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AUGUST 18, 2010

A new nylon family—DuPont Zytel PLUS—and new materials to enable laser welding techniques were the focus of two DuPont Automotive Performance Polymers talks presented recently at the SPE Automotive Engineering Plastics Conference (AutoEPCON) at the Michigan State University (MSU) Management Education Center in Troy, Mich.

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MARCH 26, 2013

Researchers at the University of Georgia and North Carolina State University have used a unique temperature-dependent approach in engineering a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus to be able to use CO 2 and hydrogen to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid, one of the top 12 industrial chemical building blocks.

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MAY 16, 2023

The program expanded during 2022 to include 21 university partners and 61 projects focused on energy and materials, human-centered artificial intelligence, human interactive driving, machine learning, and robotics. The last year saw three papers win awards at the Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS). Computational Governor.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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JUNE 13, 2014

announced that the Ohio State University (OSU) team was the overall winner of the EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future finals. Over the course of three years, The Ohio State University consistently met incremental goals that strengthened their position against the other university teams, the organizers said. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At the 21 st Supercharging Conference in Dresden next week, Torotrak Group will present results from engine testing that verify previous claims for V-Charge, a variable drive mechanical supercharger. In comparison with the incumbent fixed-ratio positive-displacement supercharger on a 1.0L The V-Charge equipped 1.0L

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Experts in the field, including government researchers, university specialists, and industry leaders, will provide instruction in this two-day course covering various aspects of biomass conversion including sessions on technology, economics, operations, and policy issues. Stacy Bonos – Rutgers University. Colin South – Novogy.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The new projects will be undertaken in partnership with University of Michigan, Miami University, University of Nebraska, Texas Transportation Institute and State Farm. Toyota’s CSRC is investing $1 million in research projects focused on creating systems that are safe and efficient.

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MARCH 8, 2023

The electrification of the automotive industry has accelerated over recent years, with future projections showing an exponential growth in market share for both light and heavy-duty applications. This small-scale bench test was built around a traditional universal testing machine.

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JULY 14, 2016

The University of Nottingham (UK) is leading a 3-year, £830,000 (US$1.1-million) Knowledge transfer between the academic and industrial communities will be stimulated through two-way people exchange, supported by joint industry-Network funding.

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MAY 24, 2022

The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third. More than 27,000 students from 93 unique educational institutions have participated to date, seeding the industry with engineers who have helped redefine the automobile for more than three decades.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

SDSMT hosted hundreds of industry representatives, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and fellow academics on 12-13 September in a conference on the topic. Some of the industry leaders attending the conference include Ford (attending remotely), Swiss company LafargeHolcim, Garmin International, Caterpillar Inc.,

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MARCH 20, 2019

At the conference, Naoki will discuss how the 24M Dual Electrolyte System expands the universe of potential electrolytes, including water and other materials that to-date have not been compatible with both the anode and cathode simultaneously. —Koji Hasegawa, General Manager, Industrial Chemicals Department, Itochu Corporation.

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DECEMBER 1, 2011

The University of Exeter. The University of Nottingham. This will be the first industrial evaluation of this material at the device level. To develop materials, components and devices for demonstration to industry. Institute of Occupational Medicine. The Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7. Trinity College Dublin.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2009

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. Source: Rolf Reitz.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

13-14 September, at the Hilton Garden Inn Missoula Conference Center. Researchers, educators, economists and business leaders will gather to discuss progress made and future challenges to develop a residual woody biomass to jet fuel and valuable co-products industry in the Pacific Northwest.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

The China Colloquium is modeled after the annual Aachen (Germany) Colloquium, and is organized by the Institute for Automotive Engineering, led by University Prof. Lutz Eckstein, and the Institute for Combustion Engines, led by University Prof. Both Institutes are a part of Aachen Technical University. Stefan Pischinger.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. We see it as an opportunity but it could also be a challenge of significant proportion. —Dan Ford.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2024

Sydney is the capital of AI startups for Australia and this part of Australasia,” according to Professor Toby Walsh, Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney). For a country of just 25 million people, that is quite remarkable.”

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MARCH 24, 2013

They also represent teaming by NAMII members with more than 30 different participating organizations, including eight universities and 25 industry partners from both small and large businesses. Qualification of Additive Manufacturing Processes and Procedures for Repurposing and Rejuvenation of Tooling”, Case Western Reserve University.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

is pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the University of Scranton , in Pennsylvania. The junior is president of the university’s W3USR amateur radio club. His research, he says, has led him to consider a career in RF engineering or digital signal processing, either in academia or industry.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This year’s IEEE Conference on Digital Platforms and Societal Harms is scheduled to be held on 14 and 15 October in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual keynote panel sessions. The in-person events are to take place at American University , in Washington, D.C.

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MARCH 20, 2014

During the company’s Annual Accounts Press Conference, BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said the automaker will ramp up production of its lightweight i models by 2018, then by 2020 would be build them “ in a six digits figure to comply with stricter emission rules. ”. At its technology center for lightweight composites, which opened in 2012 in St.

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APRIL 14, 2016

BAIC BJEV), a subsidiary of BAIC, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dresden University of Technology (TUD) to create the Sino-German Automotive Light Weighting Technology Joint R&D Center. He expressed his hope that the cooperation between BAIC BJEV and TUD will establish benchmarks for the industry.

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JULY 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group announced the inauguration of its Joint Battery Research Center with Seoul National University (SNU). This collaborative effort between the Group and SNU aims to advance battery technologies and foster industry-academia cooperation to establish global leadership in the battery field. million) by 2030.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. New Mexico State University ($5 million DOE investment): For its project, New Mexico State University will increase the yield of a microalgae, while developing harvesting and cultivation processes that lower costs and support year-round production.

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JULY 5, 2017

Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. Overall, the team concluded, the technology platform may be useful for the economic viability of glycerol-related industries. g/L/h, respectively.

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MARCH 26, 2021

—John Holladay, PNNL scientist and co-director of the joint Bioproducts Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and Washington State University. The milestone was first described at a virtual conference organized by NextGenRoadFuels, a European consortium funded by the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Compared to most vegetable oils, acetyl-TAGs have reduced viscosity and improved cold temperature properties that confer advantages in applications as biodegradable lubricants, food emulsifiers, plasticizers, and ‘drop-in’ fuels for some diesel engines. hydroxyl, epoxy, etc.). Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

Technical and economic changes in the semiconductor industry threaten to stifle U.S. With Moore’s law and the scaling of transistors waning, the industry is turning to chip designs that don’t work for supercomputing used in massive simulations. But those easy days are over, says Kathy Yelick of the University of California at Berkeley.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2014

This is to engage recognized experts in CCS and CES to provide advice and assistance to decision makers, stakeholders, state and local government officials, non-profit organizations, universities, non-governmental organizations, and the public as appropriate. Carbon Capture and Storage and Clean Energy Systems Conference and Workshop Support.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Participating university teams will develop and demonstrate an autonomous vehicle (AV) that can navigate urban driving courses as described by SAE J3016 Standard Level 4 automation. Teams will be selected using a Request for Proposal (RFP) process which will be open to universities later in 2020. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

million) in funding to be provided by the Northern Wind Innovation Programme (NWIP) intended to stimulate innovation and technological developments for the offshore wind industry in the North of England. The new consortium project will be led by Ricardo and involves The University of Sheffield and an industrial bearing manufacturer.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Researchers from North Carolina State University have å a new technique that allows users to better determine the amount of charge remaining in a battery in real time. While the technique was developed specifically for batteries in plug-in electric vehicles, the approach is also applicable to battery use in any other application.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2017

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bern University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, several industrial partners and Empa were all involved. The results of the GasOMeP project were presented during a conference held at the Empa Academy in late March.

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MAY 31, 2017

Since its launch in 2011, CSRC has collaborated with leading North American universities, hospitals, and research institutions on projects aimed at reducing traffic casualties, and sharing the results publicly so that all can benefit. One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine. —Chuck Gulash.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard. The conference.

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