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Patrick Hamilton
Director, Environmental Sciences and Earth-System Science Exhibits Division, Science Museum of Minnesota. He is a principle investigator with the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics at the University of Minnesota. His current project is the production of a 7,000 square-foot traveling exhibition about water in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History. Opening in fall 2007 in New York City, the water exhibition will tour nationally and internationally, introducing large audiences to this most precious of Earth’s resources and how it powers the planet and is essential to all life. The exhibition also will showcase powerful new scientific visualization technologies, such as Science-on-a-Sphere™. He also is project director for the Big Back Yard, the Museum’s outdoor science park. He has managed numerous environmental exhibits and projects during his 23 years with the Science Museum of Minnesota, including the Mississippi RiverWeb Museum Consortium, the Mississippi River Gallery, Watershed Science, The Three Rivers Initiative, Wind Power, Green Street, the Environmental Exhibits Collaborative, H2O Minnesota, the River Eye Boat Program, Polar Thaw: Global Warming in the Arctic & Antarctic, and NorthSouthEastWest. Away from the Museum, he and his wife raise organic, blue-ribbon plums in their front yard. He has a M.A. degree in geography from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the board for directors for the Minnesota Academy of Science.
More Information: Science Museum of Minnesota's Program Directors |
Science on a Sphere (Videocast) | GeoWall2 for Informal Science Education in Museums
Anders Rydaker
President, District Energy St. Paul, Inc. He was named president of District Energy St. Paul and District Cooling St. Paul in September 1993. He is also the president/chief manager of Market Street Energy Company. He has more than 30 years of experience in the district energy field. A native of Sweden, he spent more than 15 years holding numerous management positions at the Uppsala power and district energy utility, which has a production capacity of over 900 megawatts heat and 200 megawatts electricity. He also introduced district cooling to the Swedish market in 1990 and successfully developed the innovative cooling system for Stockholm (population 2 million) using deep lake water cooling. The Stockholm system has expanded and is now the largest cooling system in Europe. His commitment to renewable energy resulted in the development of a biomass-fired combined heat and power plant (33 MW) that became operational in 2003. The plant burns clean, urban wood waste: a sustainable, renewable, green energy resource. Also in 2003, he was awarded the Prestigious Energy Prize for pioneering district cooling technology in Sweden. The Prestigious Energy Prize is awarded annually to individuals, companies or organizations that have made a significant impact on energy conservation in buildings. Between 1983 and 1990, he provided on-site consulting service during construction of a hot water district heating distribution system and conversion of a steam heating plant in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Uppsala Technical College in Uppsala, Sweden. He has authored numerous papers and is an active member and former Chair of the International District Energy Association and Rotary International.
More Information: District Energy St. Paul's Executive Team |
2007 Person of the Year Award by the International District Energy Association (PDF file) |
Minnesota Technology Magazine: A Decade of Innovation | Close up on Anders Rydaker
Karen Utt
Senior Environmental Analyst, Environmental Services Auditing and Risk Management Group, Xcel Energy. She has been employed by the company since 1999. Her primary areas of focus are carbon risk management, resource planning and environmental management system design. From 1994 through 1998, she was an environmental scientist and attorney for the Cooperative Power Association in Eden Prairie, MN. She obtained her law degree from Hamline University School of Law and was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1994. She also holds a B.A. in Biology from Southwest State University in Marshall, MN.
More Information: MN Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Project |
