Leah Rollhaus MBA ’10, Will Gathright MS ’10 and PhD candidate, and Michael Mullaney MBA ‘11 are part of a Rensselaer team working on the New Clermont Project. To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the voyage of Robert Fulton’s Clermont, the first steam-powered ship to sail up the Hudson River, group members will fit a boat dubbed the “New Clermont” with a unique engine modified to accept power from hydrogen fuel cells, and retrace Fulton’s famous voyage from New York to Albany on Labor Day weekend.
New Clermont Team Members at Severino Interest Group presentation: Leah Rollhaus, Managing Director; Natalie Korn, Treasurer; Jean Howard, Chief Operating Officer, Severino Center; Will Gathright, Founder and President
Just as Fulton sought to prove the feasibility of steam power to the world, the New Clermont Project aims to prove the viability of green, pollution-free hydrogen fuel cells as a power source. For more information on the project and how to support it, visit the New Clermont Project website.
The Boat: The New Clermont is a Bristol 22, also known as a Caravel, measuring 22 feet from aft to bow. More Information here.