The 60th Annual Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) awardees include (l to r): Sara Somsky — Senior Engineer of the Year, Walter DeDoncker — Junior Engineer of the Year, Curt Hammer — Volunteer of the Year, Deb Mathias — Lifetime Achievement Award, Jacob Hunter — STEM Teacher of the Year, and Anshu Singh — Senior Scientist of the Year. Not pictured: Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) and Carl Loweth, President’s Award of Merit

BETTENDORF, IOWA (March 1, 2022) — The Quad-City and Engineering Council, or QCESC, held the 60th annual STEM Celebration on February 24, 2022.

The event celebrates and showcases the region's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) professionals, educators, and next generation of STEM professionals.

At the event, held during National Engineers Week, 19 scholarships valued at $32,000 were awarded.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (October 22, 2021) — A University of Texas study that gave Iowa a “D” for its electric competition raises questions about the state’s need for more free market forces in its electric utility market, the executive director of an Iowa business group for clean energy said today.

SPENCER, IOWA (July 8, 2021) — The Iowa Solar Energy Trade Association (ISETA), a trade association serving Iowa’s solar energy industry, announced that Genie Maybanks will be its first-ever Executive Director.