{"id":3384,"date":"2015-03-27T19:39:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3384"},"modified":"2015-03-27T19:39:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T19:39:34","slug":"students-learn-skills-from-experienced-engineer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3384","title":{"rendered":"Students Learn Skills From Experienced Engineer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LFU Engineering students demonstrate the claw they designed to pick up marbles. Photo: LFCISD<\/p><\/div>\n

Students at Los Fresnos United and Los Fresnos High School have an opportunity to learn engineering from one of the best in the field.<\/p>\n

After 39 years in the engineering industry, Los Fresnos native Gil Gomez has returned to share his knowledge with the younger generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many things I want to do,\u201d Gomez said. \u201cI tell the student that I\u2019m here to give you all my knowledge and expertise, and it\u2019s here for you to take. I can help you be successful. That\u2019s my philosophy.\u201d<\/p>\n

He worked four years at Union Carbide at the Port of Brownsville as an equipment engineer before a 35-year career at Kemet Corp, one of the world\u2019s leading global supplier of electronic components.<\/p>\n

At Kemet, which operates a maquiladora plant in Matamoros, Gomez worked in manufacturing operations, and was involved in maintenance, facilities and project management.<\/p>\n

He was a Global Project Manager at Kemet, and supervised a complete manufacturing project construction in the Republic of Macedonia in southeastern Europe. He has traveled around the world, including 30 trips to China.<\/p>\n

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LFU Engineering Teacher Gil Gomez (standing) works with students on wood project. Photo: LFCISD<\/p><\/div>\n

But after retiring in 2014, he realized he could give back to the community that raised him by shaping the lives of students.<\/p>\n

Gomez teaches an elective engineering class at Los Fresnos High School, and two at Los Fresnos United Ninth Grade campus.
\nEngineering is part of an endorsement at LFU.<\/p>\n

During the 83rd legislation session in 2013, House Bill 5 made significant changes to high school graduation requirements. Los Fresnos CISD students who entered the ninth grade in 2014-2015 will graduate under the new Foundation High School Program with one or more endorsements and\/or the distinguished level of achievement.<\/p>\n

In a recent project, Gomez wanted students to be creative about the concept of making a prothesis using ordinary household materials.
\n\u201cThe students had to make it functionally right, and also aesthetically right to make their design marketable in the field,\u201d Gomez said.<\/p>\n

Freshman Adrian Espinoza used cardboard, wood, string, and wire to make the prosthetic claw that would pick up marbles. His claw was more successful than his classmates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to become an engineer in the auto industry and auto mechanics,\u201d Espinoza said. \u201cI am taking Engineering courses with Mr. Gomez to prepare myself for college.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students at Los Fresnos United and Los Fresnos High School have an opportunity to learn engineering from one of the best in the field. After 39 years in the engineering industry, Los Fresnos native Gil Gomez has returned to share his knowledge with the younger generation. \u201cThere are so many things I want to do,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lfcisd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3387,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3384\/revisions\/3387"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}