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First application is on the 2010 Ford Flex’s third-row interior storage bins. Seeing this go into production on the Ford Flex is a major accomplishment for the University of Waterloo and the BioCar Initiative. —Leonardo Simon, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Waterloo. More than 1.5

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Kroemer was professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara , when he died. Kroemer taught electrical engineering at the University of Colorado , Boulder, from 1968 to 1976 before joining UCSB , where he led the university’s semiconductor research program. Vladimir G.

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Atmospheric lead has reached a baseline in London which is difficult to push down further with present policy measures. More research is needed to identify the effect of present air concentrations—even if they meet data air quality targets—on human health, and to find the best way to rid London of lead’s legacy for good.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

A new NSF-funded study by authors from Yale Law School, the University of Oklahoma and George Washington Law School presents correlational and experimental evidence showing that cultural cognition also shapes individuals’ beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus. —Donald Braman.

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have presented a concept plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 Series Sedan. The road map for a new energy vehicle presented at Auto China 2010 in Beijing includes the consistent expansion of both development expertise and value-creation potential in China. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Last year, Butalco signed a research and development contract with the Institute of Fermentation Technology within the Department of Food Science and Biotechnology at Hohenheim University, which has been investigating the production of bioethanol for almost 30 years.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Authors of the paper are Rathin Datta, cellulosic ethanol company Coskata’s chief scientific officer; Mark Maher, executive director, powertrain/vehicle integration, GM Powertrain; Coleman Jones, GM biofuels implementation manager; and Richard Brinker, Dean and Professor of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

When present in the lower atmosphere (troposphere), ozone is one of the primary causes of air pollution-related respiratory problems and heart disease. Jason West (2016) “Tropospheric ozone change from 1980 to 2010 dominated by equatorward redistribution of emissions”. Cooper, co-author. Yuqiang Zhang, Owen R.

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JANUARY 12, 2013

Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge. Setting a cap on coal use while maintaining economic growth at a high level means that China must resort to other energy sources, such as natural gas (NG) and renewable fuels, to fill the energy supply gap.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Halcrow, a specialist in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development, has presented a conceptual design for an outer harbor gateway to protect the New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas from severe coastal flooding resulting from storm surges, along with rising sea-levels due to climate change.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The amount of methane released into the atmosphere as a result of coal mining is likely approximately 50% higher than previously estimated, according to research presented at the recent annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union. The research was done by a team at the U.S. —Nazar Kholod.

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JANUARY 31, 2014

Aquion spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. Aquion Technical Presentation. Aquion’s initial manufacturing line is capable of producing over 200 megawatt hours per year when operating at full capacity. The 350,000 square-foot facility is sized for five manufacturing lines, enabling Aquion to scale production.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. Rao received a master’s degree in mathematics in 1940 from Andhra University , in Visakhapatnam.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

CAGR between 2010 and 2019, accelerating since 2016, according to Roskill Information Services. From the Hatchett Award Seminar presentation of the paper. Niobium consumption is driven by GDP but also by the regulatory environment as microalloying enhances construction safety. Niobium consumption has increased at a 5.0%

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He recently left Samsung to continue his work in the field at Korea University , in Seoul, leading the school’s speech and language processing laboratory. In March he left the company to join Korea University as a professor of artificial intelligence—which is a dream come true, he says. But after earning my Ph.D., Kim earned his Ph.D.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

A team from Universita degli Studi di Pisa (Italy) and Rolf Reitz at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proposing a novel combustion concept—Homogenous Charge Progressive Combustion (HCPC)—based on a split-cycle principle to control HCCI combustion in diesel-fueled engines. SAE 2010-01-2107. —Musu et al.,

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MAY 9, 2019

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Darker colors represent a higher density of TNC activity.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

in the air had higher rates of stroke deaths and shorter life expectancies, according to preliminary research to be presented in Honolulu at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2019, a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease.

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AUGUST 3, 2009

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. Source: Rolf Reitz.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Volkswagen will accept the Gold Medal Award on 15 May 2014 during the Gold Medal Presentation Ceremony in Washington, DC. Recent recipients of the WEC Gold Medal Award are: Unilever (2013), IBM (2012), Nestlé (2011), Wal-Mart Stores (2010), The Coca-Cola Company (2009), and Marks & Spencer (2008).

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The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bern University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, several industrial partners and Empa were all involved. The results of the GasOMeP project were presented during a conference held at the Empa Academy in late March. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 10, 2023

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a method that can reduce the levels of mercury in sulfuric acid by more than 90%, even from low levels. In the latter case, mercury, which is naturally present in the ore, can end up in the finished products.

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MAY 23, 2011

The yield of bio-ethanol from the wood of genetically modified (GM) poplar trees from a VIB (Flanders Institue of Biotechnology) field trial is up to 81% higher than non-modified poplars, according to results presented at the 26 th New Phytologist symposium Bioenergy Trees in Nancy, France. This is just the beginning.

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She enrolled at Andrés Bello Catholic University in Caracas in 2001 to study telecommunications engineering. She enrolled in a master’s degree program in project management in 2009 at Spain’s Pontifical University of Salamanca , continuing to collect additional certifications through Cisco in her free time.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

A paper on their work was published in the January issue of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ; the team had presented a poster on their material at the 3 rd International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automobile Application ( ABAA-3 ) held at Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea in September 2010.

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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently selected XG Sciences, a spin-off company from Michigan State University, to develop ultrahigh-energy ultracapacitors for use in space energy storage systems. Drzal (2010) Multilayered Nano-Architecture of Variable Sized Graphene Nanosheets for Enhanced Supercapacitor Electrode Performance.

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MARCH 22, 2018

The research was conducted by Chris Malins, who has a doctorate in applied mathematics from the University of Sheffield, was formerly Fuels Program lead at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), and is an independent global expert on transportation, energy and clean fuels policy. Malins (2018) Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 7, 2010

MRS 2010 Spring Meeting. At the upcoming MRS 2010 Spring Meeting in San Francisco (5-9 April 2010), Yoshikatsu Seino from Idemitsu Kosan is presenting an invited paper on the high rate capability of all-solid state batteries using the phosphorous sulfide solid electrolyte. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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NOHMs), a Cornell University spin-out founded in 2010, raised $5 million in Series B venture capital financing to commercialize its non-flammable electric vehicle (EV) battery electrolyte technology. Hybrid Electrolytes for PHEV Applications ” DOE 2016 Merit Review presentation. NOHMs Technologies Inc. Surya Moganty (PI) et al.

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JULY 11, 2010

McPhy owns exclusive rights on a portfolio of patents, which results from more than 8 years of research at the CNRS and CEA, in partnership with Joseph Fourier University. The company is now developing a second large-capacity reservoir that will become operational during the second half of 2010. Following a €1.6m

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Any field needs a healthy balance of the two, but they have different roles in innovation,” says lead author Michael Park of the University of Minnesota. million US patents from between 1976 and 2010.

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The Consortium for Algal Biofuel Commercialization (CAB-Comm), led by the University of California, San Diego, has released its final report , detailing the accomplishments and contributions achieved in its six years of operation. To date, there have been 117 publications, 12 patent applications and 316 presentations from CAB-Comm research.

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MAY 22, 2013

The results of the study, which was conducted as part of the Queensland Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative , were presented at the Boeing-hosted Aero Environment Summit in Sydney. Pongamia pinnata is a legume tree which produces a seed rich in oil.) million project. Klein-Marcuschamer, D., Dietzgen, R. Gresshoff, P. Hankamer, B.,

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She also provides guidance to university students and young professionals through outreach programs at Dell such as STEM Aspire. Finding that she enjoyed the work, Zakrzewska enrolled in 2010 in a doctoral program in wireless communications at the Technical University of Denmark , in Kongens Lyngby. After earning her Ph.D.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The conference—to be held at the International Digital Laboratory auditorium of the Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, on 21 September 2011—arises from the work of Ricardo and its partners on the Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP).

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Volvo Trucks and Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) at the University of California, Berkeley recently completed a successful demonstration of partially automated truck platooning, made possible by Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control technology ( CACC ). Other project partners include Cambridge Systematics, Inc.,

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JANUARY 1, 2011

A team from Shiraz University in Iran is proposing a novel reactor configuration for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) that utilizes a fixed-bed water perm-selective membrane reactor followed by a fluidized-bed hydrogen perm-selective membrane reactor. The concept (FMFMDR) produces gasoline from synthesis gas. 2010.11.023.

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