This is the best performance of an Argentine team in the competition that brings together the 32 best in the world.
The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) once again showed its prestige at an international level: five students from the Faculty of Engineering They were in eighth place in the PetroBowl, the World Petroleum Engineering Championship. It is the first time that an Argentine team reaches this level in the competition that brings together the 32 best in the worldin the city of New Orleans, United States.
The representatives of the UBA were Catalina Daniela Montes (team captain), Sofía Celeste Stratico, Stefano Saitta, Melanie Iara Micheltorena Ibarra and Nicolás Gaspar Laborde.
The students are between 22 and 24 years old, they are studying Engineering in Oil and they had already achieved third place in the competition regional level of Latin America and the Caribbeanwhich took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in May. Furthermore, in October They had finished runners-up in the national PetroBowl.
Engineering students highlighted the prestige of the UBA
After the competition, the Argentine students considered that the test “demands technical and non-technical preparation”, with the need for training “in geopolitics, economics and other fields that complements the career of every future professional.” In that sense, they highlighted : “It means a more personal learning from the perspective of arguing the answers, building a group dynamic, learning from all teams and mentors that you are lucky enough to face.”
“This allowed us represent the University and the country with a sense of belonging that makes us proud“, they summarized after the participation.
Sofia Straticowho is about to graduate and leaves his place on the team for other colleagues, added: “Despite a brief but significant history, since the recent incorporation of Petroleum Engineering to the undergraduate academic offering of the Faculty of Engineering of the UBA, it was achieved and we are sure that it will be achievedcontinue to live up to universities both nationally and internationally”.
Petroleum Engineering was added to the academic offerings of the University of Buenos Aires a few years ago, and only recently did it have its first graduates.
Finally, Stratico He remarked: “Our performance It is not only a faithful reflection of the undoubted prestige of the University of Buenos Airesthe Faculty of Engineering and the Oil and Gas Institute, but also the excellent teaching staff and each company and association that provided added value to our training on different occasions”.
Source: Ambito
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