A Shining Future: $5 Million anticipated for SUNY New Paltz Solar Initiative
11/17/2010
Congressman Maurice Hinchey, a New Paltz alumnus, announced on October 5, 2010 that he has secured a key House panel's approval of a major investment that will allow the State University of New York at New Paltz to develop a test lab for solar energy research and development on behalf of the Department of Defense. Hinchey, a senior member of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, secured approval from the subcommittee for the $5 million investment.
The investment for which Hinchey has secured initial approval would allow for the creation of a "test and characterization laboratory" led and staffed by SUNY New Paltz Engineering and Science professors and students, working in collaboration with TSEC (The Solar Energy Consortium), a prominent solar company in the Hudson Valley.
Congressman Hinchey has been a consistent supporter of the SUNY New Paltz Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has attended many Senior Design presentations of engineering students, and has provided a $150.000 sponsorship to the SUNY Hawk Solar Car, a multidisciplinary effort by student from engineering and several other departments of the SUNY New Paltz College.
This picture shows Maurice Hinchey in one of his many visits to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. From left to right, Congressman Hinchey, Cherryl Elliott, (building keeper), Michael Otis (Professor) and Julio González (Associate Dean, School of Science and Engineering)
