MTC instructor recognized by school board
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The School Board recognized MTC instructor Dr. Michael Afanasiev for receiving a patent for an air-conditioning training simulator. His invention helps teach a complex system easily, safely and inexpensively. One of Dr. Michael’s students, Doug Windsor, helped explain how one aspect of the trainer works.
Doug Wagner, Deputy Superintendent; Maura Howl, MTC Supervisor of Communications and Grants Management; Doug Windsor, MTC student; Dr. Michael Afanasiev (holding plaque); Dr. Valerie Viands, MTC director; Dr. Richard Conard, chairman emeritus, MTC Board of Governors; and Bill Lee, member of MTC Board of Governors with the board members and Superintendent Saunders on April 9, 2019.