AISES Energy Challenge

The Energy Challenge (EC) is an energy-specific engineering and science fair, where 6th to 12th grade students use a two-phase process to create a real-world energy solution!

The top solutions are awarded a trip to Washington, D.C. to receive their awards, present their projects to Indian Affairs leadership, and participate in educational activities during their stay in our nation’s capital. EC is possible with the partnership of the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Division of Energy and Mineral Development.

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2019 Energy Challenge Grand Prize Winners:

13 Energy Challenge engineering projects were submitted by 26 students either individually or as a team from the following schools:

  • Chinle High School
  • Kamehameha Schools Kapalama
  • Lapwai High School
  • Lapwai Middle School
  • Mescalero Apache School

Of those students, the three individual Grand Prize Winners selected were:

  • Anna Grondolsky (Native Hawaiian) - Testing Reversible Fuel Cells with Various Electrolytes and Catalysts
  • Jake Uyechi  (Native Hawaiian) -  Methods to Produce Graphene for Use in Electronics
  • Joshua Parker - Portable Hydropower Generator in Sluice Gates

About Our Partner, the DEMD

The Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD) office is the primary office responsible for fulfilling Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs' trust responsibility to Indian Tribes and allottees concerning the development of their conventional energy, renewable energy, and mineral resources on Trust lands.   

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Visit the DEMD online at: https://www.bia.gov/as-ia/ieed/division-energy-and-mineral-development