{"id":42791,"date":"2015-09-28T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/society-of-hispanic-professional-engineers-honors-2015-recipients-of-prestigious-star-awards\/"},"modified":"2015-09-28T17:40:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T21:40:04","slug":"la-sociedad-de-ingenieros-profesionales-hispanos-rinde-tributo-a-ganadores-de-prestigiosos-premios-star-de-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-sociedad-de-ingenieros-profesionales-hispanos-rinde-tributo-a-ganadores-de-prestigiosos-premios-star-de-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Honors 2015 Recipients of Prestigious STAR Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">INDUSTRY, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 28, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) announced today the recipients of this year&#8217;s prestigious SHPE Technical Achievement Recognition (STAR) Awards, honoring key contributors in the Hispanic community in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150805\/256230LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150805\/256230LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The annual STAR Awards are SHPE&#8217;s premier event, recognizing individuals and corporations nationally for their dedication, commitment and selfless efforts to the growth and advancement of Hispanics through STEM careers. <\/p>\n<p>The STAR Awards offer several honored categories representing exceptional college students to industry professionals and public and private corporations. <\/p>\n<p>The recipients of the 2015 STAR Awards will be recognized at this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.shpe.org\/shpe2015\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SHPE Conference<\/a>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 11-15<\/span> in <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore, Maryland<\/span> at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Baltimore<\/span> Convention Center. <\/p>\n<p>SHPE is pleased to announce this year&#8217;s 21 outstanding STAR Award winners in each of our honorable categories. <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Community Service \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Marjorie Blanco<\/span>, The Boeing Company <\/li>\n<li>Company of the Year \u2013 Northrop Grumman <\/li>\n<li>Corporate Achievement \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Rivera<\/span>, Caterpillar Inc. <\/li>\n<li>Diversity \u2013 Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Raquel Romano<\/span>, Google <\/li>\n<li>Educator of the Year, Higher Education \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Brian Vazquez<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-org\">East Los Angeles College<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Green Engineer &#8211; <span class=\"xn-person\">Alejandro Olivares<\/span>, Delphi Electronics &amp; Safety <\/li>\n<li>Government Agency of the Year &#8211; America*s <span class=\"xn-org\">NAVY<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Hispanic in Technology, Corporate \u2013 Ismael Rodriguez The Boeing Company <\/li>\n<li>Hispanic in Technology, Government \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Margarita Varela-Rosa<\/span>, Department of the <span class=\"xn-org\">Navy<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Innovator Award \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">David Estrada<\/span>, Ph.D, <span class=\"xn-org\">Boise State University<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Jaime Oaxaca<\/span> Award \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Mike Cruz<\/span>, Retired (NAVAIR) <\/li>\n<li>Junipero Serra Award \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Naomi Hernandez<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Booz Allen Hamilton<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Manager of the Year \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Nestor Alexis Bautista Alvarez<\/span>, Ford Motor Company <\/li>\n<li>Pioneer of the Year &#8211; <span class=\"xn-person\">Luis Robles<\/span>, ArielZeus <\/li>\n<li>Professional Role Model \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Rudolfo Trevino<\/span>, Raytheon <\/li>\n<li>Promising Engineer \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Juan D. Quintero<\/span>, Chevron <\/li>\n<li>SHPE Star of Today \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Lauren Hamburg<\/span>, Newport News Shipbuilding <\/li>\n<li>SHPE Star of Tomorrow \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Erick Rodriguez-Ramos<\/span>, Exelon Generation <\/li>\n<li>Student Role Model, Graduate \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Fidel Hernandez<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-org\">Stanford University<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Student Role Model, Undergrad \u2013 <span class=\"xn-person\">Jose Campos<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-org\">Utah State University<\/span> <\/li>\n<li>Young Investigator Award- Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Lydia M. Contreras<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Texas at Austin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The recipients of this year&#8217;s STAR Awards are truly outstanding and have made a significant contribution to Hispanics and STEM in the past year,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Morley<\/span>, SHPE CEO. &#8220;I am honored to recognize these key individuals for their continued support and commitment to the Hispanic community, but most importantly, for paving the way for the next generation of STEM leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>SHPE Conference 2015<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The SHPE Conference is the largest annual Hispanic STEM conference in the nation bringing together more than 5,000 professionals, educators, students and corporations from throughout the U.S. for technical and professional development workshops, design contests, technical competitions, engineering challenges, network opportunities and Career Expo. Pre-register online and learn about travel and hotel discounts. More information, including early conference registration rates effective through <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 30, 2015<\/span>, can be found by visiting the <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.shpe.org\/shpe2015\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SHPE Conference website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>About SHPE<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers offers a network of more than 400 chapters nationally. SHPE&#8217;s mission is to change lives by empowering the Hispanic community to realize its fullest potential and to impact the world through STEM awareness, access, support and development. SHPE provides a variety of programming and resources including hosting the largest annual Hispanic STEM conference in the nation. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shpe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.shpe.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">INDUSTRY, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 28, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) announced today the recipients of this year&#8217;s prestigious SHPE Technical Achievement Recognition (STAR) Awards, honoring key contributors in the Hispanic community in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150805\/256230LOGO&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}