People Type: Alumni

Biography For Sean Stalpes, much of his job satisfaction comes from helping parties with different points of view reach consensus. The 2009 grad is an energy technologies specialist with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. He prepares reports that compile testimony, provides analysis and technical expertise, and advises the commission on energy-related matters. “I am fortunate …

Biography Yi Wang graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2020, with double MS degrees in Biological Systems Engineering and Water Resources Management. She is currently a researcher in an environmental quality lab, where her research focuses on urban watershed hydrology and stormwater management.

Biography “I’ve been to some really grimy places,” says Don Wichert (M.S., Land Resources and Energy Analysis & Policy, Class of 1987). He laughs, and then goes on to describe what it was like to be on the job with Clean Air Engineering, an air pollution testing company he joined following his undergraduate career at Western Illinois University. …

Biography EAP alumnus Dan York has a longstanding interest in energy policy. “I was a student in high school during the 1970s energy crises,” he said. The crises “had a big impact on me…. The more I learned about different environmental problems of the day the more they pointed back toward energy.” Following high school, …