2013 Issue

12 Congratulations 2013 UEC Scholarship Winners Hector David Perez Parra BrighamYoungUniversity Annicka K. Carter UniversityofUtah Nathaniel Laurence Decker UtahStateUniversity Hector is a Chemical Engineering student at Brigham Young University working towards graduating in the Summer of 2014. Hector works as a Research Assistant in the BYU Catalysis Lab analyzing FT Catalysts made by graduate students. Hector was the first BYU student to score 100% on the Mathematics for En- gineering II Final Exam in the Fall of 2009 and has received Full Academic Scholarship for three years. Hector says “That true happiness comes in life when you give of yourself to make oth- ers happy.” Nate is a Civil Engineering Student at Utah State University working towards graduating in the Spring of 2014. Nate works as a Woodworker at “The Good Timber” and as an Engineer- ing Ambassador for Utah State University. Nate is a member of the team at Utah State University that has been the ASCE Rocky Mountain Concrete Canoe Champion two times. Nate has also been honored as an Outstanding Pre-professional Student (2011-2012) by the CEE Department at Utah State University. In giving service Nate has learned the importance of serving others before himself and that giving of himself freely is very rewarding. Annicka is a Bioenginering student at the University of Utah working towards graduating in the Spring of 2014. Annicka works as a Bioengineering Research Associate for the Artificial Heart Program at the Intermountain Heart Institute. Annicka was a finalist at the National Collegiate Inventors Competition in 2011 and received an invitation to present at the American Society of Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 58th Conference. Annicka notes that she has learned “That every individual has a special need that is just as important as the next.”