Great Plains Regional Team

Operations Team

Chad Ulven

Director

Jared Hineman

Assistant Director

Michelle Ciesielski

Project Coordinator

Amy Whitney

Lead Instructor

Paola Abuhl

Marketing Strategist

Michael Russell

Operations Manager – Recruiting

Brenna Johansen

Innovator Outreach Specialist

Principal INVESTIGATORS

Alan Kallmeyer

North Dakota State University

Ryan Adams

University of North Dakota

Danny Dale

University of Wyoming

Susan Eldridge

University of Nebraska – Omaha

Rajesh Kavasseri

Rajesh kavasseri

South Dakota State University

Daniel Engebretson

University of South Dakota

Ashley Podhradsky

Dakota State University

BETH LAMBETH

South Dakota Mines

Paul Gladen

University of Montana

Debbie Franklin

Wichita State University

tricia Bergman

University of Kansas

Faculty Leads

Jessica Vold

Jessica vold

North Dakota State University

Micah Lande

South Dakota Mines

Kouhyar Tavakolian

University of North Dakota

Todd Letcher

Todd letcher

South Dakota State University

Randy faustino

University of South Dakota

Erica Belmont

Erica Belmont

University of Wyoming

Leif Lundmark

University of Nebraska – Omaha

Michael Roach

Michael Roach

Dakota State University

Andy Behrens

Dakota State University

Sarah Truglio

University of Montana

Jeremy Patterson

Wichita State University

Lisa Friis

University of Kansas

technology scouts

aLI AMIRI

North Dakota State University

Jeff Barta

University of North Dakota

Rajesh Kavasseri

Rajesh kavasseri

South Dakota State University

aaron grinager

South Dakota Mines

Kirby Fuglsby

University of South Dakota 

Matthew Willard

Tech Scout for Dakota State University

Sarah Truglio

University of Montana

Erica Belmont

Erica Belmont

University of Wyoming

ram veerakumar

University of Wyoming

Kevin Thompson

University of Nebraska-Omaha

tricia Bergman

University of Kansas

sherry whitson

Wichita State University

teaching team

Amy Whitney

Hub Lead Instructor

greg bertsch

Lead Instructor

elizabeth hallgren

Lead Instructor

Evaluation Team

Connie Chang

Connie K. N. Chang