Ferman Milster, PE, has been with the University of Iowa facilities management since 1991. As associate director of utilities and energy management, his primary responsibility is overseeing operations at the university's power plant, a combined heat and power facility. Prior to his work at UI, he completed 20 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy, where he specialized in ship and submarine construction and maintenance. Milster is a past board member of IDEA and a member of ASME. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in mechanical engineering, is a registered professional engineer and does part-time consulting in the district energy industry. He may be reached at ferman-milster@uiowa.edu.