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We are grateful to the following companies and organizations that are
assisting in various ways in the Test Events in Morgantown:
- American Power Conversion (APC) -- judging help, final cost
analysis help, major event sponsorship
- Grainger Center for Electric Machinery and Electromechanics, University
of Illinois -- event sponsorship, in-kind support
(instrumentation loan to NETL)
- IEEE
- Power Electronics Society -- event sponsorship,
leadership of the Organizing Committee, sponsorship of the Springboard
Event and of the test event, judging, reviewers, administration
- Industry Applications Society -- event sponsorship,
participation in the Organizing Committee, judging, reviewers,
administration
- Industrial Electronics Society -- participation in the Organizing
Committee, judging, reviewers
- EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center (PEAC) in collaboration
with the Tennessee Valley Authority -- judging, event sponsorship,
in-kind support (load test equipment)
- MagnaPower -- judging help, final cost analysis help, in-kind support
(power supply for NETL)
- West Virginia University -- recreational activities during the test events
- Xantrex -- judging help, event sponsorship
- Yokogawa -- in-kind support (instrumentation for NETL and charity
auction)
The following Finalist schools have already agreed to
"self-sponsor" their travel costs to Morgantown, and we are grateful
for their help:
- University of Central Florida
- Virginia Tech
Our primary sponsors also should be recognized:
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) -- Challenge Award of $50,000
- DOE National Energy Testing Laboratory (NETL) -- full operation and
administration of the test events, local arrangements, judging,
organizational support, in-kind support (fuel cell, facilities,
instrumentation, personnel)
- U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) -- Program Awards, five awards of $5,000
each; judging
- IEEE
- Power Electronics Society -- leadership of the Organizing Committee,
sponsorship of the Springboard Event and of the test event, judging,
reviewers, administration
- Industry Applications Society -- participation in the Organizing
Committee, judging, reviewers, administration, event sponsorship
- Industrial Electronics Society -- participation in the Organizing
Committee, judging, reviewers
- EPRI Power Electronics Applications Center (PEAC) -- judging, event
sponsorship, in-kind support (load test equipment)
- National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) -- facilitation of
support and publicity
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