How’s this for a ringing endorsement for the work the Society of Hispanic Engineers does in being the “Source for Quality Hispanic Engineers and Technical Talent”… Ricardo Alamillo states, “I will begin my studies this fall at one of the top 5 chemical engineering Ph. D. programs in the nation because of ‘the pipeline’ of mentorship and support of organizations like SHPE have established. I am where I am and who I am because of the networks and role models that I established along the ways as well the hard work ethics instilled in me and inspiration by parents and family.”
Alamillo began his SHPE involvement by attending our national conference as a freshman. Last year, Ricardo presented his technical poster “Heterogeneous catalysts for tandem alkane dehydrogenation and olefin metathesis” at SHPE 2009. He will begin graduate education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He had many choices for graduate school, including some of the nation’s top graduate programs for chemical engineering (Purdue University, University of Delaware, Northwestern University and Stanford University). Following his interest in green technologies and renewable energies, he will continue working in heterogeneous catalysis with specific applications to biofuels at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alamillo graduated with high honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a B.S. in chemical engineering.
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