SHPE-NYC Mission Statement

To promote professional development, leadership, and community outreach, within the New York City area.

SHPE-NYC Membership

SHPE-NYC currently has more than 100 paid professional members, and an email distribution of over 600 local New York City technology professionals. Our chapter also has a strong relationship with 8 local SHPE University chapters, and is the sponsor of the SHPE Junior Chapter at Brooklyn Technical High School. Our End of Year Report, which details our activities for the past year (2008-2009) is availble upon request, by contacting info@shpe-nyc.org.

SHPE History

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.

The concept of networking was the essential 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. By expanding at an aggressive pace and currently includes 170 student chapters with more than 5300 student members and 42 professional chapters with over 1500 professional members.

SHPE is the leading social-technical organization whose primary function is to enhance and achieve the potential of Hispanics in engineering, math and science. For detailed information about SHPE as a national organization visit www.shpe.org

SHPE Student Chapter Involvement

The chapter serves New York City, Long Island and Westchester. Our student chapters include the following schools:

SHPE-NYC 2009-2010 Executive Board

Please check the Member Spotlight page for additional information about the SHPE-NYC leadership.