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President Obama announces new $140M public-private manufacturing innovation institute focused on power electronics

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President Obama announced the selection of a consortium of businesses and universities, led by North Carolina State University, to lead a manufacturing innovation institute for next-generation power electronics. Earlier post.). reducing the size of a sub-station to a suit case).

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First $300M tranche of VW National ZEV investment targets charging infrastructure; 150kW+ fast charging on highway network

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. In addition, other use cases/technologies are also under consideration including targeted battery storage to manage peak demand and ease grid loads, etc.

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NC Transportation Center

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I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C. Duke Energy Corp.

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IEEE Unveils Honorees for Excellence in Engineering and Technology

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GITLIN University of South Florida Tampa For high-impact contributions to communications systems and networks. ISSA BATARSEH University of Central Florida Orlando For pioneering contributions to the advancement of renewable energy systems through significant improvement in the overall energy efficiency of microinverters. IEEE JACK S.

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Robert Dennard, DRAM Pioneer, Dies at 91

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He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering in 1954 and 1956 from Southern Methodist University , in Dallas. Schulz, a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society , authored or coauthored 32 papers on power grid testing reliability that were featured in IEEE publications. Two years later he earned a Ph.D.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Raleigh, N.C. Deploying Intra-hour Uncertainty Analysis Tools to ABB's GridView, $500,000 ABB Power Consulting, Raleigh, N.C. Improved tools for consumer load profiling to build resilience into the electric grid, $150,000 Holy Cross Energy, Glenwood Springs, Colo.