The commissioners have a busy schedule next week that includes a regular board meeting Tuesday with a full agenda followed by a 1:30PM work session to discuss the less than credible PSU study recommendations. The thirty three...
Read MorePerhaps this explains the $5,000 ICMA contribution to the rat PAC(K).
Read MoreHaving a professional report to compare to the unsupported opinion piece produced by the flim-flam sales and marketing members of the structure advisory committee would be worth seeing but does this mean Messerle who heretofore ignored a dissenting report now questions the credibility of the committee recommendations?
Read MorePortland State University is showing off its expanding programs in engineering, science, humanities and other areas to industry leaders. Tomorrow I will be learning how PSU is participating in the rebuilding of New Orleans,...
Read MoreData collection sensors and components have been built into an interactive console that will allow...
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Winter weather has brought about more wide spread power outages from Illinois, Ohio and east to New England. The Western States are not expected to fare much better according to the North America Electric Reliability Corporation, which oversees reliability of the U.S. electric power grid, is projecting an increasing risk for blackouts because of the lack of available power.
Last night, over pizza and root beer, I met the bright and energetic engineering students that will be helping design the motor control and data collection systems for the V-LIM wind turbine. As always, I am so excited about the...
Read MoreHey, it is beginning! The youth are now paying attention
Read MoreRogue River Wind is working with local engineering group SolCoast to investigate the feasibility of siting a 3 mega-Watt, municipally owned distributed power generation facility using wind turbine and photo-voltaic technology in...
Read MoreBeen having a very productive time in northern Oregon this weekend and will be following up with Portland State University on the generator for a rooftop wind turbine tomorrow. Sustainability, renewable energy is crucial for...
Read MoreRogue River Wind and Portland State University Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science,...
Read MorePSU is establishing a test center which will analyze data collected from an installation expected this fall in Bandon, Oregon, known for its ample wind resource.
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