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Campus Based Speaking Competition

jennifernorthern
Jan 18, 2018
2 min read

The Independent Petroleum Association of America/Petroleum Equipment and Services Association (IPAA/PESA) Petroleum Academy at Southwest High School (IPAS) participated in a dynamic public speaking competition on January 17-18, 2018 with first and second place winners on each team per grade level receiving Walmart gift cards of $50 and $25 respectively. The gift cards were generously funded by the IPAA/PESA Energy Education Center.

The competition was fierce, with guest judges from the petroleum industry deciding the winners. Judges from the DFW Chapter of AADE (American Association of Drilling Engineers) included Steve Boyd, President of Integrity Directional, Jack Doak, Technical Sales at Weatherford International, Ken Creighton, Creighton Drilling Services, Dan Bilka, Principle Account Representative at Halliburton, Rene St. Pierre, Vice President of Drilling at Atlas Resource Partners and James Newman, Senior Vice President, Region Operations at Basic Energy Services. We were also honored to have Tonya Ehret, retired IPAS teacher, join us as a guest judge.

The public speaking topics were all related to global concerns of the petroleum industry and allowed the students an opportunity to speak and be judged by professionals in their field of study. Special thanks to all of our judges and to Steve Boyd, member of AADE and Knowledge Box Champion, for coordinating the event with the judges. Congratulations to all the participants and winners.

The results were:

First Place for the 12th grade panel discussion and winners of $50 gift cards -

Clearing up misconceptions about the petroleum industry: Samuel Sanni, Ga’Juan Hickey, Octavio Martinez, Henry Persley and Michael Underwood (pictured from left to right)

Second Place for the 12th grade panel discussion and winners of $25 gift cards –

Solving the energy problem: Leonardo Rivas, Gustavo Fallad, Miguel Morales and Noah Castro (pictured from left to right)

First Place for the 11th grade Panel Discussion presentation and winners of $50 gift cards –

Current controversies with the petroleum industry: Luis Tinoco, Ian Jimenez, Rachelle Harris, Aaron Hernandez and Hector Camacho (pictured from left to right)

Second Place for the 11th grade Panel Discussion presentation and winners of $25 gift cards –

Current form of alternate energy being used alongside petroleum and natural gas: O’Brien Neely, Larry McPhail, Margaret Green Wallace, Jacob Dermott and Tylin Armstrong (pictured from left to right)

First Place for the 10th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $50 gift cards -

Hydraulic Fracturing: Jaqueline Estrada, Isabella Diaz, Jatieya Davis and Waylin Fogarty (pictured from left to right)

Second Place for the 10th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $25 gift cards –

Hydraulic Fracturing: Ivan Ceja, Kei’shon Hawkins, Jailen Guptin and Esau Luna (pictured from left to right)

First Place for the 9th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $50 gift cards –

Refining and Products: Brendon McPhail, Erick Garcia, Aasish Sanyasi and Judah Dermott (pictured from left to right)

Second Place for the 9th grade PowerPoint presentation and winners of $25 gift cards -

Renewable Energy Spources: Donovan Thomas, Caleb Etheridge, Keshaun Robertson and Anthony Adams (pictured from left to right below)