Industrial Assessment Center to continue auditing, educational program

Items such as inefficient application of insulation are things students are trained to spot while working for the Midwest Industrial Assessment Center, which recently was accepted for a third-consecutive round of funding. Photo courtesy of Sanjeev Khanna.

For 40 years , the U.S. Department of Energy’s Industrial Assessment Centers program has partnered with various higher education institutions to provide small- and medium-sized manufacturers with assessments on how to improve productivity and energy efficiency, and students have benefitted from the ability to learn how to complete such assessments through hands-on learning techniques. The University of Missouri College of Engineering has been a partner for the last 10 years and recently received word that its partnership was accepted for another five-year term.


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