Sponsored by three conexionTeleco companies: BorgWarner, Indra and Technica Engineering
Identifying talent among pre-university students, fostering their interest in engineering, and rewarding new talent at the very start of their academic journey. January, 16th was no ordinary Friday at the School of Telecommunications Engineering: it was a special date, an event that is becoming firmly established in the school’s calendar, bringing together the awards ceremony for the three best incoming academic records with the presentation of the Teleco Olympiads—specifically, the 4th Teleco Games—an event that each year attracts around 250 pre-university students from across Galicia.
Three emerging talents with a bright future in ICT
This year’s awards for the best academic records went to Hugo Alonso Taboada, Diego Gómez Fernández and Martiño Rivo Bugallo—three outstanding students whom the School, supported by companies from the conexionTeleco network, wished to offer “a small token of appreciation for all their hard work,” as highlighted by the School Director, Rebeca P. Díaz, during the ceremony. Each award is endowed with €2,000, provided by BorgWarner, Indra and Technica Engineering.
Pleased with the recognition, the three awardees spoke very positively about the initiative. None of them had a clear idea of which degree to pursue when they began upper secondary education, but today, after several months at the School and on the verge of completing their first-semester exams, they are very satisfied with their choice.
Hugo Alonso received the BorgWarner Chair Award from Telmo Calle, Director of BorgWarner’s Spanish Technical Center for Electronics; Diego Gómez received his award from Ruth Escarda, Director of Indra Vigo’s Defense and Aerospace Center of Excellence; and Martiño Rivo was presented with his award by David Román, Office Manager at Technica Engineering Spain. All wished them “the very best” in their future careers and congratulated them on choosing such an “exciting” profession.
Martiño Rivo, from Santiago, admits that he started upper secondary education intending to study Physics and only decided to switch to Telecommunications midway through his final year. Hugo Alonso, from Vigo, knew he wanted to study something related to “new technologies, which are the future,” and therefore hesitated between several degrees until the very last moment. Diego Gómez, from O Carballiño, realized during secondary school that his favorite subjects were Mathematics and Physics, “so I decided to make the most of my opportunities, and in that sense I think Telecommunications Engineering makes very good use of my skills.”
Source: Duvi