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| COVILHA STUDENT CHAPTER CHAPTER - Dec 11, 2014 |
Student Receives Chapter Honor |
The chapter held a ceremony for the opening of the 2014-15 academic year in December at the aerospace sciences department of the University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal. Several entities were represented in the ceremony, including AFCEA Portugal, NAV Portugal, the Portuguese Air Force, the Portuguese Order of Engineers, Instituto Superior Técnico and Tecmic. New students in aeronautical engineering were welcomed, and Rear Adm. Mario Durao, PRT NA (Ret.), chapter president, along with Fernando Moreira, Tecmic's chairman of the board, honored Diogo Sousa with the AFCEA Portugal Student Award. The award recognizes the highest-ranked student in the previous year (licentiate's degree). Pedro Albuqerque, Ph.D. student and first vice president of the Covilha Student Club, promoted the group's activities and invited new members to the club. |
Event Photographs: |
 In December, aeronautical engineering student Diogo Sousa (2nd from r) receives the AFCEA Portugal Student Award from Rear Adm. Mario Durao, PRT NA (Ret.), chapter president (2nd from l), along with Fernando Moreira, Tecmic chairman of the board (far r), and Rear Adm. Carlos Rodolfo, PRT (Ret.), AFCEA director and regional vice president of the Atlantic Region. |
 Pedro Albuqerque, first vice president of the Covilha Student Club, speaks at the opening of the 2014-15 academic year, University of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal, in December. |
