Winning Teams in 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recognized the winning college and high school teams that designed and built the most efficient portable wind turbine systems as part of the 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge with the Argonne National Laboratory. In a two-part contest student teams submitted designs for a portable wind turbine installation that generated energy, stored it mechanically or electronically and then used the stored energy to power an array of light emitting diodes. The best 10 designs (five high schools and five tribal colleges) were selected in the fall and those teams each received $1,300 to construct a prototype for Phase II. A panel of judges chose the winners based on their final constructed models and submitted videos.

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    The team from Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute of Albuquerque, New Mexico, receives its first place award in the 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk. From left, Team Leader Ernest Gorman, Jr; Bart Stevens, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Education; Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk; Robert Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development; Secretary Salazar; Faculty Sponsor Nader Vadiee; Calvin Silas; Jeremy Sampson; Damien Moore; James Dunn; and Charles Brown. Tami A. Heilemann

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    The team from the College of Menominee Nation, Green Bay, Wisconsin, receives a first place award in the 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk. From left, Robert Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development; Bart Stevens, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Education; Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk; Secretary Salazar; Team Leader Dean Davis; Kyle Grignon; Faculty Sponsor William Van Lopik; Darwin Shawano and Arnold Tepiew Tami A. Heilemann

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    The team from Oneida Nation High School of Oneida, Wisconsin, receives its first place award (high School Division) in the 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge from Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk. From left, Robert Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development; Bart Stevens, Acting Director, Bureau of Indian Education; Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk; Secretary Salazar; Team Leader Mary Powless; Johnny Big Medicine; Becky Nutt; Shanica Hill; David Santee; and Randy Moore. Tami A. Heilemann

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