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Diana Gomez Chosen as the College of Science Undergraduate Banner Bearer
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Diana Gomez
Diana received this prestigious award because of her outstanding academic achievement while attending The University of Texas at El Paso. Diana was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and attended Jefferson High School where she was valedictorian of her graduating class. She received a full scholarship to attend UTEP where she majored in Mathematics and minored in Secondary Education. She plans to start graduate work in mathematics in the spring 2010 semester at UTEP. She stated that receiving this scholarship made all the difference because she was able to dedicate all her time to her studies.
While at UTEP, she was a member of Mortar Board, Alpha Chi, Golden Key, and Club Zero (a mathematics club). Diana initially choose mathematics and education because of outstanding high school teachers. She said she experienced a “spark” while attending an elementary number theory class with Dr. Joe Guthrie that led her to continue her studies in mathematics and education.
She loves to read, participate in church activities, and spend time with her family. She states that the professors in the Department of Mathematics were more than willing to help her even though she might not be attending their class. She said her entire experience at UTEP was one of mentoring by dedicated professors.
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Andrew Pardo and Professor Mario Molina winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Andrew Pardo
Andrew Pardo, a Ph. D. candidate in Chemistry, had the honor of attending the 59th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. Andrew was invited to join a 70-member student delegation from the United States after a rigorous selection process. Andrew is the first UTEP student to participate in the globally recognized forum that facilitates exchanging knowledge between generations of scientists. “I will never forget this experience! I feel inspired and empowered that I, too, can make important contributions to science,” Andrew said.
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Hector Zamora
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Hector Zamora
Hector Zamora, a senior Geological Sciences major, was selected to participate in the 2009 Svalbard Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Hector will be in Norway collecting marine environment samples from small boats floating in cold waters between icebergs. Hector will also deploy and retrieving sampling equipment and instrumentation that may be quite heavy and participate in the 2010 Salbard REU spring international scientific meeting. |
Sarah Cervera
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Sarah Cervera
Sarah Cervera, a Geological Sciences Ph.D. candidate, spent eight weeks of her summer as an intern with the National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE). PIRE awards support research across a range of disciplines and include projects in such areas as the formation of distant galaxies, nanoscience for clean drinking water, computer speech recognition and language translation, patterns of learning by children of immigrants and seismic activity in the Earth's mantle under Africa. For her internship, Sarah working and learning from scientists from Japan, Russia and the United States involved in volcanology.
“I participated in the PIRE-Kamchatka workshop in Fairbanks Alaska (June 21-26), participated in a short excursion to Mt. St. Helens volcano participated in a class at Kamchatka State University (July 6-12), and conduct field work at Sheviluch and Bezmianny volcanoes, Kamchatka, Russia (July 13-August 4), said Sarah.
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