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Sen. Klobuchar honors AES students for saving energy and fighting global warming

2008-12-19 11:43 (CDT)

In a reception Thursday, Dec. 18 at the University of Minnesota, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Senator Amy Klobuchar presented a 2008 Carbon Buster Award of Excellence to ECE's Applied Environmental Solutions (AES) team (Professor Paul Imbertson, advisor) for their work to convert a 1970s car to an electric car. ECE students Steve Peichel and Adam Malovrh, AES president and vice president, respectively, spoke briefly and presented their winning video to an audience of nearly 50 faculty, staff and visitors.

Featured guest speaker, Arctic explorer Will Steger, provided information about global warming and the critical need for each person to make a commitment to reducing his or her carbon footprint.