December 2, 2009

Henning Lohse-Busch has been a self-proclaimed “car guy” all his life. When he moved to the US from France to go to college at Virginia Tech, he found Virginia Tech’s FutureTruck team and immediately felt right at home. FutureTruck was the advanced vehicle technology competition (AVTC) series that took place from 2000-2004 and was an early predecessor to the current AVTC series, EcoCAR. While working with the team, Henning discovered his passion for hybrid and alternative vehicles, and once he was “bitten by the FutureTruck bug,” he never looked back. In his first year with the team he was enthralled with the multitude of challenges and opportunities offered by the FutureTruck project. He spent almost every weekend and many late nights working on the fuel cell system for the competition and confirmed that this work was truly his calling. Later, he became team leader and, together with his dedicated team, developed Virginia Tech’s hydrogen internal combustion hybrid electric competition truck. Henning completed his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech and attributes much of his academic success to the lessons he learned while working on the FutureTruck team. Read the rest of this entry »