HOW DO YOU MAKE THIS ROAD DISAPPEAR?
The disappearing road competition is part of the Environmentally Friendly Drilling Program with the objective to develop innovative concepts for reducing the footprint of transporting equipment and materials to drill sites in environmentally sensitive areas. The “Disappearing Road” concept is not limited to a physical road and it encompasses any transportation method that can be used to move the equipment and materials to the drill site with the least disturbance to the environment.
The contest is open to all University Departments with interests in the utilization of natural resources in a sustainable manner. It is also our hope that professors and department heads will be able to utilize our program in their curriculum. This year, the competition will be designed for either a coastal margin or desert ecosystem and will be conducted during the 2009 – 2010 academic year.
A&M will also be awarding $10,000 to this year's winner of the Disappearing Roads Competition!
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Submission of Phase I Documents |
November 13, 2009 |
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Notification to Teams About Outcomes of Phase I Evaluation |
December, 2009 |
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Submission of Phase II Documents |
February 19, 2010 |
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Notification to Teams About Outcomes of Phase II Evaluation/Invitation of the Top Five winners to Participate in Phase III |
April 7, 2010 |
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Presentations by the Top 5 Winners to the Panel Judges |
May 19, 2010 |
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Awards Banquet |
May 20, 2010 |
** (See “Contest Management” for information about Phase I, II, and III)**
Table 1: Prizes for the competition winners.
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1st Place |
10,000 |
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2nd Place (Runner Up) |
7,000 |
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3rd Place |
4, 000 |
"I feel like the Disappearing Roads Competition is especially important because we, as a country, are going to be using oil and natural gas for a long time to come and we need to continue to explore ways to make the extraction process as effective and efficient as possible while also minimizing the impact on the environment." -Jacob Olenick (2008 winner from University of Wyoming)
From the article, “UW Wins First Place in Environmental Competition” which can be found at:
http://business.uwyo.edu/sustainable/showrelease.asp?id=23921
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