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U-Mich, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Li-ion battery projects win funding

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Bartlett, U-M Department of Chemistry, and Kaixue Wang, SJTU School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering will examine the potential of a variety of materials for use as electrodes with nano-sized pores to improve the performance of advanced batteries. Nanostructured Multi-functional Li-Batteries.

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U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund new round of 6 energy and biomedical projects; Li-S batteries

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Principal investigators: Charles Monroe, U-M Department of Chemical Engineering; Jiulin Wang and Jun Yang, SJTU Department of Chemical Engineering. Principal investigators: Volker Sick, U-M Department of Mechanical Engineering; Min Xu, SJTU Department of Mechanical Engineering; David Hung, U-M-SJTU Joint Institute.

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U-M and Shanghai Jiao Tong University fund 6 energy and biomedical projects; batteries, policy and fuels

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Engineering the right fuel for sustainable transportation. This project will develop quantitative data on the combustion properties of current and emerging biodiesel fuels in order optimize biodiesel fuel performance in engine design and encourage broader use.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S. Today it is being employed by Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD , as well as by Ford , General Motors , and Tesla.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. And few talented engineers wanted to work for a company that seemed to offer little guarantee of long-term employment. But he also set his engineers to work on a product that was essentially a music player without the player.

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Univ. of Michigan and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Team Up On Li-Air Batteries, 5 Other Renewable Energy and Biomedical Technology Projects

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Principal investigators are Donald Siegel, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan; Zi-Feng Ma, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and Xianxia Yuan, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Principal investigators: Albert J.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting is stepping onto Tesla’s playing field with its own electric car start-up, Faraday Future , and Apple is planning one too, by 2019. Chile is not granting any new concessions, and opposition in Bolivia has led to a suspension of lithium mining.

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