Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

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The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles. Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community.

Social networking was the key basis for the organization. SHPE quickly established two student chapters to begin the network that would grow to encompass the nation as well as reach countries outside the United States. Today, SHPE enjoys a strong but independent network of professional and student chapters throughout the nation.

National President: Manuel "Manny" Hernandez - President's Message

[edit] Regions

SHPE is a national organization and is divided into seven regions as the picture below shows.

Region	States
1	AK, Northern NV, Northern CA, OR, WA
2	AZ, HI, Southern CA, Southern NV
3	CO, ID, KS, NE, NM, ND, MT, SD, UT, WY
4	CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA, WV, PR
5	AL, AR, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX
6	IL, IN, IA, KY, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI
7	NC, SC, GA, FL

[edit] External links

• The Official SHPE National Website
• Diana L. Gomez takes the reins at SHPE

Some professional chapters include:

• San Francisco Bay Area Professional Chapter
• The Chicago Professional Chapter
• The New York City Professional Chapter
• The Western Pennsylvania Professional Chapter
• The Baltimore Professional Chapter
• The San Diego Professional Chapter
• The Las Vegas Professional Chapter
• The Washington DC Professional Chapter
• The Puget Sound (Seattle) Professional Chapter

Some student chapters include:

• The University of California at Berkeley
• The Johns Hopkins University
• The University of Southern California
• The University of Miami
• The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• The University of California, San Diego
• California State University, Los Angeles
• California State University, Fresno.
• The San Diego State University
• California State University, Sacramento
• Arizona State University
• California State University, Fresno
• The Stony Brook University
• Florida International University
• The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
• LAESA-SHPE The City College of New York
• SHPE@WIT The Wentworth Institute of Technology
• University of Washington
• Rutgers University