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DOE launches design & construction of $75M grid energy storage research facility at PNNL

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has begun work on the Grid Storage Launchpad (GSL), a $75-million facility located at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington that will boost clean energy adaptation and accelerate the development and deployment of long-duration, low-cost grid energy storage.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center to study societal acceptance of connected and automated vehicle technologies

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Four of the five research projects will focus on societal acceptance and generate data-driven insights into the use of these technologies. George Mason University. University of Washington. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. San Francisco State University. Description.

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SRC launches Synthetic Biology Research on biomedical and minimal-power electronic devices for novel semiconductor applications

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Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world’s leading university-research consortium for semiconductor technologies, has launched the Semiconductor Synthetic Biology (SSB) research program on hybrid bio-semiconductor systems to provide insights and opportunities for future information and communication technologies.

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Video Friday: TurtleBot 4

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NASA ] What if you could have 100x more information about your industrial sites? Agile mobile robots like Spot bring sensors to your assets in order to collect data and generate critical insights on asset health so you can optimize performance. ROAM Lab ] The AirLab at CMU has been hosting an excellent series on SLAM.

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DOE releases two Co-Optima studies; high-octane blendstocks, engine efficiency merit function

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The goal of this research is to provide American industry with the scientific foundation needed to maximize vehicle and fuel performance and efficiency, thereby enabling increased fuel economy and more affordable transportation. Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Blendstocks. Miles, Paul.

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

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. The Solar Foundation, Washington, D.C. Pipersville, Pa.

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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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At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. In the chemical industry alone, these technologies could save more than $9 billion annually in process costs.