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Celebrating Hispanic engineers
The community of Hispanic engineers in the Fulton Schools is thriving. Our students and faculty are making remarkable contributions to engineering and technology and serve as role models for future generations.
The U.S. Department of Education has named ASU as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI. This recognition reflects ASU’s efforts to more holistically serve its Hispanic community through financial and academic support programs for current ASU students, K–12 outreach programs, and resources for the broader community.
ASU is also one of 20 universities that recently formed the Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Research Universities whose mission is to double the enrollment of Hispanic doctoral students and increase Hispanic faculty by 20 percent.
On this page, you will find resources for current and prospective students, inspiring stories about members of the Fulton Schools who are building community and advancing knowledge, and a photo gallery showcasing some of our recent accomplishments.
47
National Hispanic Scholars
#7
Bachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanics
#17
Hispanic tenured/tenure track faculty
Bachelor’s degrees and faculty statistics are from the 2023 ASEE Engineering and Engineering Technology By the Numbers report.
A community for Hispanic engineering students
Join the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
The purpose of SHPE de ASU is to bring a sense of community to the Hispanic engineering students at Arizona State.
We also seek to increase the number of Hispanic students graduating with STEM degrees. We provide a network system which encourages students to persist and become role models in the Hispanic community.
I love SHPE because it has provided me with a supportive community that is truly familia. We have each other’s backs and it’s awesome to see us all pulling each other to the finish line.
The workshops and company presentations have helped me understand the relevance of my future career in engineering. They have also provided great networking opportunities, allowing me to meet well-rounded engineers, which I strive to become in the future. I have recently gotten involved in the marketing team, and I hope to learn more about web development.
I love the SHPE values of familia, service, education and resiliency.
Faculty share their experiences as Hispanic engineers
“As a native of Sonora, Mexico, and ASU alum recently returning to Tempe, I’m inspired by how much Hispanic culture and heritage from our local and global communities has permeated every aspect of our university.
I look forward to seeing more celebration of Hispanic heritage at ASU as well as more representation in our students, faculty and staff.”
–Ivan Sanchez Esqueda, assistant professor of electrical engineering
“When underrepresented people, specifically in the Hispanic community, see me in classes or on construction projects, they feel comfortable in either reaching out for assistance or questions in the field. It also gives them the confidence to enter into engineering, construction management or other professional careers that they may not have considered previously.”
–Monica Perrin, assistant teaching professor, construction management
Resources for prospective students
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Student organizations
See our students in action
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, or SHPE de ASU, brings a sense of community to the Hispanic engineering students at ASU.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, or SHPE de ASU, brings a sense of community to the Hispanic engineering students at ASU.
Students in the Fulton Schools don decorative mortarboards that celebrate and honor their heritage, personalities and interests.
Students in the Fulton Schools don decorative mortarboards that celebrate and honor their heritage, personalities and interests.
“Con Dios si se puede” translates to “with God it is possible”
“Con Dios si se puede” translates to “with God it is possible”
Jesus Pena, a mechanical engineering student, seeks to determine whether 3D demonstrations can increase the comprehension of fundamental engineering principles.
Jesus Pena, a mechanical engineering student, seeks to determine whether 3D demonstrations can increase the comprehension of fundamental engineering principles.
Aerospace engineering student Areli Diaz is conducting research as part of the FURI, studying the potential of immersed boundary methods.
Aerospace engineering student Areli Diaz is conducting research as part of the FURI, studying the potential of immersed boundary methods.
Elvis Leon, the creator of the student organization Helios Rocketry, presents the team’s research during a poster symposium.
Elvis Leon, the creator of the student organization Helios Rocketry, presents the team’s research during a poster symposium.
HeliosRocketry is a high-performing student organization formed to compete in aerospace challenges.
HeliosRocketry is a high-performing student organization formed to compete in aerospace challenges.
Right of passage ceremonies, like Order of the Engineer and Pledge of the Computing Professional, encourage graduating students to practice ethical engineering.
Right of passage ceremonies, like Order of the Engineer and Pledge of the Computing Professional, encourage graduating students to practice ethical engineering.
Students have opportunities to engage with industry and take advantage unique experiences, like touring the MV22 Osprey military aircraft.
Students have opportunities to engage with industry and take advantage unique experiences, like touring the MV22 Osprey military aircraft.
Sabrina Marie Cervantes Villa, a human systems engineering major, is one of more than 100 students pursuing student research in the Fulton Schools as part of FURI.
Sabrina Marie Cervantes Villa, a human systems engineering major, is one of more than 100 students pursuing student research in the Fulton Schools as part of FURI.
Anca Delgado (left), an assistant professor of environmental engineering, and Aide Robles, an environmental engineering doctoral student, test bioremediation techniques to develop advanced methods of cleaning up sites contaminated by industrial solvents.
Anca Delgado (left), an assistant professor of environmental engineering, and Aide Robles, an environmental engineering doctoral student, test bioremediation techniques to develop advanced methods of cleaning up sites contaminated by industrial solvents.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter at ASU teamed up with Texas Instruments for a hands-on technical workshop series.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter at ASU teamed up with Texas Instruments for a hands-on technical workshop series.