Author: Kenzie Brennan

Wind Energy from the Mortenson Perspective

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Event: Wind Energy from the Mortenson Perspective

Speaker: Kevin Deters, General Manager of Renewable Energy Groups, Mortenson Construction

Date: September 8, 2011

Time: 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Location: Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium, Howe Hall

Details: Kevin Deters, general manager of Renewable Energy Groups at Mortenson Construction, is presenting on solar and wind energy and how Mortenson Construction plans to utilize green energy in its future projects. Mortenson’s Renewable Energy Group leads the industry in wind and solar construction. This growing area of business also is branching into the transmission and distribution industry. Therefore, all engineering disciplines are invited.

Associated General Contractors of America Iowa State student chapter and ISU’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering are hosting event.

Tour the World – Engineering Study & Work Abroad Fair

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Event: Tour the World – Engineering Study & Work Abroad Fair

Date: September 6, 2011

Time: 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Location: Howe Hall Atrium

Details: Explore the more than 30 engineering-friendly programs available while getting to know program coordinators, students, and advisors. There will even be free food and door prizes! For more information on Engineering International programs, visit their Web site.

Alumnus helps develop equipment to bring trees to 9/11 memorial site

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9/11 MemorialLiving in small-town Iowa doesn’t keep someone from impacting the world. Chris Holland (BSEE ’99), president of Holland Moving & Rigging (HMR) Supplies in Forest City, Iowa, helped bring a symbol of hope, renewal and rebirth to the families of 9/11 victims by designing equipment to plant trees to New York City’s 9/11 Memorial Plaza, which opens on September 11, 2011, the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center.

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