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GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS May 2012 | Volume 09, Issue 07<br />
Army LeAders Open new<br />
LAb COmpLex fOr business<br />
GVSET News Staff<br />
(From left): AMC CTO Dr. Grace Bochenek; TACOM LCMC CG MG Kurt Stein;<br />
TARDEC Interim Director Jennifer Hitchcock; Sen. Debbie Stabenow; Sen. Carl<br />
Levin; White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Dr. John<br />
Holdren; Army DCSLOG LTG Raymond V. Mason; ASA (IE&E) Katherine Ham-<br />
mack; and (not pictured) ASD (OEP&P) Sharon Burke, press the button opening<br />
the door to the new GSPEL complex during the April 11, 2012 Grand Opening<br />
ceremony. (U.S. Army TARDEC photos.)<br />
More than 300 government, industry and academic leaders<br />
converged on the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, MI, for the U.S.<br />
Army’s one-of-a-kind Ground Systems Power and Energy Labo-<br />
ratory (GSPEL) complex grand opening on April 11, 2012.<br />
A panel of distin<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=1"> GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY N</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=2"> InterIm DIrector’s message — PowerIng change The </a>
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<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=4"> Dr. John Holdren, White House Office of Science a</a>
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<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=8"> TARDEC Engineer Orest Tarnavsky explains to indus</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=9"> gspeL Opens its dOOrs GVSET News Staff </a>
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<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=11"> The PLS-A1 will be rolled back into the PEVEL and</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=12"> energy stOrAge LAbOrAtOry (esL) deveLOps AdvAnCed</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=13"> TARDEC Energy Storage Team Leader Sonya Zanardell</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=14"> eLeCtriC COmpOnents LAbOrAtOry (eCL) evALuAtes eL</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=15"> more floor space available for testing. The equip</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=16"> fueL-CeLL LAbOrAtOry (fCL) LeAds the wAy in ALter</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=17"> The GSPEL FCL tests and verifies fuel-cell system</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=18"> thermAL mAnAgement LAb tAkes the heAt — And COntr</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=19"> A chiller in the Thermal Management Laboratory is</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=20"> Air fiLtrAtiOn LAb reCreAtes extreme COnditiOns t</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=21"> (From left): Acting Assistant Secretary of the Ar</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=22"> CALOrimeter LAb tO test LArger, mOre pOwerfuL veh</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=23"> The new Calorimeter Lab allows technicians to tes</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=24"> pOwer LAb keeps eLeCtriCAL systems running </a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=25"> The Power Lab is devoted to evaluating major vehi</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=26"> gspeL phOtO gALLery The 30</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=27"> During GSPEL Industry and Academia Day, TARDEC En</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=28"> 2012 CALendAr Of events* May 2012 15-16 Michiga</a>
<a title="TARDEC_0412_GVSET_News_May page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/b1a0b938?page=29"> October 2012 2-3 SAE Commercial Vehicle </a>