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DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 University Transportation Centers (UTC). The Department received 230 grant applications during this competition, which represents the largest number of applications ever submitted in the 35-year history of the UTC Program.

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Researchers demonstrate effective silicon-based thermoelectric generators

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A University of Texas at Dallas physicist has teamed with Texas Instruments Inc. He turned to Lee and UT Dallas to further study what the devices could do. A deep dive for these novel measurements, detailed analysis and literature comparisons requires a university group. —Prof.

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Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, Dies at 91

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He was granted a U.S. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering in 1954 and 1956 from Southern Methodist University , in Dallas. He earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical and mechanical engineering in 1959 from Lehigh University , in Bethlehem, Pa., patent for his invention in 1968.

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Try IEEE’s New Virtual Testbed for 5G and 6G Tech

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Dutta works as chief 5G strategist at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory , in Laurel, Md. He also heads the university’s Doctor of Engineering program. A public-private consortium, ACCORD includes AT&T, Verizon , Virginia Tech and the University of Texas at Dallas. The group is funded by the U.S.

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How much money EV ownership saves depends on where you live

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A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. But the cheapest cities for EVs were Atlanta, Chicago, and Cleveland, while the cheapest cities for gasoline cars were Houston and Dallas. ” As the Department of Energy pointed out in 2022, every U.S.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. before joining Texas Instruments in Dallas. He worked at the university at the time of his death.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. Total DOE award: $14,970,144.