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

这项赠款提供资金，以支持年度工程设计竞赛将与西班牙裔专业工程师协会（SHPE）全国会议一起举行。SHPE学生分会的所有成员都有资格。学生将在2至6人的团队中工作，以提供商业上可销售的产品的设计和原型，这对人类有益，并提高生活质量。设计不得是现有产品的复制品，但可以是现有产品的增强。大约10名决赛选手将代表他们的学生分会在正式的演讲决选，赢家将由一个由4至6名评委组成的小组选出。 被选中的学生将获得资助前往并参加全国会议，在那里将举行最后的比赛。 预计这项活动将有助于吸引西班牙裔学生进入工程领域，并提高他们的保留率。它还将为参与者提供有趣和有用的经验。

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.