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Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering are seeking to improve the efficiency of jet engines by identifying and developing thermoelectric materials that can harness excess energy. UVA is one of only three universities in North America that participate in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center Network.

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The US Department of Energy has selected 7 projects to participate in the University Coal Research (UCR) program. Managed by the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), the UCR program is DOE’s longest running student-teacher research grant initiative. University of California, Merced, Calif.

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million grant to purchase new hybrid-electric buses and build a new fueling station. The improvements will enhance bus rapid transit service for the growing number of riders who are choosing to take public transportation along Virginia Street, one of the region’s busiest corridors. —FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff.

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Purdue University.

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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Pennsylvania State University a five-year research grant valued at roughly $10 million to develop biomass supply chains for the production of liquid transportation and aviation biofuels in the Northeast. Earlier post.).

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million research grant to establish an Automotive Research Center (ARC) at the U-M. ” It carries the air of a family reunion in bringing all of the ARC’s university partners together, but remains focused on the goal of sharing the latest research developments. Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D., Automotive Research Center.”

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Officials at The Ohio State University and West Virginia University have signed a memorandum of understanding creating a shale energy partnership between the two schools, agreeing to work collaboratively to develop a joint program of research in the Appalachian Region’s developing shale energy industry.

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The grant will also enable us to offer 8,500 scholarships to firefighters in remote locations so they can take the Advanced Electric Drive First Responder Safety Training online course. The NAFTC, a program of West Virginia University, was founded in 1992. Earlier post.).

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A chemical engineer from the University of Houston is leading a $2.1-million Michael Harold, chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UH, will serve as principal investigator on the grant, funded by the US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE NETL). and Johnson Matthey Inc.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million, million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in the US into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel.

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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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The new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process. The grants awarded were in response to RFP-I, a request for proposals the GRI Research Board issued on 25 April 2011. The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Buskey, Ph.D.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 The foundation also has awarded the university up to $1.25 million to extend practices developed under earlier NSF graduate research grants. The grant is valued at up to $3.2 The grant is valued at up to $3.2

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Researchers at West Virginia University will lead a team that will investigate ways to convert stranded gas resources into value-added liquid products that could reduce the United States’ demand for crude oil by up to 20%. A few weeks later, WVU was awarded a $1.25-million

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A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China. Department of Energy (DOE) through grant DE-SC0006420. —Ahmed El-Gendy, a co-author. El-Gendy, Ahmed A.

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in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Vienna. He authored and edited many technical manuals and was granted several U.S. Hamm was the 1983–1984 chair of the IEEE Richmond Section , in Virginia. He returned to Virginia, where he helped found the Chestnut Oaks Recreation Association in Richmond, in 1963.

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An in-depth study based on first-principles calculations by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University has shown that the anions of commercially available electrolytes for Li-ion batteries are all superhalogens. Most electrolytes currently used in Li-ion batteries contain halogens, which are toxic. —Puru Jena. 201408648.

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has received a $100,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to continue its research into the development of high-performance lithium-ion batteries. ADA has received more than 130 research grants totaling more than $40 million. ADA Technologies, Inc. ADA Technologies, Inc.

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The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass.

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million in research grants are awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006 focused on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing nonfood plant biomass for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Patrick Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Researchers led by Ashley Weaver, assistant professor at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics, have developed a method to compute crash injury metrics and risks as functions of precrash occupant position. Credit: Wake Forest University Center for Injury Biomechanics Click to enlarge.

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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). Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). DOE grant: $9,000,000).

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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.

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A consortium led by the University of Delaware won a $4.4 million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) ( earlier post ) to develop high-performance, next-generation permanent magnet materials, with a 2x target increase over the state-of-the art magnetic energy density. Source: Univ.

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The West Virginia University (WVU)-based National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium ( NAFTC ) has created a suite of modern technology products that put knowledge about specific electric drive and alternative fuel vehicles at the fingertips of first responders.

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Funded by a $2-million grant from the US Department of Energy, a team of scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) led by Eric Masanet is building a sophisticated cost model for fuel cells that will will take into account the total cost of ownership. Analytica Technology.

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NETL will partner with Penn State, West Virginia University, and the University of Pittsburgh in the 2-year effort. One NETL project that will improve capabilities for predicting the behavior and performance of fracture networks in enhanced geothermal systems. Pike forecasts that total US geothermal capacity will reach 4.2

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Using density functional theory, a team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University; Peking University in Beijing; and the Chinese Academy of Science in Shanghai has shown that an applied electric field can substantially improve the hydrogen storage properties of polarizable substrates. Click to enlarge.

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He was granted two U.S. University of New Orleans for six years and an adjunct professor for two years. University of New Orleans for six years and an adjunct professor for two years. Grosz was also an adjunct engineering professor at Tulane University , also in New Orleans, for two years. Virginia Tech.

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In all, the grants are spread across 17 states with 43 per cent of the cash going to small businesses, 35 per cent to educational institutions and 19 per cent to large corporations. They have received a grant of $4,462,162. The aim is to deliver power from batteries to electric motors with up to 50 per cent more efficiency.

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Osage Bio Energy (OBE) is a Virginia-based company that will use regional grain, primarily winter barley, to produce ethanol and high value co-products for East Coast markets via a fairly conventional pathway of converting starch to sugar, followed by fermentation. by Bill Cooke. Click to enlarge. John Warren. Click to enlarge.

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He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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as early as 2050 , according to a recent study by the National Security College of the Australian National University, in Canberra. Nuclear-powered submarines, such as the Virginia - class fast-attack submarine, each cost roughly US $2.8 It may come. A submarine that goes into service today should still be in service in 2082.

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His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University. Later, in graduate school at Virginia Tech, he became part of a group of engineers who visited local schools to help enhance the STEM curriculum with hands-on building of solar electric and small motor project activities. “We

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Published drive cycles tested—and the results—included: Orange County Bus: Developed by West Virginia University to replicate suburban transit bus drive cycles, one of two drive cycles used by CARB for hybrid certification. Three published drive cycles were tested, and one specific to a Lightning Hybrids customer.

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Using an engineered strain of the phototropic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris as a biocatalyst, a team from the University of Washington, Utah State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have reduced carbon dioxide to methane in one enzymatic step. Fixen et al. Click to enlarge.

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