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Visit our website at www.cccewd.net Long Beach City College received a

do-nation of a Hydrogen-powered Ford Ranger to complement their inventory of Alterna-tively Fueled vehicles. This Hydrogen-powered ICE engine is similar to the unit that Governor Schwarzenegger has in one of his Hummers. It burns hydrogen as a fuel and delivers very clean power through a supercharged 2.3L engine that has been modified to 2.8L in preparation for the HYGEN system.

“It has been a long road to this donation,” noted Rick Sikes, at the City of Santa Monica Maintenance yard. Through a partnership with Clean Air Now, City of Santa Monica and LBCC, plans were initiated to deliver this vehicle back in 2004. James Provenzano of Clean Air Now has worked through the process over the last several years to make this donation happen. “The technology used in this vehicle is still very current,” Jim indicated, “and with the contacts at Shell and other suppliers of fuel, equipment and technolo-gy...to the college, it will be a real opportunity for the students to experience this emerging fuel source.”

This Hydrogen vehicle will complement the current curriculum at the college, as the program already has two working fuel

cells and several fuel cell lab kits. “We are ready for the hydrogen economy to go full swing,” said Cal Macy, Program Director. Thanks to LBCC industry partners, the pro-gram can give students a taste of each platform that will be coming on the market. LBCC already has Hydrogen, CNG, Propane, Vegetable Oil, Solar, plug-in electric, Hybrids, and has plans for LNG within the program. LBCC has completed contracts for training at Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for Hybrids, Sempra for CNG and CSA for Cylinder Safety, and is involved in a part-nership with Westport to help develop LNG training for the Port of Long Beach. LBCC is very committed to reducing Californi’s de-mand on foreign oil and improving the air quality in the region, and this new vehicle will help demonstrate the exciting viability of such alternatives.

For the second time, the ATTEi Program at San Diego Miramar College has sponsored a two-week training program for faculty who want to learn how to build and, in turn, teach electric vehicle technology. This program is a working partnership with the San Diego Community College District Continuing Education program, which provides facilities for the program. In the past, each offering has been attended by approximately 25 students; typically half have been high school or community college faculty. Attendees dedicate seven hours per day for two weeks to take in all the theoretical and hands-on learning. One key aspect of the program is that the class is endorsed by the California Industrial Technology Education Association (CITEA).

Directed by Abran Quevedo, who has built a number of electric vehicles, the program receives strong support from the San Diego Electric Vehicle Association. This year lectures were presented from both private a public organizations. During the program, attendees discover that they can convert any stick-shift compact car from an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) that uses gasoline to a NICE (No Internal

Combustion Engine) that is all electric-in just ten days!

The class is designed as the perfect class for auto shop instructors, science teachers, industrial technology teachers, other teachers and those wanting to learn to convert vehicles. The course uses the textbook Convert It, by Michael P. Brown, which describes how to convert cars from gas to electric power. Along the way, teacher-participants will develop teaching strategies related to the electric car conversion process. Faculty attendees are sponsored by the ATTEi program. We have had students from as far away as Canada, and we have already generated a new program at North Central State College in Ohio. Portions of the curriculum have also been included in the curriculum in the San Diego High School SciTech program, which will also be the location of this coming year’s program. By that time, San Diego Miramar College’s ATTEi program will also have renovated a Porsche Kit Car provided in co-sponsorship by the ATTEi Program at Sacramento City College

California adds 500,000 new residents each year, increasing the population of an economy that continues to be the tenth largest in the world. As a result of California’s economic impact, several economic and environmental problems continue to plague California. One of the most significant of these problems involves the transportation and energy sectors.

The gap between the energy California uses and what it produces grows larger every year. California produces 16% of the natural gas it uses, 78% of the electricity, and 42% of the petroleum. Moreover, the use of hydro-carbon fossil fuels contributes to trade imbalances with other nations and threatens the security of California and the United States. Hydro-carbon fuels also contribute to the formation of photochemical smog, particulate emissions, and cancer-causing chemicals in the atmosphere. The Bureau of Land Management is attempting to address these issues by using renewable energy sources such as wind, geothermal, solar and biomass as well as traditional energy sources like oil and gas.

As California strives to maintain a healthier environ-ment, solar and wind energy are becoming major players in the renewable energy arena. The United States added more than 15,000 megawatts of wind energy for a cumu-lative total of 74,000 megawatts of power, nationwide. Wind turbines are becoming more complex, and new “smart” wind turbines are very efficient in capturing the energy of the wind. Unfortunately, the rapidly increasing sophistication of these windmills coincides with a lack of advanced repair technicians, which creates another problem. Current wind turbines are extremely complex compared to older models,

and they incorporate many components, including gear box, electronic controllers of various natures, brake, ane-mometer, wind vane, low speed shaft, high speed shaft, yaw drive, yaw motor, and other electrical devices that comprise the wind turbine.

As the wind turbine industry continues to grow exponentially, certified wind turbine technician training programs are needed. However, these training programs do not yet exist in the California Community Colleges. In response, in cooperation with AIRSTREAMS LLC, the Cypress College ATTEi Center has assisted in the development of 13 wind turbine technician training courses. The accelerated training program is 26 days long and is for entry-level technicians seeking a career in the wind turbine industry.

The Cypress College ATTEi Center, AIR-STREAMS LLC, and the Southern California Energy hub are working diligently to launch and distribute this much-needed training program. The training program will be delivered at key ATTEi and partnering campus locations statewide. These courses will also be delivered na-tionwide through revenue-generating contracts.

For more information about this program or if interested in the course for July or August 2008 contact Greg Newhouse at gnewhous@sdccd.edu.

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2 Energy

Argonauts ...

2 Leadership,

Resources

& Change ...

2 International

Team Training

Center ...

3 Tune-In

& Tune-Up ...

3 Future Experts

Compete ...

4 Counting on

Canola...

4 Rio Hondo

ATTE Update ...

5 Thielert Engine ...

5 New LBCC Car ...

6 Miramar News ...

6 Advanced Transportation Technology Centers

Cerritos Community College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

11110 Alondra Boulevard Norwalk, CA 90650-6298 Phone: (562) 860-2451 ext.2934 Fax: (562) 467-5095 Email: ejaramillo@cerritos.edu

City College of San Francisco,

College of Alameda & Skyline College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

1400 Evans Avenue San Francisco, CA 94124 Phone: (415) 550-4437 Fax: (415) 550-4400 Email: GBernste@ccsf.edu

College of the Desert

Energy Technology Center

43-500 Monterey Avenue Palm Desert, CA 92260 Phone: (760) 568-3083 Fax: (760) 773-2505 Email: tholland@collegeofthedesert.edu

Cypress College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

9200 Valley View Street Cypress, CA 90630-5897 Phone: (714) 484-7258 Fax: (714 ) 527-1077

Email: lorozco@cypresscollege.edu

Fresno City College

Advanced Transportation

Technology Center

1101 E. University Avenue Fresno, CA 93741 Phone: (559) 442-4600 ext.8559 Fax: (559) 498-8350 Email: roger.teschner@fresnocitycollege.edu

Long Beach City College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

1305 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. Long Beach, CA 90806 Phone: (562) 938-3067 Fax: (562) 938-3161 Email: calmacy@lbcc.edu

Rio Hondo College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

3600 Workman Mill Road Whittier, CA 90601-1699 Phone: (562) 908-3433 Fax: (562) 463-4603 Email: mslavich@riohondo.edu

Sacramento City College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

3835 Freeport Boulevard Sacramento, CA 95822-1386 Phone: (916) 650-2721 Fax: (916) 558-2188 Email: cypretp@scc.losrios.edu

San Diego Miramar College

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

10440 Black Mountain Road San Diego, CA 92126-2999 Phone: (619) 388-7673 Fax: (619) 388-7905 Email: gnewhous@sdccd.edu

West Valley-Mission CCD

Center for Advanced

Transportation Technology

14000 Fruitvale Ave. Saratoga, CA 95070 Phone: (408) 741-4693 Fax: (408) 867-2522 Email: david_esmaili@wvm.edu

Advanced Transportation

Technology & Energy Website:

http://www.attcolleges.org

Director: Peter Davis Email: outrchpd@mac.com

Long Beach City College

Receives Hydrogen Vehicle

Electric Vehicles at Miramar:

Training the Faculty

For more information contact Marty Orozco at lorozco@cypresscollege.edu For more information contact Cal Macy at

calmacy@lbcc.edu

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Advanced Transportation Technology & Energy has been charged with providing re-newable energy training to the

state. Through the ATTEi regional hubs, we are reaching out to community colleges and their partners by offering training and curriculum to those who are truly seeking to become “Energy Argo-nauts.”

beginning of 2008, the ATTEi successfully provided five state-wide training events focused on renewable energy. The first of these events involved a partnership with UC Davis and the California Wind Energy Collaborative to offer four courses focusing on wind energy generation. Each training event was offered at a different location throughout the state: Sacramento City College, Cerro Coso College, College of the Desert and West Valley College. Overall, thirty community colleges, ten industry part-ners and five government agencies attended the events. The students had the advantage of learning from Henry Shiu and P. Case Van Dam, from UC Davis, who not only instructed the course but were also the developers of the curriculum. Event attendees received an extensive introduction to the wind generation field, learning its history, technological ad-vancements and industry trend projections.

Concurrently, ATTEi also offered a statewide event that focused on

Through the initial sponsorship of the ATTEi Program at Miramar College, we have now demonstrated successful development of an International Team Training Center. January 15th through 18th, 2008, the Center

offered its third annual four-day, non-residential, Group Dynamics Workshop (GDW). This program was attended by 41 students, many coming to attend from European countries.

The program is based on

interpretations of the Tavistock tradition, and this year was particularly interesting, as there was a novice group (registered in the college course AVIA 128 ‘Group Dynamics for High-Risk Teams’), an advanced group (registered in the college course AVIA 228 ‘Group Dynamics II’)

and a new ‘Team Resource Management Training Group’ (for individuals outside the college system). Participants in these three subsystems have the opportunity to collaborate with the staff group to study the exercise of leadership, authority and teamwork within the ‘temporary organization’ these groups

build together. The program is open to anyone who has a serious commitment to learning more about the dynamics of leadership, authority, and groups in organizational life. People interested in exploring the dynamics of high-risk teams-such as aviation, medicine, law enforcement, fire fighting and the military-are particularly welcome.

The ITTC is an educational organization that partners academia with industry in order to advance career

technical education and support lifelong learning for people working in high-risk professions. The only training center in the world that focuses exclusively on the dynamics of high-risk teams, ITTC is positioned to meet the demands of the international community using a unique Team Resource Management methodology based on

aviation industry training models, military training, and academic leadership programs.

ITTC events are designed for front-line professionals, trainees, leaders and managers working in high-risk fields, as well as for consultants, trainers, researchers and academics interested in exploring both the challenges of work in high stress occupations, and an alternative training model incorporating experiential learning modules within systems psychodynamics theories. Visit College of the Desert announces

Tim Holland as their new ATTEi Pro-gram Director. Holland was recently the Program Coordinator of ATTEi at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California.

During the past two years, in cooperation with Center for Technical Excellence Dean Larry Dutto and the CTE department, Holland and the College of the Desert ATTEi have worked as a cohesive team to design and implement several course cur-ricula in the areas of alternative fuels and energy at the community college and high school levels.

Holland designed a presentation showing students how to electrolyze water to create hydrogen. This pre-sentation has introduced Alternative Energy to over 2,600 elementary, middle school and high school stu-dents. In addition, his status as one of ten authorized WorkKeys profilers in the state of California has given Holland a strong working relationship with businesses that seek to train and/or hire employees.

Holland is presently in the last stages of the Master’s program at CSU Fresno. He also earned two Vo-cational Certificates from the College of the Sequoias in 2003.

Holland is a product of the Com-munity College system, a system which he “believes is necessary for any and all students.” He is thankful to the College of the Desert for the opportunity to serve not only stu-dents, but also the community. Alter-native Energy, says Holland, “is no longer a fantasy; it is a reality for us all, whether you are a student four weeks out of high school, a sixty-year-old re-entry student, or a fourth-grader in elementary school. At a time when technology changes every day, the importance of a program like ATTEi could never be higher.” It is Holland’s goal to uphold the high standards of the College of the Desert while helping to educate all students and the communities in which they live about the growing world of Alternative Energy.

www.sdmiramar.edu/aviation/ITTC. Whether you are a mid-career professional, returning adult learner, or college student interested in

understanding the unique dynamics of professionals working in high-risk teams, ITTC is here to meet your educational and professional needs. We invite you to become part of the exciting ITTC community! For information on the program to be offered in January 2009, contract Dr. Amy Fraher at

afraher@sdccd.edu.

A $500 Repair Voucher

for your Car?

The Tune-In and Tune-Up program (TITU) is an innovative, hands-on, learning-based program that provides free emissions testing and a $500 repair voucher to any participant whose vehicle fails the emissions test. Since 2005, the Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative (ATTEi) at Fresno City College has worked with Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving air quality in the San Joaquin Valley, to implement their TITU program throughout the Central Valley.

A major component of this emissions program is education. At each event, Fresno’s ATTEi sets up a series of cano-pies labeled “Diagnostics.” After partic-ipants get their vehicles’ emissions test-ed, they are instructed to drive to the canopies for free under-the-hood checks, performed by automotive students under the watchful eyes of instructors.

At any time during a TITU event, there

are more than 20 vehicles in diagnostics, with more than 25 students getting

firsthand experience with customers and their vehicles. A TITU event often brings in more than 300 vehicles for emissions testing and more than 200 vehicles for diagnostic testing. This experiential learning is invaluable for students with futures in the automotive industry, as this real-life experience cannot be taught in a classroom.

The TITU emissions-reduction pro-gram has been held at seven community college campuses throughout California.

Some future events will be different, as they will be partially funded through a grant from the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, and will outreach to environmental justice communities, such as Parlier and Avenal.

In addition to hosting the TITU event, Valley CAN, through ATTEi, has provided each participating college with an $8,000 grant to purchase emissions-related equipment for their automotive programs. Most state-funded colleges are on tight

budgets, and this type of donation is invaluable in securing tools for current and future students.

Tune-In and Tune-Up events are im-portant to our community because they improve transportation efficiency and raise awareness of alternative energy choices and solutions to immediate ve-hicle air-pollution issues, while garnering enthusiastic local participation. the North American Board of Energy

Practitio-ners (NABCEP) Entry-Level Certification in Solar Photovoltaics. Twenty-two community colleges and four in-dustry experts attended the event. The training was held at Diablo Valley College and was con-ducted by Tom Chatag-nier, renewable energy instructor for DVC. The four-day expedited course covered installation techniques, technological development and real-life implementation. At the conclusion of the course, all twenty-six

attendees were given the opportunity to take the NABCEP Entry-Level Certifi-cation exam. As a conse-quence of this training, six non-ATTEi community col-leges are in full development of their own photovoltaic programs.

In an attempt to influence a younger audience, and in accordance with the renew-able energy charge, the ATTEi

southern California hub has started re-developing a primary and secondary classroom kit focusing on alternatively fueled vehicles and renewable energy. The preliminary plans include printed student materials, teacher’s guide and a classroom DVD. The hope for this kit is that it will spark an interest in children and young adults to pursue “green” careers and becoming the “Energy Argonauts” of the future. The completion date for this project is slated for the fourth quarter of 2007–2008. For more information about the Advanced Transpor-tation Technology & Energy Initiative (ATTEi) or the 4Energy group, please visit: www.attecolleges.org or www.fourenergy.org

For more information contact Roger Teschner at roger.teschner@fresnocitycollege.edu

College of the

Desert’s New

ATTEi Director

ATTE International Team Training Center

CHARGING FORWARD:

In Search of the Future’s “Energy Argonauts”

2008 International Staff Group (Left to right): Janedra Sykes (USA), Nicola Wreford-Howard (UK), Mike Faris (Australia), Pascaline Christiaens (Netherlands), Jan Willemoes (Faroe Islands), Amy Fraher (USA), Vega Roberts (UK), Matthieu Daum (France), Arnold Huntley (USA) and Brenda Gilson (USA).

Participants in Miramar College’s third annual International Team Training Center Group Dynamics Workshop 2008

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Once a year, Cerritos College ATTEi hosts the Los Angeles County High School Auto-motive Technology Competition. It’s a day filled with excitement and camaraderie, as high school auto technology students vie for the prizes in categories including tools, advanced diagnostic equipment, and, most importantly, a chance at making it to the Finals in New York.

Ready, Set, Go!

Twelve high school student teams com-peted for the title “Best of the Best.” The competition included both written and hands-on evaluation of students’ skills. During the hands-on portion of the compe-tition, students test, diagnose, and report results in categories such as automatic transmission, heating/air conditioning, brakes, electronics, tools and measurements, advanced fuel systems, emissions, and drivability.

Industry Sponsors ATTE Event

The event is sponsored by the Southland Motor Car Dealers Association (SMCDA) and

the Greater Los Angeles New Car Dealers Association (GLANCDA). Each association sponsors a winning high school, so two schools are chosen as the best. Why do these professional auto dealer organizations spon-sor this event?

Todd Leutheuser, Executive Director of the SMCDA, says it well: “The future is now for advanced transportation technologies. Young people who prove themselves as the best during these competitions are the automotive engineers, technicians, and designers of the future. As an organization, our involvement and support today will help ensure that we’ll have qualified workers for tomorrow.” GLANC-DA Executive Director Charlie Gill agreed, saying “Our ultimate goal for supporting this program is to provide potential job opportu-nities at our member dealerships for the motivated student experts.”

Keeping Cool Under Pressure!

These student experts used their diag-nostic skills and service skills to fix a vehicle problem. However, they had not only to fix the problem, but to fix it under the pressure

of competition from other schools while performing under the watchful scrutiny of judges and within the limitations of a time clock. Now, that’s pressure!

New York, here we come! Two high schools from Los Angeles County will be going to the 2008 National Automotive Tech-nology Competition in New York. John Theo-dosiou and Brandon Patterson from Agoura High School won first place for the SMCDA award. Gabriel Ulloa and Jason Scatamacchia from Cali-fornia High School won first place for the GLANCDA award.

All Are Winners!

Congratulations go not just to the finalist winners, but to all the students who competed. They’re all winners! The future members of our advanced transportation

worforce were called to action, and all proved that they could do it!

Ross Hamilton was just looking for a cheaper way to fuel his farm equipment. What he ended up with is a cutting-edge biodiesel project that ultimately could be-come a state model for farmers to grow their own fuel.

“The ATTEi wants this to be a beta site,” said Suzanne Clark, assistant project direc-tor with Shasta College’s Small Business Development Center.

Hamilton is Shasta Union High School District’s Agriculture Department Chair and runs the district’s 25-acre farm off Eastside Road south of downtown Redding.

Ross Hamilton and agriculture teacher Noah Corp had their students plant 3 acres with canola, a special type of rapeseed related to mustard. Processed canola oil can be used to manufacture biodiesel. Hamilton, Corp and their students will har-vest the crop and manufacture biodiesel to be used in the farm’s trucks and tractors. The high school students are doing all the work on this project.

The farm is the first one in the north state to grow the crop and is doing it on

nonirrigated fields. Being able to do it without irrigation water is key. The project is funded through a state grant from the California Community College Advanced Transportation Technology and Energy Initiative.

Since 1952 the Shasta Union High School District has had its farm, and it’s always been self-sufficient. In order for the farm to remain with the district, it has to remain self-sustainable. It was that fact that got the instructors thinking about cheap fuel. They could keep costs down on the farm, which raises hay, hogs and cows, if they didn’t have to pay so much

for diesel.

Growing canola and producing biodiesel puts this High School farm on the cutting edge of the rapidly burgeoning field of alternative fuel technology.

Shasta Union High School District & Shasta College have partnered with the California Community College Advanced Transportation Technology

and Energy Initiative (ATTEi) & Northern ATTEi Hub to grow canola seed for an experimental alternative fuel project.

For more information contact David Esmaili at david_esmaili@wvm.edu

For more information contact Eli Jaramillo at ejaramillo@cerritos.edu

Future Experts Compete for Best of the Best

Alternative Fuels Project: Counting on Canola

ABOVE: High school students prepare the field for planting. LEFT: The CP Agriculture Biology class takes a break in the canola to enjoy the beautiful Spring weather.

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Two years ago, the Sacramento City College ATTEi Center, in conjunction with the college’s Aeronautics Department, decided to explore the latest in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved aircraft engine technology. After consult-ing with FAA and industry leaders, SCC ATTEi found an area that was not only green technology, but also the latest in aviation technology.

The Thielert diesel aircraft engine rep-resents the leading edge in aviation tech-nology. As SCC ATTEi was becoming aware of this product, the engine had just been approved for use in light aircraft in Europe through the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) and was in the final stages of approval with the FAA for use in the United States. At that time, no other group had installed this engine on a U.S. certified aircraft.

Diesel engines in aircraft are not a new idea. The reason this technology was abandoned for aircraft use is that older aircraft diesel engines tended to be heavy and underpowered, an were not “clean” fuel-burning engines.

All that has changed with the Thielert engine. The light, 1.7 liter, aluminum engine produces 135 B.H.P. and 302 ft. lbs. of torque at cruise altitude, while consuming considerably less Jet-A fuel than it’s Avgas burning predecessor. It features an intercooled turbocharger and FADEC control system that automatically

coordinates fuel leaning and propeller pitch angle through the throttle setting. This makes the pilot workload much eas-ier during flight.

One of SCC’s aeronautics professors attended the factory-authorized training for this engine. This training allowed him to supervise aeronautics students in the installation and test running of the en-gine on the college’s Cessna 172 aircraft. He also oversaw the required FAA paper-work for such an installation, which proved to be quite a learning opportunity for SCC’s student aircraft mechanics.

SCC ATTEi has now incorporated this technology into its curriculum so that all future students can benefit from this

project. SCC has also been able to offer no-cost Train-The-Trainer seminars for any aeronautics professors at sister community colleges who want to incorporate this technology into their curriculum.

Now that the Cessna Aircraft Cor-poration, as well as other aircraft man-ufacturers, have decided to offer this diesel aircraft engine technology on their new production aircraft, the need for this training will increase in the future. SCC ATTEi will be ready to meet this emerging technology training need.

$282,000 to Fight Gross Polluters

Federal funding secured by Congress-woman Hilda L. Solis (CA-32) will allow the ATTEi clean teams at Rio Hondo College and East LA College to form a partnership with ATTEi Fresno and Valley CAN, to provide one day of free emission testing in the San Gabriel area. The effort is called “Tune In-Tune Up”, and is a free, one-day, roadside emissions event this fall. These cars will be referred to students in Rio Hondo’s Advanced Transportation Technology pro-gram so they can diagnose the problems. The goal is to test 350 automobiles.

Motorists will be given a voucher – pos-sibly worth up to $500 – for smog repairs to be used within 60 days at a local, pre-selected Gold Shield Shop. The project is aimed at reducing the number of high polluting vehicles consumers cannot afford to repair.

New Career Paths at Local Schools

Workman High School, in La Puente, California, worked to recruit and enroll high school students in the first online Automotive Specialized Electronics training course administered through Rio Hondo’s Virtual College. The pilot course is admin-istered at the high school during the normal automotive shop program. Students attend class for hands-on training, and then apply lessons to an online virtual circuit. The group of 22 high school students is working with current college students to complete the three-unit course.

Mountain View high school, in El Mon-te, California, is coordinating entry-level courses at their school that enable stu-dents to get college credit for completing rigorous college-level curriculum before transferring to Rio Hondo College.

CNG Auto Technology Training for

Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power

Improving on past experiences, the LADWP asked Rio Hondo College to train the service technicians on the new Honda Civic GX platform. John Frala worked with American Honda AFV

personnel to rewrite the curriculum based on the 2008 Honda GX Civic.

Training was give to 49 service, body, and tow technicians at two

of the Rio Hondo facilities over a two-week period. This course provided the crew with updates on the new CNG op-erating system, as well as the new tire pressure monitoring system.

MILES Electric Van Goes AC Voltage

The new Miles ZX40s 80 volt AC pro-pulsion was unveiled at a training session provided by Rio Hondo College. Technicians from all over U.S. attended to see the new AC version of the van. John Frala provided an intense two-day ses-sion for the group,

which included training on re-moving the drive train, all controller components, and service procedures. This training was supported by the National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, (NAFTC).

For more information contact Mike Slavich at mslavich@riohondo.edu

For more information contact Phil Cypret at cypretp@scc.losrios.edu

Rio Hondo College ATTE Center

Diesel Aircraft Engine the Leading Edge

Advanced Transportation

Technology & Energy Website:

http://www.attcolleges.org

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