Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ross McCurdy, Ponaganset High School

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Establishing Fuel Cell Education in the High School K-12 Education Issues Relevant to EngineeringAbstract Today’s high school students are the next generation of potential fuel cell users anddesigners, and educating our students now is a critical step towards the widespread acceptanceand implementation of hydrogen fuel cell technology in the near future. While most schoolshave not integrated hydrogen fuel cell technology into their curriculum, some pioneering schoolshave already developed programs to teach and apply fuel cell science in the classrooms; amongthem is the Fuel Cell Education Initiative, started in 2001. The Fuel Cell Education Initiative began with an idea and a mission: to teach studentsabout

Conference Session

Best Zone Paper Competition

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nathan Klingbeil, Wright State University; Richard Mercer, Wright State University; Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University; Michael Raymer, Wright State University; David Reynolds, Wright State University

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ASEE North Central Section Outstanding Teaching Award (2004), and both the CECS Excellence in Service (2004) and Excellence in Teaching (2002) awards at Wright State University.Richard Mercer, Wright State University RICHARD E. MERCER is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wright State University. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington in 1980. Professor Mercer is active in curriculum reform, and has led an NSF supported effort to integrate Mathematica laboratory sessions into the freshman calculus sequence at Wright State University.Kuldip Rattan, Wright State University KULDIP S. RATTAN is a Professor in the