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Colin Cerretani '07, Phillip Nelson '07, Kristal Ramjeet '07 and Alex Loo '06 made up the winning team in the College Bowl competition at the 18th annual Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Technical Career Conference in Philadelphia in October.

Members of the Cornell University chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) returned from the society's Eastern Technical Career Conference in Philadelphia Oct. 20-23 with an armload of prizes.

In the College Bowl competition, a Jeopardy-style quiz with engineering questions, a team composed of Colin Cerretani '07, Alex Loo '06, Phillip Nelson '07 and Kristal Ramjeet '07 (alternate) took first place, with each team member receiving an iPod Nano, courtesy of conference sponsor Lehman Brothers. Four teams had been selected for the College Bowl based on written tests. Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania wound up in the finals, with the Cornell team sailing to victory with a score of 1,200 to 299. The team will go on to compete at the society's national conference at Disney World in January.

In a technical Web site competition sponsored by Morgan Stanley, a team composed of Sahib Dhindsa '08, Gino Gonzalez '08 and Phillip Nelson '07 came in second with a site showing how Amazon.com rankings could predict stock prices for product manufacturers. Each team member was awarded a $1,000 scholarship.

In a technical paper competition, papers by graduate students Jing Shi and Carlos Torre tied for third place, with each student receiving a $750 grant from BAE Systems.

The Cornell chapter of SHPE, founded in 1979, has about 50 members. Activities include career development, community service, academic enrichment and social and career networking. The organization is open to anyone, regardless of major or background. Information is available on the Web at http://shpe.cornell.edu.