Gilbert Michaud, assistant professor of practice at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs.
Gilbert Michaud, assistant professor of practice at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, has been selected as a co-principal investigator on a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office.
The project, “Mapping and Bridging Barriers in Knowledge Flows of How Solar Photovoltaics Affect Rural Community Economies,” will study information flows regarding utility-scale solar projects in rural communities in the Great Lakes region. The project will also investigate the adoption of zoning policies, as well as quantify the economic and workforce impacts of utility-scale solar in rural areas.
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Community members move rocks to build the center pier of the bridge across the Rio Montagua. Image Credit: Mike Paddock
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Passion, the desire to help others, and skill sharing define Michigan Tech’s Engineers Without Borders student chapter.
Community is one of the Michigan Tech values, nestled nicely with accountability and tenacity, and many an MTU grad hold those values as guiding principles in their lives. But what does it look like to put those values into action? That’s the subject of alumnus Mike Paddock’s 2020 book,
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