Clean Fuels Foundation Announces Education Grant Recipient
JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation has awarded Courtney Videchak the 2025 Beth Calabotta Sustainable Education Grant. A Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate at the University of Michigan with experience working on diesel engines, Videchak’s research inspired her to enroll in sustainability courses offered by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and the School of Environment and Sustainability.
Videchak’s dissertation is focused on creating fuel-specific engine calibrations optimized for biodiesel, renewable diesel, and a 50% (by volume) blend of the two fuels to decrease CO2 emissions and increase engine efficiency.
Videchak will attend Clean Fuels Alliance America’s 2025 Sustainability Workshop in Kansas City, Missouri, in April, where she will share her research and collaborate with industry and scientific leaders in the field.
Videchak wrote in her application,
Ultimately, the results of my work will hopefully encourage engine manufacturers to make these alternative fuels a primary consideration rather than an afterthought,
“I am eager to attend the workshop to deepen my understanding of alternative fuel sustainability, a critical area for my future career. This opportunity would allow me to apply what I learn to my professional aspirations in renewable energy and low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels.”
The Beth Calabotta Grant was established to support deserving students interested in clean fuels, science and research. The grant honors scientist and past Foundation director Beth Calabotta, whose legacy and dedication to biodiesel and sustainability tremendously impacted the industry.
Tom Verry, executive director of the Foundation, said:
First offered in 2018, this grant continues Beth’s efforts to encourage students in science and research,
“Courtney’s research, perseverance, and vision are inspirational and exemplify exactly what this grant was meant to support. Beth would be proud.”
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