News Release
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November 7, 2005
Team from Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at Boise State Wins Regional Academic Olympiad
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Photo caption: Boise State students Antonio Oblea, left, Heraclio Jaquez, Alba Trejo and Arturo Garcia drill each other on engineering questions in preparation for the national Academic Olympiad of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, to be held in Florida in January. The Boise State team recently won the society’s regional Academic Olympiad held in San Antonio, Texas. |
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| Dave Estrada |
A team from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers student chapter
at Boise State University captured first-place honors in the society’s
regional Academic Olympiad held recently in San Antonio, Texas. The Boise
State team now advances to the national competition to be held in Orlando,
Fla., in January.
The Boise State team competed against students from universities in Region
III, an area that encompasses 11 states in the West and Midwest. The
Academic Olympiad covers a broad range of engineering and related material
and includes both written and oral questions.
Team members include Heraclio Jaquez, a senior majoring in computer
information systems from Rupert, Arturo Garcia, a senior majoring in
electrical engineering major from Emmett, Antonio Oblea, a junior
majoring in mathematics and electrical engineering from Pocatello, and team
alternate, Alba Trejo, a sophomore majoring in respiratory therapy
from Idaho Falls.
In addition, Boise State SHPE president Dave Estrada had his
abstract, “Design of a Variable Frequency Control System for a
Multiple-Phase Free Piston Stirling Engine,” selected for the technical
poster presentation at the society’s national conference. Estrada, a junior
majoring in electrical engineering, is from Nampa.
The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at Boise State promotes the
development of minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering
and mathematics to achieve educational excellence, economic opportunity and
social equality. Last year, the university’s SHPE chapter was recognized as
Boise State’s outstanding student organization from among more than 180
student organizations.
Among the group’s proposed outreach activities are plans to establish junior
SHPE chapters at high schools in Caldwell and Nampa. In addition, the
chapter presents a lecture series. On Nov. 14, SHPE will present a lecture
by Artin Der Minassians of the University of California at Berkeley on
“Low-Cost Solar-Thermal Electric Power Generation.” The lecture is at 3:40
p.m. in Room 106 of the Micron Engineering Center and is open to the public.
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Contact: Dave Estrada, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
president, (208) 860-6035,
daveestrada@mail.boisestate.edu
Media Contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208)
426-1790, jbrown2@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005