Category: Hydrogen Education

Students at the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom have developed the country’s first hydrogen race car. Engineering Ph.D. students, John Goddard and the ironically-named James Waters have converted a Formula Student racecar to run on hydrogen gas. The first Formula Student racecar to run on hydrogen will do so in a very green […]

St. Andrews Episcopal middle school in Amarillo, Texas has won this year’s Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors sponsored National Science Bowl Hydrogen Fuel Cell Model Car Challenge. The Challenge took place at the University of Denver and St. Andrews beat out Salem Middle School in Apex, North Carolina to win $200 and a […]

This year’s Shell Eco Marathon was held April 14, 2007 at the California Speedway in Fontana, CA and was open to 20 colleges and 3 high schools. Leave it to a bunch of high schoolers to win the hydrogen fuel cell competition as Los Altos Academy of Engineering (LAAE) did just that with their vehicle […]

Because of the tragedy last week at Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) there has been much interest by the media and others on what this college is all about. One aspect that has been largely overlooked by the media, however, is that as the nation’s 9th ranked public undergraduate program, Virginia Tech’s […]

Middle school teachers in Ames, Iowa have received an education on hydrogen cars. This is thanks to the National Renewable Energy Lab and expert Rick Shin. The point of the exercise was to teach the teachers about miniature hydrogen cars so they could then go back to class and impart their knowledge to their students. […]

The young people of today will be the scientists, engineers, marketers and CEOs ushering in, maintaining and sustaining the hydrogen economy of tomorrow. As such, many high schools around the country are being proactive in educating students about hydrogen fuel cells right now. One of the biggest pushes is through the Washington State Fuel Cell […]