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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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The BOTTLE: Bio-Optimized Technologies to Keep Thermoplastics out of Landfills and the Environment funding opportunity is jointly funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office and Advanced Manufacturing Office. Partners include BASF and University of Georgia.

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DOE to award more than $110M to SunShot consortia to advance solar photovoltaic manufacturing in the US

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Selected projects will create organizations designed to bring PV companies together in a coordinated environment to address common technology needs. Funding was made available for applicants in university and industry. The selected projects are: Bay Area PV Consortium (Stanford, CA) – $25 million for University-Focused Development.

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Savari and SAIC Motors partner on V2X technology for China

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The companies are already working to fulfil a substantial order from two customers (Shanghai International Automobile City and Tongji University). V2X, compared to these sensors, offers the benefit of working in a non-line-of-sight environment with a 0.6 1 km range. —Wenhua Huang, President of SAIC USA.

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Driverless Buses Provide New Routes for Robotaxi Tech

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These trials are taking place on private campuses such as universities and medical centers, where traffic is light and speeds are low. The San Jose-based Imagry is leading this charge. Imagrys buses are equipped with eight specialized cameras, each monitoring a unique aspect of the environment.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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In addition, the newly announced manufacturing innovation institute topics now under competition include: Robotics in Manufacturing Environments Manufacturing Innovation Institute. of Connecticut; Louisville; Massachusetts; Southern California; Tennessee Knoxville ; University of Texas (Austin; Rio Grande Valley); U. West Virginia U.

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By Strouse is now a math professor at the Institut de Matheématique at the University of Bordeaux, in France. My heart is so much in the university; I can’t imagine ever leaving academia.”

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Improving Cell Reception By Making Signals Noisier

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In wireless communications, noise from the environment or other signals is almost always seen as something to overcome. Artemis Networks pWave antennas—here shown mounted at the SAP Center arena in San Jose, California—send out carefully-crafted noise that resolves into coherent signals at a user's phone or other device.

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