Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Foundation's Student Chapter Design Contest, 2002-2003

这项拨款将用于支持与西班牙裔专业工程师协会（SHPE）全国会议联合举办的年度工程设计竞赛。SHPE学生分会的所有成员都有资格参加。学生将以2至6人为一组，提供一种有益于人类并提高生活质量的商业销售产品的设计和原型。外观设计不得是现有产品的复制品，但可以是对现有产品的改进。大约10名决赛选手将代表他们的学生分会参加正式的决赛，并由四到六名评委组成的小组选出获胜者。被选中的学生将获得资助前往参加全国会议，并在那里举行决赛。预计这项活动将有助于吸引西班牙裔学生进入工程专业，并提高他们的保留率。它还将为参与者提供有趣和有用的体验。

This grant provides funds to support an annual engineering design contest to be held in conjunction with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) National Conference. All members of SHPE student chapters will be eligible. Students will work in teams of two to six to provide the design and a prototype of a commercially marketable product that is a benefit to mankind and improves quality of life. The design shall not be a duplicate of an existing product, but may be an enhancement of an existing product. About ten finalists will represent their student chapters in a formal presentation run-off, and a winner will be selected by a panel of four to six judges. The selected students will be funded to travel to and attend the National Conference, where the final competition will be held. It is expected that this activity will help to attract Hispanic students into engineering and to improve their retention rates. It also will provide an interesting and useful experience to those who participate.