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JULY 25, 2012

General Motors of Canada is making investments totaling $850 million in R&D in light-weighting materials, mechatronics, software and communications. General Motors of Canada has made great strides since 2009 when our Government pledged its support to help it restructure. —Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

million partnership with McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, with funding support from the Canadian government, to develop next-generation, energy-efficient, high-performance electrified powertrains and powertrain components. Chrysler Group LLC has entered a 5-year, $18.2-million Chrysler Group will invest $9.25

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MAY 24, 2013

Cyclone Power Technologies, developer of the all-fuel, external combustion Cyclone Engine, and McGill University of Québec, Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop alternative solid fuel combustion systems for micro-sized power units.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

These university-industry partnerships will receive more than C$16 million (US$16.4 million in funding through the Automotive Partnership Canada (APC) initiative, and close to C$10 million from industry and other contributions. Partners: Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. This includes C$6.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Initial findings from a world-first study of the impact of 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on both engines of a commercial jet have provided promising early results, according to the participants. In-flight emissions tests and associated ground testing on the ECLIF3 program began earlier this year and have recently resumed.

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MARCH 29, 2022

While there, he taught a course on radar at Northeastern University , in Boston. He left MIT in 1959 to join Electronic Communications, now part of Raytheon. In 1944 Skolnik joined the American Institute of Electrical Engineers , one of IEEE’s predecessor societies. in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

The Alcoa Foundation recently awarded a $400,000 grant to the Ohio State University (OSU) Institute for Materials Research in support of innovative design and manufacturing technologies that will enable the creation of lighter, more environmentally friendly vehicle structures. The Institute for Materials Research, working closely with Profs.

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MARCH 19, 2021

SAF is a vital part of Airbus’ ambition to decarbonize the aviation industry and we are working closely with a number of partners to ensure a sustainable future for air travel.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The project team, led by Lesley Warren, a professor in the School of Geography & Earth Sciences, was recruited by Syncrude Canada Ltd. million from a Collaborative Research & Development grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). Researchers at McMaster have received nearly C$2.2 million (US 2.25

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JULY 30, 2017

A new class of materials which are suitable agents for displacing oil in enhanced oil recovery operations has been developed by scientists at Swansea University (UK) and scientists at Islamic Azad University in Iran. Barron reported their find in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 7b01675.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd.,

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

has been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)- ENGAGE grant with Dr. Heather Andreas , an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. Nova Scotia-based Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. Elcora processes, refines, and produces both graphite & graphene.

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JULY 14, 2022

The IEEE member also belongs to the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society. The N3XT program showcases engineering-driven founders and entrepreneurial topics. Canada, in 2018. Today, Open Ocean has more than two dozen full-time employees, plus contractors and part-time staff, bringing the total to just over 30. Data Xplorer.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

This tech, developed by researchers at the University of Arizona , features long-range, low-power data transmission and receiving as well as wireless power charging. Gutruf is an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the university. There is no large rigid island in this device.

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MAY 27, 2023

Schweitzer III invented the digital microprocessor-based relay as part of his doctoral thesis. Schweitzer III Employer: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Title: President and CTO Member grade: Life Fellow Alma maters: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; Northeast and Ontario, Canada,” he recalls. “It I was hooked.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Pneumatic hybrid engine on the test bench. Researchers at ETH Zürich are developing a pneumatic hybrid engine—an internal combustion engine connected to a compressed air tank instead of a battery system. If fuel is also injected, the engine responds quickly. Rüegg / ETH Zurich. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

And so the outlook is for ever-better engines or electric motors in heavy vehicles used in a way that results in the worst weight-to-payload ratios for any mechanized means of personal transportation in history. Cars got heavy because part of the world got rich and drivers got coddled. —Vaclav Smil.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

As part of its restructuring, Volkswagen Group is combining its activities in the US, Mexico and Canada into the newly formed North American Region (NAR). Dr. Winfried Vahland graduated from the Technical University Darmstadt with a major in Mechanical Engineering and Economics, and began his professional career with GM in 1984.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

These simulated body parts were the latest showings from the MyoSuite platform, and were included in the MyoSuite 2.0 collection, which was released today by Meta AI , working in collaboration with researchers at McGill University in Canada, Northeastern University in the United States, and the University of Twente in the Netherlands.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I took some surplus parts and motorcycle batteries… it was definitely Rube Goldberg style,” Smith explained. His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University. Every shop would affiliate with just one or two brands, and there were hundreds of these brands and parts catalogues.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Ford Motor Company, working with academic researchers in Canada and one of its suppliers, has developed a wheat straw-reinforced plastic; the natural fiber-based plastic contains 20% wheat straw bio-filler. Seeing this go into production on the Ford Flex is a major accomplishment for the University of Waterloo and the BioCar Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

Researchers in Canada have demonstrated a new photochemical diode artificial photosynthesis system that can enable efficient, unassisted overall pure water splitting without using any sacrificial reagent. In part of the visible spectrum (400–485?nm), in neutral (pH? in neutral (pH?~?7.0) overall water splitting reaction.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

ENSTA PARISTECH : university training engineers with a comprehensive scientific knowledge. FAM Automobiles is also specialized in other automotive activities: design of new parts, chassis modification, engine improvement, product management for car manufacturers and importers.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

No battery is perfect, however, so engineers keep pushing for new and improved ways to store those electrons. Thus the recent boom in battery recycling—and readers’ interest in this story on how the industry is expanding beyond China and South Korea and into the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2009

An analysis of sediment cores from an Arctic lake indicates that biological and chemical changes occurring there are unprecedented over the past 200,000 years and likely are the result of human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. co-author John Smol of Queen’s University.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

Still, Pedott liked the idea of the gadget, and after the original investors went bankrupt, he bought the patent and hired engineers to fix the glitches. Despite its name, the Great American Turn-On was invented in Canada. In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Scientists led by a team at Caltech and BP, and in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, ETH Zürich, and China’s Nanjing University, have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds (down to ~2 ppm) from gas and diesel fuel. Betz, Erik P. Couzijn, John W. Shabaker, Kendall N.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Alamouti, who has won this year’s Marconi Prize , says he believes part of the solution is to decentralize the cloud—which would help bring about a more open Internet and eventually allow consumers to choose what data of theirs they want to sell. Alma mater: University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. About Siavash Alamouti.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

says IEEE Senior Member Ferdinanda Ponci , the society’s liaison to IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), a position established more than 10 years ago to coordinate joint activities and programs. Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. Some are working to make it part of their bylaws.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

says IEEE Senior Member Ferdinanda Ponci , the society’s liaison to IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), a position established more than 10 years ago to coordinate joint activities and programs. Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. Some are working to make it part of their bylaws.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2010

Researchers at the University of Toronto, collaborating with colleagues in the fields of fuel, aerospace, and combustion, have performed what they say are the largest yet simulations of bio-jet fuel combustion, making it now possible to identify fuel mixtures which reduce soot formation while minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

This research, carried out by teams at the Universities of Warwick and British Columbia, could make sustainable sources of biofuels, such as woody plants and the inedible parts of crops, more economically viable. —Professor Timothy Bugg, University of Warwick, who led the team. Mark Ahmad, Joseph N.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The selections announced focus on eight approaches to improving vehicle efficiency: Advanced fuels and lubricants : Eight projects awarded to improve fuels and lubricants that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Advanced fuels and lubricants. Grantee Description.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The 1 million test miles and more than 26,000 charging events have been accumulated in on-road operations across the United States and Canada. The PHEV testing benchmarks vehicle performance by quantifying energy consumption, both in terms of gasoline and electricity, in a wide variety of operating conditions in 23 states and Canada.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

The engine, brakes and steering respond automatically. Crossroads and junctions are the most complex part of the modern traffic environment. In Canada, about 40,000 such accidents leading to vehicle damage are reported every year. The conditions in Canada and Sweden are also found in Norway, Finland and Russia.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Xu's latest comments came as the US dropped its extradition battle over Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and daughter of the company's founder, who had been trapped in Canada for three years. Meng's arrest on fraud charges was widely seen as part of that campaign. Part of the problem was a lack of alternatives.

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Green Cars News

MAY 25, 2009

A team of researchers has received a $620,000 boost to make green car parts from bio-fibres and bio-plastics. The project, which includes two researchers from the University of Guelph, is one of 20 across Canada that will benefit from a new $10million investment. The hope is to find ways to develop biofuels from biomass.

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