Geothermal Education: GRC Announces Seven Scholarship Awards

Geothermal Resources Council Announces Scholarship Winners (News Release)

The Scholarship Awardees will be acknowledged at the 2019 GRC Annual Meeting & Expo

The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC), a non-profit educational association dedicated to the promotion of geothermal energy and associated technologies around the world, is pleased to announce the recipients of seven GRC Scholarship Awards.

The selection was based upon a variety of factors, including the individual’s academic record, student activities, geothermal industry experience, and career goals.

The Undergraduate Award winners are:

• Sharon Best (University of California, Riverside, USA) and 
• Maria Alejandra Taborda (University of Medellín, Colombia).

The winners of the Marcelo Lippmann Graduate Scholarship Awards are:

• José Eduardo Granados Pastrana (National Autonomous University of Mexico); 
• Kurt Kraal (University of Nevada, Reno, USA); 
• Catherine Lambert (Cornell University, USA); 
• Kevin Mendoza (University of Utah, USA) and 
• Omar Rodríguez Villarreal (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico & Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, France).

The scholarship winners will be acknowledged at the GRC Annual Meeting & Expo, to be held in Palm Springs, California, USA, from September 15-18.