Adventure and Wind Energy: Passions of a University College Student
For William Courtney, 21, career-defining monoliths dot the Texas countryside between his hometown of Austin, Texas and Lubbock. The commute between the two cities lead to an insatiable drive for knowledge within the mechanical engineering major; he aims to understand the inner workings of the wind turbine, and then improve it.
This interest led him to University College at Texas Tech University, more…
Building a Future in Wind Energy
Just past the Lubbock city limits signs, white structures of monumental proportions cast long, narrow shadows on the smooth green expanses of West Texas farm and ranch land. In a state famous for producing in exaggerated magnitude, the colossal turbines meld seamlessly into the horizon.
Mark Meng believes that these turbines and the energy they produce is the immediate future of sustainable energy more…
