Itinerary For AFV Day Odyssey
April 2, 2004
- 7:00 am
- Hybrid Electric Rally Drivers parked their vehicles outside NRCCE building
- 7:15 am
- Rally Drivers’ Breakfast, Assembly Room B, NRCCE
Welcome, Richard A. Bajura, NRCCE Director
Rally drivers received packets containing maps, agendas, contact information, car magnets, WVU car flags, sunglasses, score sheets, team name banner, color-number identifier
Discussed plans and contingencies - 7:30 am
- Student Teams’ Coffee and Donuts Warm-up, Assembly Room A, NRCCE
- 7:50 am
- Rally Presentations
- Trina Wafle, NRCCE Associate Director, Emcee
- About NAFTC Odyssey
- Dave Bassage, Administrator, WV DEP Office of Innovation
- Why I Love My HEV
- Michael Lee, University Motors
- Automotive Trends
- Mark Jacobs, FutureTruck Team Captain and Senior Mechanical Engineering Student
- Fuel Cell Vehicles 101
- Gary Stiegel, National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Clean-Coal-to-Hydrogen Technology
- 8:30 am
- FutureTruck Team vs. Electric Lightning Formula
Race Car Team
Rally Drivers drew clues related to hybrid electric vehicles for student team members to identify. The winning team, FutureTruck, received a $500 donation from the WVU NRCCE and its National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium program to support the team’s activities. The Electric Lightning Formula Race Car Team won a $300 consolation donation to support its development efforts. - 9:00 am
- Rally Drivers Showcased Their Cars
- 9:30 am
- Rally Departed for Flatwoods
- 11:00 am
- Rally Arrived at Braxton County High School for Teacher and Staff Enrichment Activity, Flatwoods
- 11:15 am
- Rally Presentations
- Trina Wafle, NRCCE Associate Director, Emcee
- About NAFTC Odyssey
- Dave Bassage, Administrator, WV DEP Office of Innovation
- Why I Love My HEV
- Mark Jacobs, FutureTruck Team Captain and Senior Mechanical Engineering Student
- Fuel Cell Vehicles 101
- Gary Stiegel, National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Clean-Coal-to-Hydrogen Technology
- 12:05 pm
- Ride 'n' Drive One-on-One with Braxton County High School faculty
and staff
Drivers earned Rally Points for Ride 'n' Drive guests - 12:30 pm
- Lunch for faculty, staff, and drivers, courtesy of WVU NRCCE and NAFTC
- 1:15 pm
- On the Road Again to Capital High School in Charleston
- 2:30 pm
- Rally Arrived at Capital High School
- 2:45 pm
- Rally Presentations
- Trina Wafle, NRCCE Associate Director, Emcee
- About NAFTC Odyssey
- Dave Bassage, Administrator, WV DEP Office of Innovation
- Why I Love My HEV
- Jason Deskins, Bert Wolfe Toyota
- Automotive Trends
- Mark Jacobs, FutureTruck Team Captain and Senior Mechanical Engineering Student
- Fuel Cell Vehicles 101
- Gary Stiegel, National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Clean-Coal-to-Hydrogen Technology
- 4:15 pm
- On the Road Again to Cultural Center
- 4:30 pm
- Arrived at Cultural Center
Drivers’ Social
- 10th Anniversary Clean State Celebration Banquet
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- 5:00 pm
- 10th Anniversary Clean State Celebration Reception
- 5:30 pm
- Banquet
- 6:15 pm
- John Weete, WVU VP for Research
Welcome and Recognition of Newest Clean State Members
Rally Awards Presentation:
- First place: Deborah Nosse
- Second place: Thom Worlledge
- Third place: Andrew Schaer
- 7:00 pm
- Rita Bajura, National Energy Technology Laboratory Director, West Virginia and Clean-Coal-to-Hydrogen
- 7:20 pm
- Steve Walker, President of Walker Machinery, Winning Strategies for West Virginia
- 8:00 pm
- Banquet ended