This morning at the Sawmill Inn in Grand Rapids, 220 high school and college students interested in engineering assembled to listen to engineers talk about the future of engineering in northeastern Minnesota.
Joe Scipioni, President and CEO of Polymet Mining, captivated the group as he talked about the process his group will use to get copper, nickel, cobalt and more, as well as the fuel needed to power the mining, out of the ground. Joe showed all of the ways that engineers will be needed to startup and run this one plant.
Latisha Gietzen of Polymet, Mathew Pellinen of Landecker, Josh Skelton of MN Power, Lucas McLeod of Blandin, and Amber Mikulich, a current ICC Engineering student, then followed with a panel discussion of engineering in their industries and gave the future engineers lots of valuable advice.
The energy in the room was high. The future of engineering in this region is bright. To see hundreds of future engineers excited about this career was quite empowering.
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