CCEL announces recipients of 2015 Dr. Alex Hills Engineering and Civic Engagement Award

The Center for Community Engagement and Learning (CCEL) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2015 Dr. Alex Hills Engineering and Civic Engagement Award.

Josh Heppner, Tyler Kobelnyk and Chris Joren, all UAA mechanical engineering undergraduate students, have been selected for the award and will be working with faculty advisor Jifeng Peng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

The students' project will include designing and building a prototype of a small wind turbine for remote Alaska villages. The project aims to develop a technology that provides a practical approach to tap the wind energy potential in Alaska's rural villages, resulting in an affordable, sustainable and ecologically responsible energy resource.

The Dr. Alex Hills Engineering and Civic Engagement Award encourages UAA engineering undergraduates to use their engineering knowledge and practice for the benefit of society. For this $2,500 award, student(s) conduct a community-engaged learning project that solves engineering and technology-based problems in partnership with a local organization, under the supervision of an engineering faculty member.

Learn more at the CCEL website.

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