Students Place Third in AIChE Regionals

by Kathy Hedges

SOCORRO, N.M., March 10, 2008 -- New Mexico Tech Chemical Engineering students Timothy Schutt and Joshua Hill (below), and Caitlin Allen and Coco Abbou Oucherif (right) placed third in the regional in the Chem-E-Car Competition held over the March 8 - 9 weekend, and they are headed to the national competition.

The team will compete compete at the national meeting on Nov. 16 - 21 in Philadelphia. They were third out of six teams competing in Socorro.