West Virginia University engineering faculty member Scott Wayne will appear on NBC sTodaybetween 7-10 a.m. Thursday (May 24) to discuss hybrid technology in locomotives.
Wayne is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.
He also serves as an associate director of WVU s Research Center for Alternative Fuels and Engine Emissions (CAFEE), which is a leader in research aimed at improving engine and vehicle operation and reducing exhaust emissions, especially from heavy-duty vehicles, including trucks, buses, ships and locomotives.
Wayne was contacted by aTodayproducer to provide expert input into new hybrid technology that is being developed to increase fuel efficiency and decrease emissions from locomotive engines. The newly developed hybrid locomotives convert and use significant amounts of energy that is lost during braking.
If this technology is widely adopted, it has the potential to have a positive impact on fuel efficiency and air quality,Wayne said.
Wayne has eight years of research experience in the field of heavy-duty vehicles, engines, alternative fuels and emissions.
His research centers around the design and evaluation of internal combustion engines, vehicle drive systems, fuels and aftertreatment technologies, with the goal of improving engine efficiency and reducing harmful effects of pollutant emissions on public health and the environment.
Wayne has been a member of the WVU faculty since 1997.
CAFEE researchers have some of the nation’s most extensive experience in measuring exhaust emissions of conventionally and alternatively-fueled vehicles. The WVU centers two Transportable Vehicle Emissions Testing Laboratories travel around the nation to perform emissions testing of conventionally and alternatively-fueled fleet vehicles near each fleets home base.
Nigel Clark, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, is the director of CAFEE , which conducts approximately $6 million in externally-funded research each year. The research is supported by the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation, as well as by state and local governments and private manufacturers.
For more information, contact Wayne at 304-293-3111, ext. 2323 or visithttp://www.cafee.wvu.edu.