• Co-President - Edwin Salazar


Co-President

Responsibility: As one of the presidents, I am in charge of making sure all of SHPEs operations run as smoothly as possible. We plan and help implement many of the activities and events that take place during the year. The planning process involves coming up with a calendar for the academic year and taking into consideration many outside factors that may affect the success of the events. With the help of our executive board, we help actually bring these original plans to life and try to make it as successful as possible. Whether it be something simple as sending reminder emails or something more complicated such as creating a proposal for a certain purpose. However, of course, we can not do this alone and that is why we have our great executive board. We delegate tasks appropriately to help make the implementation process as efficient as possible. Also, we are responsible for maintaining harmony among the executive board and keeping everyone working towards the same goals. Basically, we are responsible for SHPEs actions and it is our responsibility to provide our members with the professional development, networking opportunities, and corporate exposure that we promised when they first joined SHPE.

Junior in Operations Research and Information Engineering - College of Engineering

egs25@cornell.edu

Interests: I participate in 2 Intramural Soccer Teams, CUEmpower, Minority Business Student Association (MBSA)

Description: 'I love to play soccer and just do any kind of activity that requires me breaking a sweat. I enjoy watching my favorite sports teams and keeping up on the latest news. I like to sit back and just watch my favorite TV shows on occasion (Scrubs, The Office, House, South Park, Family Guy, etc.) I also must admit that I have taken a strong liking to loud music as well so I tend to always have my music blasting in my room when I"m there. Go out on the weekends!'

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• Co-President - Phillipe Tosi


Co-President

Responsibility: In the co-president role, working in conjunction with Edwin Salazar, our main responsibility lies as motivators. We are here to motivate and provide our executive board with resources to deliver SHPE values and help our members grow personally and professionally. We hope to create a comforting working and fun environment where members feel welcome and want to partake in events and initiatives through our chapter. We are here to build the SHPE familia along with a place for professional development, community outreach, and excellence in the academics.

Senior in Mechanical Engineering - College of Engineering

lct25@cornell.edu

Interests: triathlons, running, soccer, satellites!

Description: 'I am originally from São Paulo, Brazil but currently live in Culver, Indiana. Quite a change! This is my fourth year at Cornell and will begin my Masters in Engineering in Aerospace/Management next spring. I am joining Edwin Salazar as SHPEs Co-president, and looking forward to an amazing year. Our executive has great potential and we are harvesting all of it! We hope to bring funds to help our community with professional and personal development, providing support to all our members in every way possible. I had the opportunity to work on our 05-06 Executive board as the Freshman Representative, and hope to see members grow as much as I have.'

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• Internal Vice President - Eddie Iglesias


Internal Vice President

Responsibility: Responsible for contacting Cornell departments and organizations for financial support towards any events held by SHPE Cornell. Responsible for reserving any space within Cornells campus. Provides general support for the Co-presidents as well as any other SHPE members that may need assistance with any tasks.

Junior in Operations Research and Information Engineering - College of Engineering

ei28@cornell.edu

Interests: Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc., Chi Chapter Webmaster Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble

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• External President - Rafael Aquino


External President

Responsibility: NA- Responsibility

Junior in Mechanical Engineering - College of Engineering

rda24@cornell.edu

Interests: NA-Interests

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• Corporate Vice President - Juan Uribe


Corporate Vice President

Responsibility: My role as the VP of Corporate Affairs is to establish a relationship with companies, and help them see the reward in sponsoring the Cornell SHPE chapter.

Junior in Chemical Engineering - College of Engineering

jdu4@cornell.edu

Interests: Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research, Squash Club, Play Squash, Bike, read

Description: 'I was born in Caracas, Venezuela and lived there for six years. The rest of my life was split between Medellin, Colombia and Miami, FL. I love to play squash while I am in Ithaca, and bike (both mountain & road) when I am somewhere where Im not freezing the whole time I ride. I have had internships in a Nuclear Power Plant, and with Procter & Gamble (Cover Girl) over the summers.'

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• Marketing Vice President - Frances Padua


Marketing Vice President

Responsibility: As the first person to hold this leadership position in SHPE, my responsibility is to increase the number of members, as well as participation of current SHPE members. I want to market SHPE as a eminent student organization and ensure that information about our events are getting to the right people.

sophomore in Mechanical Engineering - College of Engineering

fbp7@cornell.edu

Interests: Cornell Filipino Association, CUEmpower

Description: 'Trying out new food, listening to music, late night walks around campus, reading, and deep discussions about the meaning of life'

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• Secretary - Christopher Guerrero


Secretary

Responsibility: As Secretary, I am responsible for the taking the minutes at every meeting. In addition, I collect or write up an FCC (event summary) after every SHPE event. At the end of the year, I gather up all of the FCCs and then placed them along side a review of the SHPE Cornell Chapter. This End Of The Year Report allows us, an organization, to reflect on the positives and negatives of our year and make changes accordingly.

sophomore in Environmental Engineering - College of Engineering

cmg227@cornell.edu

Interests: Swimming, Running, Guitar, Surfing, Music

Description: 'I was born and raised in Montebello, CA, just outside of LA. This is my second year at Cornell and Im loving it. I reside in Beta Theta Pi, a fraternity on North campus, and play a large role on the Social Chair. In addition, I served as an Orientation Leader and am currently serving as a Peer Advisor. Thanks for reading my description, hope to see you around.'

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• Treasurer - Neyvin De Leon


Treasurer

Responsibility: NA- Responsibility

sophomore in Mechanical Engineering - College of Engineering

njd55@cornell.edu

Interests: Interests

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• SHPE Liaison - Paul Delgado


SHPE Liaison

Responsibility: NA- Responsibility

class in major - College of Engineering

pnd3@cornell.edu

Interests: Interests

Description: 'Description'

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• Director of IT - Darbin Reyes


Director of IT

Responsibility: The Director of communications serves to keep the organizations website updated and composes the weekly newsletter.

junior in Electrical and Computer Engineering - College of Engineering

der34@cornell.edu

Interests: How brains work, guitar, vehicle engineering.

Description: 'I was born in New York city but both of my parents were born in the Dominican Republic. I enjoy hands on tinkering and reading about how things work. '

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• Community Service & Socials - Sarah Villarreal


Community Service & Socials

Responsibility: For the upcoming school year I am the Community Outreach and Socials Director for SHPE. My job is pretty much to help SHPE members give back to the community by doing local community projects and by getting them in touch with other opportunities throughout Cornell. I am also in charge of organizing SWEs annual 5k run. I give tours of the Engineering quad and meet with prefrosh and prospective students parents through Engineering Ambassadors and am a peer mentor through CU Empower. I am also actively involved in Cornell Minds Matter a mental health awareness group on campus.

senior in Biological Engineering - College of Engineering

sgv3@cornell.edu

Interests: I love going to shows and concerts, surfing, kickboxing,dancing from salsa to ballet. Im a big movie junkie as well.

Description: 'I am a senior in Bioengineering focusing on Biomedical Engineering. I am currently doing research on Pancreatic Cancer, and have done research in the past on targetted drug delivery (my personal topic of interest). I am involved with SWE, SHPE, Engineering Ambassadors, and CUEmpower. I also work as a lab assistant in a plant nutrition lab studying plant genotyping. I am originally from Corpus Christi, Texas. I love keeping busy and hope to one day get more hispanics into higher education.'

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• Director of Academic Affairs - Daniel Ocampos


Director of Academic Affairs

Responsibility:

in - College of Engineering

do57@cornell.edu

Interests: Interests

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• Alumni Committee Chair - Felix Garcia


Alumni Committee Chair

Responsibility: Deals with anything alumni related including but not limited to raising awareness among alumni concerning SHPE activities, organizing alumni events, the alumni newsletter, getting alumni representatives of interesting companies to recruit at Cornell, and increase alumni interest/participation in SHPE activities.

sophomore in Electrical and Computer Engineering - College of Engineering

fg58@cornell.edu

Interests: Reading, Writing, Video Games, Anime, Guitar,Drawing, Tinkering with Technology

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• Diversity Dinner Chair - Massielle Begazo


Diversity Dinner Chair

Responsibility: I am in charge of coordinating the end of the year Awards Banquet where students within the College of Engineering are recognized for their efforts and accomplishments, prizes includes scholarships,certificates, and raffle prizes!I work with DPE to plan this extravaganza!

Sophomore in Mechnical Engineering - College of Engineeing

mjb378@cornell.edu

Interests: Aside from mechanical engineering, I love the arts! Odd..I know! I love to sing, dance,and act!I also enjoy cooking,listening to various types of music,reading, and watching films.

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• Corporate Committee Chair - Miguel Salas


Corporate Committee Chair

Responsibility: For the 08-09 academic year, I am the Corporate Committe Chair. I work with the Corporate VP to act as a liason between SHPE-Cornell and employers, establishing long-term mutually beneficial relationships, and matching the Cornell-SHPE engineering talent with employers needs

senior in Electrical and Computer Engineering - College of Engineering

mos22@cornell.edu

Interests: For recreation, I like to play soccer, pool and read about emerging electrical technologies with applications related to high-end computing and telecommunications.

Description: 'In the recent past, I have participated in a student project, CUSat, with the mission to develop an innovative GPS-based satellite, as well as being a tutor for signal processing in the Electrical & Comp. Engineering department.'

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• Philanthropy Chair - Florencia Paredes


Philanthropy Chair

Responsibility: I am the Philanthropy Chair for Cornells SHPE chapter. I setup events for SHPE members and others to participate in, and raise money to help contribute to research organizations and other philanthropic associations.

sophomore in Material Science and Engineering - College of Engineering

fp66@cornell.edu

Interests: I am in the Ultimate Frisbee team at Cornell. I like scuba diving, dancing and when the weather is warm I will most likely be enjoying Ithacas outdoors. In the winter I try to get away for the weekends and go skiing.

Description: 'Hello, my name is Florencia Paredes. I am a sophomore at Cornell University and I am studying Material Science and Engineering. I was born in Argentina and I currently live in Houston.'

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SHPE Faculty and Staff

• SHPE Advisor - Sara Hernandez


SHPE Advisor

Responsibility:

in - College of

sh267@cornell.edu

Interests: At home, I like to spend time with my husband, play with my dogs, and entertain company as well as cook, and read. I also like to take advantage of the great outdoor environment surrounding Ithaca including the state parks and Cayuga Lake. In addition, I enjoy taking friends and family on tours of the great wineries located throughout the Finger Lakes area. At work, I enjoy supporting students and helping them positively develop as individuals, professionals, and leaders. When I get to take a break from work and Ithaca, I enjoy visiting family and friends, especially since so many of them live outside of New York State!

Description: 'I am originally from Ohio. Although I have also lived in and closely identify with Chicago, IL. Before moving to Ithaca, I lived in San Diego. I also briefly lived in Salamanca, Spain and New Orleans, LA. Although I love living in urban areas, I enjoyed growing up on farm and find balance in a college town. My primary role on campus is serving as the Associate Director of Diversity Programs in Engineering. Among other things, I am the advisor to the Society of Women Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. In some of my non-engineering roles at Cornell, I serve on the university Judicial Hearing Board and the Cornell Co-op Employer Advisory Board. I am also an alumna advisor to Psi Chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. In the local community, I serve as a board member for One to One Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Ithaca & Tompkins County as well as for the Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County. In addition, I am involved with the Eleanor Roosevelt Fund, an organization providing no-interest emergency micro-loans to immigrants and resettled refugees residing in the greater Ithaca area.'

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