Training technology leaders gather at Tech Center

 Danny Rodriguez, senior VP for North American Lab-Volt, gives a presentation during an alternative and renewable energy program at Clark College Columbia Technology Center on Tuesday.

Danny Rodriguez, senior VP for North American Lab-Volt, gives a presentation during an alternative and renewable energy program at Clark College Columbia Technology Center on Tuesday.

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Riad Elmasri, right, president of Graymark, makes adjustments to a smart grid technology display during a break at Lab-Volt’s alternative and renewable energy program at Clark College Columbia Technology Center on Tuesday.

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Lester White, left, Gregg Rogers, and Art Knight listen to Danny Rodriguez, senior VP for North American Lab-Volt, during an alternative and renewable energy program at Clark College Columbia Technology Center on Tuesday.

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Alexandre Labrie, left, a marketing engineer with Lab-Volt, answers questions from Jeff Laube, center, and Henry Haney, visiting professors in the process technology program at Kenai Peninsula College in Alaska, during a break at Lab-Volt’s alternative and renewable energy program “The trip has been well worth it,” said Haney.

College and private sector technical trainers from across Washington and Oregon — and a few from farther afield — gathered Tuesday at Clark College’s Columbia Tech Center campus to check out the latest equipment available to train students and professionals in fields of renewable energy, wind engine turbine systems, smart grid technology, and electrical power transmission. The equipment displays and seminar presentations, which continue through today, are hosted by Clark College and Lab-Volt, a supplier of equipment to colleges and industry. Clark College uses the training equipment in its Mechatronics Technology program, a technical field that deals with the integration of mechanical and electronic components managed by a control system.

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