The 31st Annual Engineers Week Dinner

"The Interstate Traveler Hydrogen Super Highway"

Date:
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 5:30 - 9:00 PM

Location:
Fetzer Center

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
(269)276-3250

The Interstate Traveler Hydrogen Super Highway is a modular maglev rail system that is laminated with solar-panels which create enough power to operate all the basic systems for transportation, communications, security, water and sewer, etc., facilitated by the large cluster of conduits contained within the central support beam of the rail.  The conduit cluster can be used for virtually any liquid and vapor based materials.  Multiple conduits will also be dedicated to fiber optic cables for communication and super conducting electrical cables of power distribution.

The unique integration of components described above creates a self sustaining solar powered energy production and distribution system that is used to propel thousands of transport vehicles on the rail, and produce hydrogen and raw electrical energy to power traditional wheeled vehicles on the road ways, and supply hydrogen as a fuel to the growing aerospace industry in the coming decades.

The benefits of a clustered network of conduits include flexibility to enable regional networks where the larger main conduits may be dedicated to the transport of completely different liquids or gases.  As an example, a network of Interstate Traveler Rail in a geographic region that is rich in crude oil resources can dedicate the largest conduits for the movement of crude oil from field to the refinery.  In other areas, the larger conduits can move agricultural methane or electrolytic hydrogen into general distribution.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Justin Eric Sutton

Justin Eric Sutton is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Interstate Traveler Company.  Justin graduated from Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan in 1986 and also received a one-year degree in Mechanical Engineering from vocational school in 1986.  He then studied AutoCAD, robotics and factory automation at junior college for two years before transferring to Western Michigan University to study geo-physics.

Justin started his work on rebuilding America's public transit system back on March 19, 1995 when he was inspired by the headlines of the day which asked the question: "Who will fix Amtrak?"

Today, Justin is extremely proud of the company that has grown up around his research and development which now has over 200 investors.  The Interstate Traveler Company's Hydrogen Super Highway has captured the imagination, hopes and expectations of everyone in the industry.

In this presentation, Justin shares his vision for the future of transportation and some of the technical and engineering challenges the Hydrogen Super Highway hopes to overcome.

Agenda:
5:30 to 6:30 PM: Social Hour/Cash Bar
6:30 to 7:30 PM: Dinner
7:30 PM: Program

Location:

Fetzer Center on the Western Michigan University campus, Kalamazoo, MI

Parking is available at no charge immediately adjacent to the Fetzer Center.  For directions and map, visit: http://www.ceas.wmich.edu/eweek/

Costs:

$20.00 Professional or Guest

$10.00 Student

For registration, click HERE!