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Students Shine a Spotlight on Geothermal Energy and Discover Career Pathways (Renewable Energy World)

Finalists in the 2014 National Geothermal Student Competition presented their entries at the 38th GRC Annual Meeting

Tyler Ricketts, Desmond Stubbs and Lee Ingram (left to right) are pictured at the student poster session of the Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meeting in September 2014. Ricketts and Ingram are members of the University of Mississippi Geothermal Student Competition team, and Desmond Stubbs is the ORAU senior program manager for the competition.  

The consensus among advocates of geothermal energy seems to be that geothermal energy is a great alternative resource, but not enough people know what it is. Student competitors in the 2014 National Geothermal Student Competition, were faced with the fundamental challenge of addressing this issue.

Hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office, the Geothermal Student Competition was started in 2010 to advance understanding of geothermal energy. The competition engages students from colleges and universities nationwide on challenges within the field of geothermal energy such as comprehensive assessments of geothermal resource potential, research studies on geothermal power development and business plans for developing a geothermal enterprise. This year the challenge was a little different: student teams were tasked to develop a way to communicate geothermal energy to the public.

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