The
2007 IYFCC at the Fuel Cell Seminar in San Antonio, TX, USA, provides
hands on opportunities for high school students, aged 14 - 18, to
demonstrate their skills in the technology of hydrogen and fuel cells.
Each country can nominate up to three teams. Germany is represented by
Moritz Greif (18) from Liebigschule and Manuel Kochen (18) from
Heinrich-Kleyer-Schule in Frankfurt/Main. Their participation in the US
is sponsored by Arno A. Evers FAIR-PR, Starnberg, Germany, who is also
sponsoring this blog.
Picture shows Arno A. Evers (middle) together with the winners of Hydrogen Ambassadors teams at HANNOVER FAIR ‘06
Moritz and Manuel are describing in this blog their experiences in preparing and attending the 2007 IYFCC, October 13-15, San Anonio, TX, USA.
Each 2007 IYFCC team can consist of two students who must complete three categories of the competition:
1. Quiz Bowl (questions about the fuel cell technology),
2. Car Competition (fuel cell cars, designed and built by
the students, are judged on speed, engineering design and artistic
design)
3. Timepiece Competition (the timepiece machine, designed and
built by the students, are judged on construction, accuracy and
engineering design)
Materials for all teams provided by h-tec Wasserstoff-Energie-Systeme GmbH, Lübeck, Germany.
The 2007 IYFCC competition is an integrated part of the 23rd Fuel
Cell Seminar in San Antonio, TX, USA, one of the largest fuel cell
meeting in the world since 1976! Competitions will take place in the
Exhibit Hall and conference attendees will have the opportunity to vote
for their favourite cars and timepieces!