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7 In the wet world of hydropower, a former math teacher has just donned a watery mantle to meet the changing demands of one of the oldest sources of energy.
Mark Parrish, who has a background as a mathematician and civil engineer with extensive hydrological expertise, will be a liaison to power customers, developing models to meet their power needs.
“Power customers have become more sophisticated in their power needs,” said Parrish, who was recently promoted to a new position as a “national technical expert” in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Hydropower Analysis Center. “This position is a way to communicate with those customers.”