Montana Tech team headed to Washington, D.C. ‘Task 2’ project selected by Department of Energy for honor

A Montana Tech student-designed project — which took first in a recent contest — is headed for a larger audience, namely the nation’s senators and the Department of Energy.

“It’s very exciting for Tech and Montana. We’re going to represent Montana and it’s a big thing,” said Tech professor Kumar Ganesan.

Tech students John Constantine, Richard Labbe and Janice Lucon, along with initial help from environmental engineer Nancy O’Toole, have been chosen for a week-long trip to Washington in June to present their idea to government officials.

The interdisciplinary team — Constantine is a mechanical engineering student and Lucon and Labbe are environmental engineering graduates — tackled a tough real-life problem.

By Leslie McCartney of The Montana Standard

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