Cota Presents Engineering Info to Middle and High Schoolers

HOUGHTON, MI (05/03/2012)(readMedia)-- Six members of Michigan Tech's student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) were at Burton Middle School in Grand Rapids Friday to make presentations about engineering education and careers to approximately 500 sixth through eighth graders. After school, they met with Hispanic high school students to discuss college options and possible majors and careers.

Among the students presenting was Kaile Cota, a biology major from Benzonia.

Uziel Mendez, a biomedical engineering major, is the coordinator of the SHPE chapter outreach project. Mendez participated in a Family Engineering workshop held by Tau Beta Pi during the spring semester. Most of the SHPE students have presented at Family Science and Engineering Nights during the past school year.

Michigan Tech SHPE students presenting in Grand Rapids also included: Gilbert Ramirez, marketing; Sherry Sotelo-Roman, chemical engineering; Armando Flores, scientific and technical communication; and Michael Briseno, biomedical engineering.

Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.