Christian Lopez-Garcia, front, and his friend, Tyler Miller, foreground, brainstorm over questions prior to the "Deal or No Deal" round during the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference College Bowl Oct. 20 in Pasadena, Calif. Both Miller and Lopez-Garcia were on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team during the event. Great Minds in STEM's annual HENAAC Conference is the organization's flagship event to celebrate Hispanic excellence in STEM. This year's event was Oct. 18 to 22 in Pasadena.