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DECEMBER 10, 2014

SAKOR Technologies won a competitive Small Company Innovation Program (SCIP) grant awarded by the Michigan Corporate Relations Network (MCRN) and will use the grant for research necessary to develop a thermal transient anemometer (TTA), a device used to measure airflow moving through a running vehicle.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

Alcoa Power and Propulsion, a unit of lightweight, high-performance metals leader Alcoa, is doubling its high-technology coating capacity at its Whitehall, Michigan facility. million investment will position the company to further capture growing demand for advanced jet engine parts. The 7,700 sq. The 7,700 sq.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

This year, Ford has awarded 13 University Research Program (URP) grants to 12 different universities around the world, including Wayne State University in Detroit; Stanford University in Palo Alto, California; RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany; and Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Grant winners will be announced in early 2011.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

A partnership led by researchers at Michigan Technological University is addressing those issues in a three-year, $2.8 million grant from the US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. However the engine and emission systems can react very differently to even these low biodiesel blends.

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APRIL 14, 2009

The Michigan Economic Growth Authority (MEGA) Board awarded $543.5 The state refundable tax credits will help the companies in their quest for some of the $2 billion in federal grants for advanced-battery research and development. Michigan Governor Jennifer M. billion in Li-ion manufacturing facilities in the state.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

million grant to demonstrate a new high-efficiency vehicle concept. Delphi advanced powertrain systems engineers will partner with Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc (HATCI); Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants ( WERC ); the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW); and Wayne State University (WSU). Tags: Engines.

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MAY 11, 2009

Michigan Business Review. Battery technology startup Sakti3 has secured $15 million in commitments from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. MEDC) and private equity sources and is pursuing a matching $15 million grant from the Department of Energy’s $2 billion Electric Drive Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.

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JUNE 19, 2010

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will invest $194 million (approximately €157 million) in the Detroit Diesel engine production facility in Redford, Michigan to expand substantially the heavy-duty BlueTec diesel engine production capacity. These incentives include a Michigan Economic Growth Authority Award of $56.8

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APRIL 22, 2016

SAKOR Technologies recently won a competitive Small Company Innovation Program (SCIP) grant awarded by the Michigan Corporate Relations Network (MCRN), and will use the grant for research necessary to develop a thermal transient anemometer (TTA), a device used to measure airflow moving through a running vehicle.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

University of Michigan will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation's toughest challenges. The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Transportation ( MTRAC ) program, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corp.,

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Boulder Electric Vehicle has successfully demonstrated its Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) battery-electric trucks in three separate locations in Michigan, Colorado and California. Royal Oak, Michigan. The US Army Corp of Engineers and the SPIDERS project signed off on verifying full charge and discharge of the vehicle at 60 kW.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of grant funding to implement projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. EPA anticipates awarding approximately $44 million in Diesel Emission Reduction Program (DERA) grant funding to eligible applicants.

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million infrastructure grant from the state of Michigan. The grant will fund the company’s expansion plans for its Michigan facility. LG Energy Solution Michigan’s expansion plans include road improvements, which the $2.8 million stated grant will fund. LG Energy Solution received a $2.8

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Researchers at Michigan Technological University are developing an asymmetric ultracapacitor using a novel cathode based on carbon foam-supported nickel oxyhydroxide. —Tony Rogers, associate professor of chemical engineering. Chemical engineering professor Michael Mullins is also a member of the research team.

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JANUARY 16, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of grant funding to implement projects which reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of older diesel engines. Virgin Islands) will accept applications requesting up to $2,500,000 in grant funds. Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. CCAT is part of an expansive University of Michigan portfolio of research tied to the future of mobility.

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MARCH 20, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Delaware and Virginia.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

A new $1-million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. —Vijay Swarup, vice president of ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company. We know certain types of algae produce bio-oils.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs and advocates for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles conversions have taken advantage of the platform to create a petition urging the Administration to extend the Qualified Plug-in Electric Drive Motor Vehicles (IRC 30D) tax incentives, currently granted for new plug-in vehicles, to plug-in conversions.

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APRIL 21, 2011

a spin-off from the University of Michigan and developer of advanced asymmetric supercapacitors, to produce and sell hybrid electric storage (HES) devices comprising Li-ion batteries, supercapacitors and control electronics. Earlier post.). Inmatech supercapacitors are based on early transition metal carbides and nitrides.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, was awarded a $4-million grant by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) as one of the 15 REMOTE projects ( earlier post ) receiving a combined $34 million to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation.

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JUNE 24, 2013

As part of an ongoing collaboration, seven joint research teams from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have won funding for research projects that explore the potential of nanotechnology in energy and biomedical applications. Nanostructured Multi-functional Li-Batteries.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

With an $11-million, five-year grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Materials Genome Initiative ( earlier post ), the University of Michigan is putting in another $1.3 Going forward, we need new materials to solve enormous engineering challenges around critical issues such as global warming. —John Allison.

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JUNE 5, 2020

These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. Michigan Department of Transportation. Forty-one projects in 40 states and the District of Columbia will receive funding through the program. Fiscal Year 2020 Low-No bus program projects are: State.

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MARCH 25, 2014

The University of Michigan is proceeding to the construction phase of a new $6.5-million Funding will be provided by the College of Engineering, the Office of Research, the Office of the Provost, and a grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation.

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APRIL 19, 2011

Under the agreement, Cobalt Technologies and American Process will integrate Cobalt’s patent-pending continuous fermentation and distillation technology into American Process’s Alpena Biorefinery , currently under construction in Alpena, Michigan. Greenpower+.

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JUNE 18, 2011

The Michigan Biotechnology Institute (MBI) will use $4.3 The DOE grant leverages work done by Dale and other researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, of which MSU and MBI are partners. Earlier post.). With MSU researchers, for example, MBI helped Cargill Inc.

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APRIL 7, 2016

The University of Michigan is collaborating with IBM to develop and deliver “ data-centric ” supercomputing systems designed to increase the pace of scientific discovery in fields as diverse as aircraft and rocket engine design, cardiovascular disease treatment, materials physics, climate modeling and cosmology.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Secondary lithium-ion cell manufacturing encompasses a broad range of disciplines including formulation chemistry, film casting, polymer processing, materials and composite design, interfacial science and component engineering.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) A second set of ARPA-E funding opportunities will be announced in the late Fall.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

This brings NextCAT’s total grant funding to $1.3 In addition to the National Science Foundation funding, NextCAT has secured seed funding from Automation Alley and the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund to design, build and install a pilot reactor at a biodiesel equipment manufacturer’s engineering center. NextCAT , Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

million research center, led by Michigan Engineering and funded by the US Department of Energy, will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs. —Jeff Sakamoto, professor of mechanical engineering at U-M and director of the new center.

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MAY 22, 2014

Researchers at Michigan State University have developed a microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) which will allow biodiesel plants to eliminate the creation of hazardous wastes while reducing their dependence on fossil fuel. The next step will be field tests with a Michigan-based biodiesel manufacturer. Credit: ACS, Speers et al.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

In raw numbers of electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineers, Michigan ranks second only to California. In terms of engineers per 1,000 jobs, Michigan vastly outranks all others. The automotive industry as a whole employs more engineers per 1,000 jobs than other major sectors. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM Powertrain Engineering Development Center Friday, 15 January 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan. In the future, electric motors might become as important to GM as engines are now. Photo by John F. Martin for General Motors) Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The on-demand vehicles would have human drivers at first, but the designers hope they would eventually be replaced with autonomous vehicles, lowering costs further, says RITMO lead research Pascal Van Hentenryck, the Seth Bonder Collegiate Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at U-M.

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