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February 2006 - Eric Ross presented “The Story, The Opportunity and The Success for an IAC Engineer” at the 2006 Annual IAC Student Meeting, held February 9th and 10th in Washington, D.C. In his presentation, Eric discussed his experience as a student engineer at Mitsubishi Motors North America and how his IAC experience prepared him for this “real world” challenge.

 

Ellie Najafi interviewed Eugene Schlueter, General Manager Central Engineering, Manufacturing Division of Mitsubishi Motors North America on the unique energy engineering skills and capabilities of IAC students and the internship experience of Eric Ross at Mitsubishi Motors last summer. (WMV 43 MB 11:35)

 

Summer 2005 - Eric Ross and Noah Burkett received EPA internships. Their IAC experience gave them an advantage when applying for these positions.

 

May 2005 - Jeff Schmidgall attended two conferences presented by the Compressed Air Challenge. Equipped with the knowledge from this BestPractices conference, Jeff recently gave a presentation to the BU IAC staff and fellow classmates that emphasized the great cost savings potential of compressed air systems. He also explained basic compressed-air system components and practical ideas for improving the efficiency of these systems.

 

February 2005 - Mike Heidari presented “The Value of Unique AR's in Improving Implementation Rates” at the 2005 Annual IAC Student Meeting, held February 17th and 18th in Washington, D.C. In his presentation, Mike discussed how unique assessment recommendations can improve overall implementation rates.

 

January 2005 - The second installment of “Ellie’s Corner” is published in the IAC Student and Alumni Newsletter.

 

July 2004 - Ellie Najafi presented “Implementation Rate Analysis and Corrective Action” at the 2004 Annual IAC Directors Meeting, held in San Diego, outlining the progress of this investigation.

 

June 2004 - Students Noah Buerkett, Daren Carr, Mike Heidari, and Adam Stark attended a one-day seminar held by Nalco Company that covered operation of typical steam systems and discussed methods of system efficiency improvement. This training will help industrial and institutional plant personnel to identify opportunities to improve steam utilization.

 

February 2004 - Ellie Najafi presented “The Business Case for Implementation” at the 2004 Annual IAC Student Meeting, held February 19th and 20th in Washington, D.C. In her presentation, Ellie discussed the role of the business specialist in supporting and promoting the IAC.

 

October 2003 - Ellie Najafi will be submitting articles, entitled “Ellie’s Corner”, in the IAC Student and Alumni Newsletter, published by the national IAC Student Activities Coordinator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. This regular column is intended to be an exchange of ideas for marketing IAC services and client implementation.

 

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