Free ticketed event
Join us in beautiful Cache Valley for a tour of Utah State University’s world-renowned Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL) and state-of-the-art Electric Vehicle & Roadway (EVR) Research Facility and Test Track. At the UWRL, participants will get an up-close tour of our hydraulics modeling facilities and the 1:50 scale model of the Oroville dam spillway that was built in the wake of last year’s spillway failure. We’ll also showcase our innovative Aggie Air UAS program which is leading the conversation about remote sensing and precision agriculture. At our EVR facility, researchers are developing technologies that will make sustainable electrified transportation a reality. Participants will get a behind-the-scenes tour and take a ride around our quarter-mile electrified test track in an all-electric bus that charges inductively through wireless power transfer while in motion.
Tentative schedule:
Saturday, June 23
8:30: Bus departs SLC
10:00: Arrive at Utah Water Research Lab
10:05: Water Lab welcome and overview
10:15: Overview and tour of Oroville spillway model
11:00: Presentation on Aggie Air UAS program
11:20: Tour nearby SMASH Lab
11:45: Lunch at the USU Logan campus
1:30: Tour bus arrives at USU’s Electric Vehicle and Roadway facility for tour and in-motion charging demonstrations
2:45: Bus departs for SLC