June 12, 2009
Lugar names Mater Dei High School Super Mileage Team as Energy Patriot
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar has named Mater Dei High School Super Mileage Challenge Team in Evansville a Lugar Energy Patriot.
“We name Lugar Energy Patriots as a way to recognize outstanding Hoosiers who have demonstrated leadership and initiative in taking concrete action to improve America’s energy security. I am pleased to recognize Mater Dei High School for their initiative and leadership throughout Indiana,” said Lugar.
Building an operational vehicle reaching an estimated 1,420 miles per gallon is not an easy task.
Mater Dei High School students develop their own designs and build the vehicles on their own time and with limited resources.
“These are just average high school students from a small, Southern Indiana school, coming together to make people think more about energy,” said Timothy Dickel, Mater Dei Principal. “Their success shows that these designs can be done and can work in our society.”
The Energy Patriot award is part of an ongoing effort by Lugar to recognize professionals, scholars, students or businesses that demonstrate leadership and initiative in taking concrete action to reduce America’s dependence on foreign energy sources through renewable energy and conservation.