Lone Star College students receive 2017 Repsol Student Innovation award

Lone Star College System News

Published on: April 25, 2017 Repsol presented four Lone Star College students its 2017 Student Innovation Award. The award recognizes local students for excellence in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

The LSC students recognized were Fabio Andrean, Aerospace Engineering sophomore; Monica Argumedo, Civil Engineering sophomore: Milton Cruz, Engineering sophomore; and Mueed Ahmad, Computer Science freshman. The students were selected through an application process that evaluated academic performance, career choice, recommendations from professors and honors undergraduate research.

We are so proud of our students, said Linda Leto Head, LSC vice chancellor, Workforce Education & Corporate Partnerships. Energy is very important to our economic development and we would like to thank Repsol for helping build the next energy workforce. It is evident that the Repsol leadership is extremely dedicated to education in the U.S.

The projects submitted by the LSC students as part of the application process were:

Nuclear Fusion: the Energy Source of the Future Andrean
Becoming a More Innovative Thinker Argumedo
Creating the Real Future: Revolutionizing Man-made Structures into Multipurpose Structures Cruz
Affordable Consumer Solar Power through Efficient Programming Ahmad
Sam Houston State University students along with students from Conroe ISD were also recognized at the event. The 19 Conroe ISD students were selected by their participation in the 2017 Sci://Tech Exposition held in February. A panel of judges of local Repsol employees evaluated applications submitted by LSC and SHSU students, selecting four winners from each school.

We believe its important to invest in students because they are the future leaders in our industry and our communities, said Mariano Ferrari, Repsol Houston Office and U.S. business unit director. We need their talent and enthusiasm to achieve our goal of building a more sustainable energy future.

The 2017 Repsol Student Innovation Award winners were presented a certificate and merchandise from Repsol Honda MotoGP racers Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. The collegiate recipients were also ...

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