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First meeting of SHPE-sponsored Robotics Club (Sept. 22, 2011)

Posted by admin On 2011/9/23 15:20:00 (1790 reads)

SHPE Cincinnati is moving forward with its effort to established two Robotics Clubs in the Cincinnati area.

On Thursday, Sept. 22, the Coaches met with children from Lakota's Hopwell Jr. school, and AMIS (Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies).

In AMIS we had 15 kids participating:

The goal was to introduce the FIRST Lego League concept, learn about the kids' expectations, provide them with a schedule for the reminder of the semester, and start team building. We also had our first "engineering challenge" - a competition to build the tallest tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows.

More pictures are in our Photo Gallery or on Facebook

We are looking for volunteers to be mentors and coaches. Please contact us if you would like to help (click here)

Robotics Coaches Training (Sept. 17, 2011)

Posted by admin On 2011/9/21 14:50:00 (1705 reads)

On Saturday, September 17th, members of theSHPE Cincinnati Board, participated in basicrobotics training for coaches.

SHPE Cincinnati is starting two Robotics Clubs for young Hispanics: one in the Lakota's Hopwell Junior High, and one at AMIS (Academy of Multilingual Immersion Studies). This is part of creating a K-12 outreach partnership with local school district officials in order to continue building a pipeline for local Hispanic engineers. It is one of SHPE Cincinnati’s initiatives to identify and sponsor groups of kids through iSPACE FIRST Lego League (Robotics Clubs). For this year, our goal is to have first three Hispanic student teams participatingin a Robotics competition.

We are looking for volunteers to be mentors and coaches. Please contact us if you would like to help (click here)

More pictures are in our Photo Gallery or on the Facebook.

Networking Meeting @ Ethicon (Tuesday, August 30, 2011)

Posted by admin On 2011/8/31 11:57:23 (1890 reads)

Great networking meeting @ Ethicon Endo-Surgery.

Rob Sackett, VP of Franchise Operations Development, shared personal and professional experiences from his life. The following Q&A lasted almost 30 minutes, with very engaging discussion.

The SHPE Cincinnati Board reported on the current status of our activities and our plans for the next several months.

We would like to thank everybody who attended the meeting, and express our gratitude to Ethicon for their wonderful hospitality.

More pictures are in our Photo Gallery and on Facebook

SHPE Networking Meeting (Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 5-7 PM)

Posted by admin On 2011/8/25 21:20:00 (2345 reads)

The SHPE Cincinnati Professional Chapter would like to invite you to our All Members Meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 5 - 7 PM at Ethicon Endo-Surgery, located at 4545 Creek Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 (in Blue Ash).

The Keynote Speaker is Rob Sackett, VP of Franchise Operations Development, Ethicon Endo-Surgery.

The preliminary agenda:

- Welcome & intro of new members and EBOD

- Chapter initiatives review and volunteers needs by each leader

- Introduction to Robotics Club @ AMIS

- Preliminary 2011/12 Event Schedule (Local, national, etc.)

Refreshments and Appetizers will be provided

We are very excited about the meeting and we hope, you'll join us.

Please RSVP your participation today: click here

2011 SHPE Cincinnati Election Results

Posted by admin On 2011/7/5 19:20:00 (6508 reads)

Last week we've conducted the 2011 SHPE Cincinnati Elections.

The results are in and we are happy to present to you the 2011/2012 elected SHPE Cincinnati Board members:

	PRESIDENT Jorge Seda
Jorge was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He received a BSAE from Saint Louis University and a MSME from the University of Cincinnati. Jorge worked at GE Aviation for over 39 years and recently retired. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Ohio, teaches engine design courses at GE Aviation and holds fourteen patents. Jorge co-founded GE Aviationâ€™s Hispanic Forum (HF), served as Cincinnati Hub leader for two years and served as GEâ€™s national HF community services leader for three years. Under his leadership, the Cincinnati Hispanic Forum received the Top Overall Hub ('04) & Best Retain/Develop ('05) Awards from GE CEO. In addition, he led the HF national community service initiative from 2006 through 2008 to a record 36,000 volunteer hours and was 1 of 32 GE inductees into GEâ€™s HF Wall of Fame.

	VP Professional Development & Corporate Affairs Maria Esquibel-King
Born in Las Vegas New Mexico and oldest of 10 siblings. She attended University of New Mexico (BS in Civil/Environ Engineering) and University of Cincinnati (MS in Chemical Engineering). She has worked with GE for 10 yrs and have had various roles including Community Service Leader for the GE Cincinnati Hispanic Forum. Led a professional development networking event in 2009 that brought together over 100+ Hispanic professionals in the Cincinnati area. She is currently the Sourcing Compliance Leader.

	VP Community Affairs & Student Relations Vanessa Diaz
Vanessa Diaz is currently a Senior IT Analyst for Johnson & Johnson. She received a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas El Paso and continued on to receive a B.S. in Computer Science at Neumont University in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was the founder of the Society of Women Engineers Student Chapter at Neumont University. Vanessa has helped to revive the Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement Professional Chapter at Ethicon Endo-Surgery, currently serves as the Co-Chair, and continues to work hard on various committees and task forces, both as a team member and team leader.

	Treasurer Oscar Martinez
Oscar was born in Cuba and raised in Nicaragua. He received a BS in Industrial Engineering with a minor in Business from Southern Polytechnic State University located in Atlanta, Georgia. Oscar currently works for AdancePierre Foods as an Industrial Engineer/ Packaging Specialist. Oscar joined the SHPE family in 2008 as a student member, during the past three years; He has being part of the student board in his University, Sub-RSR for the Georgia Region and part of the SHPE Atlanta Professional Chapter in Georgia. Among other things, he is currently a leader in other organization such as Give Back Cincinnati and the Latin American Association in Atlanta, Georgia.

	Administrative Officer Carlos Bello
Born & raise in Colombia, he received a BSChE and a MSChE from USF. Active member of SHPE Chapter through college. He was recruited by P&G in 2008 at the SHPE conference in Phoenix, AR. He is currently a technical engineer for the Oral Care Business Unit at P&G.