When asked if she envisions herself as a mechanical and aerospace engineer after her post-grad work because, well, she’s in the graduate program for mechanical and aerospace engineering, Bohorquez thinks about it and says, “Not entirely.” You need to slow down.’ But there are so many things that interest me, I don’t want to stop learning.” (Photo by Austin Warren)īohorquez is currently working on a master’s degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCF.
“Some of my friends say ‘You’re always thinking about what’s next. So much so that Bohorquez is the only person from the state of Florida to earn the 20 Twenties Award and the achievement will put her on stage with Ivy Leaguers and students from universities like MIT and Cambridge.īohorquez is the only person from the state of Florida to earn the 20 Twenties Award and the achievement will put her on stage with Ivy Leaguers and students from universities like MIT and Cambridge. The objective was to search for materials that can sustain extreme physical and mechanical environments applicable to hypersonic and reusable space vehicles. Bohorquez was nominated partly for her academic achievement but mostly for her field work, including a collaborative project in Cologne, Germany, between the German Aerospace Center and UCF. The quest for answers has taken Bohorquez on life-altering experiences from Bogota to Orlando to Italy to Germany, and to a hospital bed from which she learned about her next stop: Washington, D.C., where on March 1 she will be presented with a 20 Twenties Award from Aviation Week and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.Īs the name implies, the prestigious award recognizes the 20 most promising future leaders in the aerospace industry. “Even as a young girl, it was incredible to think that someone had designed such beautiful structures without the technology or tools we have today. “I remember studying the details of that cathedral,” says Bohorquez, who earned a bachelor’s in civil engineering with an emphasis on structures from UCF. “Even as a young girl, it was incredible to think that someone had designed such beautiful structures without the technology or tools we have today. She was there for her own curiosity, a trait deep in her DNA that would eventually lead her on a journey beyond her wildest dreams. There, she would look in awe at what is known as Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral. She would walk through a passageway to a fascinating place more than 600 feet underground. When she was 7 years old and growing up in Bogota, Colombia, Estefania Bohorquez ’17 would take little day trips 30 miles outside the city.
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