by The Nelson Daily Staff on Tuesday June 29 2021
Tyler Podgorenko, pictured with his father Ron at the FortisBC Dam in South Slocan, developed a connection to the use of turbines generating electricity. — Submitted photo
Tyler Podgorenko of Nelson teamed up with former Red Deer College engineering technology colleagues to capture the 2021 Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta’s (ASET) Capstone Project of the Year Award.
The team earned the honour for modernising a centuries-old device and transforming it into a source of renewable energy.
The ASET team of Podgorenko and Red Deer College engineering technology colleagues Michael Nosterud, Spencer Otto and James Greenough, won the honour for modernising a centuries-old device and transforming it into a source of renewable energy.