Man sees great opportunity in wind energy technology
CHEYENNE -- For some, the key to life is being versatile -- knowing when to follow your heart and when to follow your head.
Petroleum engineering grad has job, remains optimistic
LARAMIE -- Halfway through his chemical engineering degree, Mathew Dolezal realized he was more intrigued with actually finding and figuring out how to produce oil and natural gas. So he added petroleum engineering to his studies at the University of Wyoming.
CHEYENNE -- Even before the U.S. economy tanked last fall, Josh Bennett realized the struggle to make ends meet as a special education teacher in Oakland, Calif., wasn't going to get any easier.
Laramie native will be first graduate of UW energy systems engineering program
LARAMIE -- While shifting his undergraduate studies from chemical engineering to mechanical engineering, Mathew Haigler followed energy issues in the news.
GILLETTE -- Alec Laub was working in coal-bed methane and trying to figure out how to get involved in the electrical trades with no experience. He'd always been fascinated by this power force that's unseen yet upon which so much relies.
Cooling job market forces Wyo workers to hone their skills
Coal and natural gas were largely responsible for the men and women who came to Wyoming in recent years in search of work. Now many of those workers are in transition due to the recession, as well as a clear emergence of clean energy technologies.
Coal mines eye ARID technology
