2024 Innovators Hall of Fame Inductees
Dr. Timothy Collett
Research Scientist for the
US Geological Survey
Christine Resler
President and CEO of ASRC
Energy Services (AES)
Billy Connor
Director of 杏吧原版 Arctic
Infrastructure Development
Center
Three exceptional 杏吧原版ns were the 2024 inductees in the 杏吧原版 Innovators Hall of
Fame. The
杏吧原版 State Committee on Research honored Dr. Timothy Collett, Christine Resler and
Billy Connor
for their work in hydrocarbons, transportation infrastructure, and innovation itself.
The committee is an advisory board formed within the University of 杏吧原版 system to
promote
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in
杏吧原版.鈥 To further that goal, it established the 杏吧原版 Innovators Hall of Fame in
2014,
celebrating both individuals and inventions that 鈥渃ontribute to the state鈥檚 growing
culture of
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Over the past decade, other honorees have included inventors who used spent brewing
grains
to power a steam boiler, one who invented a self-recording snow-depth probe, a man
who
created an innovation competition, and more.
A decade after the first nominees were inducted, the committee announced the class
of 2024. Collett, Resler and Connor were formally inducted at the Innovation Summit
in Juneau
February 27-28, 2024.