Volunteers/Acknowledgements

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You can Volunteer!

We have had many altruistic people offer to volunteer to help with this project, from engineers to the team that developed this website. If you are interested in volunteering, please take a look at the following areas of need and see if it might match what you have to offer:

This website is a work in progress. Complex Cortex Designs will continue to add features. If you know graphic design, you could offer to work on one of the new features, under their direction.

We need more relevant photos for the site as well. We need spring, summer, winter and fall highway pics for our main page. If you have other pics you would like to give us permission to use that you think would be relevant for any page of the website, please send to julie@solarroadways.com

If you are a writer, you could do some writing for our website additions, blogging etc.

We will be adding to our Board of Advisors. If you have an area of expertise that would lend itself to the Solar Roadways project and you would like to volunteer to be on our board, then let us know. Helpful areas of expertise include solar energy, structural engineering, civil engineering, long distance DC power transmission, glass manufacturing, wildlife management, water management, electric vehicles, environmental science, etc.

If you live in the north idaho area, there are many areas where you could help, please contact us...

You can donate

We're always in need of materials such as heated glass, solar cells of various types to test with our system, circuit boards, super- or ultra-capacitors and other electronic components, high intensity white and yellow LEDs, etc. If you are a manufacturer of these or similar materials, and would like to donate these items, then please contact us. Services can be donated as well: circuit board assembly, machine shop services, etc.

You can also go to our Donations page at the bottom of the screen to make a monetary contribution. Every little bit helps and you can help us to brighten the future of our planet.

Acknowledgements

Many companies, groups, and individuals have helped us at various stages of our journey. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the following folks for their donated time, various prototyping parts, financial help, prayers, and devotion. Thank you very much for all of your help. We have remained encouraged by the sheer magnitude of all of the people who have expressed their support.

Aaron Heinen - for designing this website

Al Gore - for enlightening the world about the dangers of Global Warming.

Ali Memari - Penn State University

Alyssa Delbridge-Ramos

April Benson - Penn State University


For inviting us to present the Solar Roadways™ at their Fall '07 Conference


For sponsoring our trip to the 2009 EE Times ACE Awards

Ben Evans - YERT

Bill Jeckle - patent attorney

Blair Tuck


For the March 12th 2009 interview

Bob Wynhausen

Brandon Koepke - Rubicon Publishing

Brian Brown - for helping out with soldering the circuit boards - by hand!

Brian Strauss - Living Well Magazine

Bruce Bowman

California Energy Commission - for meeting with us in April of 2010

Carlo Pantano - Penn State University

Cheryl Parisien

Chrisopher Flores - Field Representative/Caseworker for U.S. Congresswoman Doris Matsui - California

Church in the Wildwood - for the countless prayers and support.

City of Ponderay, Idaho

City of Liberty Lake, Washington

City of Merridian, Idaho

City of Sandpoint, Idaho

City of Sacramento, California

City of San Jose, California

City of Spokane, Washington

City of Tacoma, Washington

City of Tucson, Arizona

ClimateCAN of Sandpoint - for being the guinny pigs for our first presentation

Congressman (U.S.) Jason Altmire - Pennsylvania

Congressman (U.S.) Rick Boucher - Virginia

Congressman (U.S.) Walt Minnick - Idaho - for meeting with us in Sandpoint, ID

Congressman (U.S.) William T. Sali - Idaho - for meeting with us in D.C.


For donating electrical prototyping parts for the Solar Road Panels

Dan Hansen

Dan Kramer - University of Dayton

Dan Richardson - of the Canary Initiative in Aspen Colorado

Dan Walden - for his volunteer artwork and animation

Darryl Farber - Penn State University

Dick McKinley - City of Tacoma

Don Davis - Idaho Transportation Department

Dustin Dempsey - for his volunteer artwork

Ed Schmeckpeper - University of Idaho

Edie Britt

Eric Weaver - Federal Highway Administration

Erik Komendant - Legislative Director for Congressman Jason Altmire - Pennsylvania

Eva Ravenwood - for interviewing Scott about the Solar Roadways on The Spiritual Envoy


For donating electrical prototyping parts for the Solar Road Panels™

Floe Fusin-Wischusen - Lehigh University


Forrest Bird - for serving on our Advisory Board and nominating Scott for the coveted Lemelson-MIT Prize for his work on the Solar Roadways. Dr. Forrest Bird (a former Lemelson-MIT award winner) was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal on December 12th, 2008 by President George W. Bush at a private ceremony in the Oval Office. The presidential citation lists Dr. Bird's groundbreaking work in creating the world's first mass-produced medical respirator. Dr. Bird was also inducted into the Inventor's Hall of Fame in 1995.
President Barack Obama presents the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Dr. Forrest M. Bird of Percussionaire Corp. in Idaho, Wednesday,Oct. 7, 2009, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Drs. Forrest and Pamela Bird are on the Advisory Board of the Solar Roadways. We can't thank the Birds enough for the help and guidance they've given us over the years on our Solar Roadways project. Congratulations Dr. Bird!

Fouad Bayomy - University of Idaho


Ghandolff and the Hobbitz - for placing our logo on the back of their new album

Governor Butch Otter - Idaho


For donating electrical prototyping parts for the Solar Road Panels™

Henry Artis


For meeting with us and providing valuable information about our current asphalt road system

IEEE - Spokane Chapter - for inviting us to present the Solar Roadways™ at one of their meetings

Jarel Remick - for his volunteer artwork

Jay Hassell - J-U-B Engineers

Jeff Viano

John Lang - Economic Development Officer, San Jose, CA

John Langeler - KREM 2 News

John Leland - University of Dayton

Julie Dingman Evans - YERT

Justin Wendt - ITT Technical Institute - for countless hours of volunteer work. Justin has been with us since the very beginning.

Karen Lamb - ClimateCAN

Karen R. Den Braven - University of Idaho

Kari Lemons

Karl Dye - Bonner County Economic Development

Ken Laninga - for letting us use one of his photos for our main page's winter scene Ken's webpage

Kevin Abbey - Penn State University

Kyle Crossman - for designing this website


For doing a story of the Solar Roadways

Larry Tassie


For inviting us to the 1st International Workshop on Scientific Challenges for New Functionalities in Glass

Lisa Tanner - Legislative Director for Congressman Bill Sali - Idaho


For featuring the Solar Roadways in their magazine and their website

Lloyd Bell - for serving on our Advisory Board

Mark Dixon - YERT - for filming our initial interview (2008) and our prototype demonstration in 2010.

Mark Winstein

Martin Pietrucha - Penn State University

Matt Christiansen

Matt Hemphill - for countless hours of volunteer work and for being here when we needed him

Matthew Piner - for inviting us to speak at TEDx Sacramento 2010 and for setting up meetings


For donating electrical prototyping parts for the Solar Road Panels

Maxine Delbridge

Mayor Gretchen A. Hellar - Sandpoint, Idaho

Mayor Mary Verner - Spokane, Washington

Mayor (former) Ray Miller - Sandpoint, Idaho

Mayor Wendy Van Orman - Liberty Lake, Washington

Michelle Reyes


All of our MySpace friends


For countless hours of patience and advice and for serving on our Advisory Board


For inviting us to present the Solar Roadways™ at their university and for collaborating with us on our project

Peter Love

Philip Mote - University of Washington

Remmy Chevalier

Richard Behr - Penn State University

Richard Meininger, P.E. - Federal Highway Administration

Richard Nielsen - University of Idaho

Rick Ritter


For including an article on the Solar Roadways™ in their April 2007 issue

Robert Pursel - Atmel Corporation

Ruthie Johnson

Sam Fisher, P.E. - Senior Associate, Highway Department Manager


For including the Solar Roadways™ in their EcoCities 12th grade educational supplement

Scott Stokes - Idaho Transportation Department

Semih Eser - Penn State University

Senator (U.S.) Bill Nelson - Florida - for meeting with us in D.C.

Senator (U.S.) Mike Crapo - Idaho - for meeting with us in D.C.

Senator (State) Shawn Keough - Idaho - for visiting our electronics lab and discussing our project

Shelley Landry (Assistant to U.S. Congressman Walt MInnick - Idaho)

Steve Elgar

Steve McGlothlin

Susie Perez Quinn - Deputy Legislative Director for Senator Bill Nelson - Florida

Ted and Barbara Brusaw


TEDx Sacramento - for inviting us to present the Solar Roadways at their April 2010 conference

Terry Franck and family - for all of their help, including providing their shop for our prototype construction and demonstration. Terry also built the frame for our prototype.

Thomas Weaver - University of Idaho

Todd Moore

Trent Sunahara - Field Representative for U.S. Congresswoman Doris Matsui - California

Trish Gannon - The River Journal


My old alma mater - for collaborating with us about the Solar Roadways™ project


For collaborating with us about the Solar Roadways™ project

Walt Mills - Penn State University

Walt Oliu


Your Environmental Road Trip - for visiting our lab and videotaping our PowerPoint presentation

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