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“I came to City College and fell in love with the place. When I had an opportunityto transfer out of state, I turned it down.”Carlos PadillaComputer EngineeringCarlos Padilla says of the Grove School, “People here are determined to succeedand want to help others succeed too.” Carlos, who came to New York from theDominican Republic, has excelled in his computer engineering studies. He has beena software intern in dynamic controls-engine and control systems at HamiltonSundstrand (a United Technologies company) and a computer aide in transmissionplanning at Consolidated Edison. On campus, he has led a team of four students indesigning a stand-alone stock trading system application using JAVA and XML. Hehas played a leadership role in LAESA-SHPE, which helped him grow academicallyand professionally, and was instrumental in creating the first Grove School ofEngineering T-shirt. Following his BE, Carlos will return to the workforce to refinehis interests and will eventually pursue a masters in computer or mechanical engineering.“At the Grove School the opportunities to do research have been amazing.”Jo Anne SaleraChemical EngineeringWhen Jo Anne Salera came to City College she had already begun her chemicalengineering studies at the University of the Philippines, having graduated from thecountry’s most competitive science high school. At the Grove School, she hasthrown herself into research. First, she investigated the effect of various concentrationsof different surfactants on the surface tension of water, working with PhD studentsand post-docs. Then, in a project conducted at the Grove School andColumbia University, she assisted in surfactant adsorption experiments of cyclopentanehydrates using fluorescence spectroscopy. And most recently, she has beenworking with Dr. Jae Lee, investigating the effect of different salts on the adsorptionof sodium dodecyl sulfate in cyclopentane hydrates by zeta potential measurement.“The opportunities for research have been amazing,” she says, “and professors arevery approachable.” Jo Anne has also become engaged in student organizations.She is active in Tau Beta Pi and AIChE.14