ACEP Research Engineer to Present at Teachers Conference in Unalakleet

ACEP Research Engineer, Jeremy Vandermeer, is in the western ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ community of Unalakleet this week to attend a (BSSD) teacher’s conference on the impact of climate change on local lifestyles.

The conference is hosted by , an organization that seeks to provide ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ Native students and their teachers with an accurate, culturally relevant science curriculum. Vandermeer will present on energy issues in ÀÖ»¢Ö±²¥ and the different solutions that are being tested and implemented across the state. Among other events, school teachers from the BSSD will tour a fishery and power plant at Unalakleet.

Photo: Jeremy Vandermeer is a research engineer at ACEP. Photo by Todd Paris/UAF