It's getting easier for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers to engage a group of high school students in missile-building workshops and competitions to build race cars equipped with lights and sounds. 

But the University of Arizona student-run chapter finds it difficult to retain that interest after the students graduate from high school.

To address that problem, the UA chapter of the nationwide society introduced MentorSHPE, a new mentoring program, during its fourth annual Advancement of Latinos in Engineering Day, which was held last week.