TAMIU TexPREP Students Place 2nd at Annual Symposium
Fourteen Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) TexPREP fourth-year students were awarded top accolades at the recent TexPREP Fourth Year Symposium, held at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).
The annual Symposium invites participants who have a strong interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) to present independent group projects that encourage real-world problem-solving.
Out of 19 projects submitted, the top three projects were recognized. TAMIU’s TexPREP project, “Bring Me the Microplastics,” a prototype developed to help solve the issue of microplastics in oceans, placed second.
The project was made up of student team members Miranda Beltran, Paulina Canche, Karla Freyre, Alessandra Hernández, and Luisa Ramírez.
The students presented their projects to judges made up of university faculty and STEM professionals. Students competed against other TexPREP sites, including UTSA, South Texas College, and University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
The Symposium encourages student collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity and working across disciplines.
The Texas Prefreshman Engineering program is a seven-week enrichment summer program that prepares students for careers in the STEM fields.
Middle and high school students interested in applying for TexPREP 2020 can begin the application process Nov. 4, 2019.
The University’s TexPREP Program efforts are made possible with the support of The Guadalupe and Lilia Martínez Foundation, the Texas Department of Transportation, Laredo Independent School District and the Board of Directors for Gateway Chapter of TSPE.
For more information on TAMIU’s TexPREP, contact The Office of Outreach and Precollege Programs at 326.2700 or visit https://www.tamiu.edu/precollege/texprep/.
TexPREP winning team members Paulina Canche, Alessandra Hernández, Luisa Ramírez, Miranda Beltran and Karla Freyre.
The TexPREP Fourth Year Symposium participants were Abelardo Peña, Matthew Olivera, Paulina Canche, Alessandra Hernández, Miranda Beltran, Luisa Ramírez, Angel De Hoyos, Giovanni Alvarez, Karla Freyre, Jorge Avitia, Ricardo Velazquez, Derian Compean, and Juan Guerrero.
