Engineering Team Wins Awards, Qualifies for Nationals
March 11, 2020
A team of Angelo State University civil engineering students brought home several awards and qualified for a national contest after taking part in competitions at the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Texas-Mexico Student Symposium March 4-7 in Arlington.
The RAMgineers surveying team made up of John “Jack” Carrico, Maria Ochoa and Erica Ortiz, all of San Angelo, took first place in the Surveying Competition. That also qualified them for the national competition at the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute’s 2020 Surveying & Geomatics Conference this summer in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
RAMgineers team members include:
- Linda Abernathy of San Diego, Calif.
- Damon Butterfras of Goldthwaite
- John “Jack” Carrico of San Angelo – surveying captain
- Nicholas Gillett of San Angelo – head captain
- Hunter Hamilton of San Angelo – concrete bowling captain
- Tyler “TK” Kornegay of George West
- Nora Lopez of Midland
- Brandon Machingura of San Angelo
- Maria Ochoa of San Angelo
- Erica Oritz of San Angelo
The students also participated in a career fair and high-speed practice interview sessions with professional engineers. They were accompanied by RAMgineers faculty advisor, Dr. Anthony Battistini, and their trip was partially funded by a donation from Lon Albert at Reece Albert Construction.