Series
Symposia for hundreds of local tions as well as certification tracks and new
Phoenix middle school students and green engineering program
high school students from across the square6Specialized graduate student
nation. Jaime Escalante, the teacher institute and a graduate school prepa- square6Corporate tours
on whom the movie “Stand and Deliv- ration program
er” was based, will address students. The Society of Hispanic Profession-
(This year’s pre-college program sold square6Salute to Corporate America al Engineers has announced the indi-
out within weeks after the 2007 con- Luncheon, honoring SHPE’s corporate vidual and corporate winners for the
ference.) partners 2008 SHPE Technical Achievement
Recognition (STAR) Awards. The
square6A myriad of awards recognizing square6Gala Banquet honoring SHPE’s annual awards recognize the year’s
talented high school, college and “Company of the Year” and role mod- highest level of achievement in His-
graduate students, and professionals els winners of the 2008 STAR (or panic engineering and sciences in sev-
including engineers and academic SHPE Technical Achievement Recog- eral different categories.
advisors nition) Awards All awards were presented during
the 2008 SHPE Conference in
square6Academic, professional, career square6Career Fair with 300 of the Phoenix, Ariz. from Nov. 12-16.
development and leadership work- nation’s top companies and organiza- “SHPE is proud to spotlight each
shops tions offering full-time and internship STAR award recipient, as they repre-
2008 STAR Award Winners continued
Educator of the Year in K-12:
Clara Liz Velez, Hartford Public
High School, Hartford, Conn.
Honorary Member Award: Hispanic in Technology
Neftali Ortiz, Lockheed Martin Award/Corporate:
Aeronautics Corporation, Fort Julio A. Navarro, Ph.D.,The Boeing
Worth,Texas Company, Renton,Wash.
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