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APRIL 28, 2022

Purdue University and Duke Energy plan to explore the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the campus community’s long-term energy needs. Chiang is the executive vice president of Purdue University for strategic initiatives and the John A. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. DOE will continue to pursue carbon capture and storage technologies as well as nuclear power.

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APRIL 25, 2016

NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and TOHOKU UNIVERSITY have jointly created a thermoelectric (TE) device using the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) with conversion efficiency 10 times higher than a test module that was produced based on a multi-layered SSE technology published by the Tohoku University group in 2015.

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There are now more than 270 IEEE-HKN chapters at universities around the world. There are now 30 chapters outside the United States, including ones recently established at universities in Ecuador, Hungary, and India. In October the Nu Theta chapter debuted at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Ind.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

A new material developed at Rice University based on molybdenum disulfide (Mo S 2) exposes as much of the edge as possible, making it efficient as both a catalyst for hydrogen production and for energy storage. Courtesy of the Tour Group. Click to enlarge. and Tour, J.

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MARCH 29, 2023

A study by researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK has found that while Diesel Oxidation Catalysts (DOCs) and Diesel Particle Filters (DPFs) has been very effective in controlling the tailpipe emissions of solid particles, there has been little change in the liquid mode ( 104 cm −3 /24-hour mean) defined by WHO. 2023.107888

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Swanson School of Engineering are working with Powdermet Inc. , Most electric motors for electric vehicles rely on permanent magnets made with rare-earth metals, which are a limited resource. Brandt A. .; Polikarpov, E.; Darsell, J.; Kramer, Matthew J.; Zarkevich, Nikolai A.;

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AUGUST 12, 2015

Researchers at Nankai University in China report their latest advance in developing a rechargeable Li-CO 2 battery with the use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with high electrical conductivity and porous three-dimensional networks as air cathodes for the rechargeable metal-CO 2 batteries. High surface area carbon. 750 mAh g -1. /. 1032 mAh g -1.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Results of a Rice University laboratory study suggests that using foam may maximize enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Hirasaki and Sibani Lisa Biswal (2014) Visualizing oil displacement with foam in a microfluidic device with permeability contrast,. The Department of Energy, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., Conn, Kun Ma, George J.

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DECEMBER 28, 2011

IBM and the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) in Mexico have created a Smarter Cities Exploration Center. The University will foster the assimilation of high-level competencies and expertise by its doctoral students and researchers, to support efforts designed to tackle issues that have a high social and economic impact for Latin America.

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JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee. 2019.05.024.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Researchers at Rice University led by Dr. James Tour have developed a hierarchical nanocomposite material of graphene nanoribbons combined with polyaniline and sulfur (Sulfur-PANI-GNRs, SPG) using an inexpensive, simple method. Schematic illustration of the synthesis of SPGs. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge. —Li et.

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JUNE 22, 2021

The researchers took eighteen samples of airborne particles at street level in Marylebone in the summer of 2018, and 20 samples on a 24-meter-high rooftop at Imperial’s South Kensington campus between 2014 and 2018. —Dr Resongles. Eléonore Resongles, Volker Dietze, David C. Green, Roy M. Harrison, Raquel Ochoa-Gonzalez, Anja H.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Researchers at the University of California San Francisco have found a significant increase in e-scooter injuries and hospital admissions between 2014 and 2018—particularly over the last year—with people aged 18 to 34 years becoming the most injured group. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.5423. 2019.5423.

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APRIL 29, 2021

Since its inception in 2014, MENNDL has been used in applications ranging from identifying neutrino collisions for Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to analyzing data generated by scanning transmission electron microscopes.

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MAY 24, 2018

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. Teams spent the last four years (2014-2018) harnessing those ideas into the ultimate energy-efficient, high performance vehicle.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2014

A team led by researchers from Stanford University has developed a simplified, discrete-time analytical model of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) dynamics. The model forms the basis for the design of a simple controller that reduces combustion timing variations in simulation.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Ozone levels across much of North America and Europe dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. Source: University of Leicester. Source: University of Leicester. Fleming, National Centre for Atmospheric Science at University of Leicester. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Owen Cooper.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We already have the advantage of cost and resources. —Guoying Chen DRX is still a very young technology—Ceder and his team developed DRX less than 10 years ago, in 2014, as a response to a rapidly growing lithium-ion battery industry. Resources Urban, A., Now all we have to do is improve performance. Energy Mater. ,

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

The program’s 2012-2014 plan calls for investing $330 million between 2014 and 2015 in innovative technologies that provide benefits to electric ratepayers served by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The Chesapeake Bay prediction is based on models developed by NOAA­-sponsored researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, University of Michigan, and again relies on nutrient loading estimates from USGS.

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JULY 10, 2014

Researchers from Washington State University and Kyung Hee University in Korea have fabricated a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with a novel mixed conductivity MoO 2 -based anode that is fueled by direct feeding of premium gasoline without external reforming. Xiaoxue Hou, Oscar Marin-Flores, Byeong Wan Kwon, Jinsoo Kim, M.

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MARCH 11, 2014

A study based on a spatial and longitudinal travel dataset by a team from Lamar University, Iowa State University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory found that whether plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have lower energy costs that conventional gasoline vehicles (CGVs) or hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) depends on charger coverage. 2013.12.054.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

mpg between model years 2008 and 2014, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle have documented sales-weighted distributions for the same model year vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans and SUVs). mpg for model year 2014. Source: Sivak and Schoettle, UMTRI.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Researchers from Ningbo University in China report the first use of hydroxylamine hydrochloride (H 3 NOHCl) as anode material for lithium-ion batteries in a paper in the Journal of Power Sources. Electrochemical testing shows that H 3 NOHCl with particle size of 4–12 ?m m can deliver an initial charge capacity of 1018.6 2014.08.065.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily. —Sivak 2014.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

A team from Villanova University is proposing a new method for optimizing the knock threshold; the method, presented in a paper in the International Journal of Engine Research , significantly improved the closed loop performance of a standard knock controller. —Jones et al. 1 123-132 doi: 10.1177/1468087413482321.

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JULY 11, 2016

While the industrial sector in the US has made solid advances in reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the past 25 years, the transportation sector has increased its carbon footprint, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). of transportation emissions in 2014.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

Ryan Dehoff, staff scientist and metal additive manufacturing lead at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL, recently presented the research in an invited presentation at the Materials Science & Technology 2014 conference in Pittsburgh. Ryan Dehoff et al.

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DECEMBER 8, 2014

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have used computational fluid dynamics modeling to investigate cycle-to-cycle instability of homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) and reactivity-controlled compression ignition (RCCI) engines—two approaches to low-temperature combustion.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Ford is the first automaker to test autonomous vehicles at Mcity—the full-scale simulated real-world urban environment at the University of Michigan. The 32-acre facility is part of the university’s Mobility Transformation Center. Eustice (2014) “ Visual Localization within LIDAR Maps for Automated Urban Driving ” (IROS 2014).

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Researchers from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found that three UF/IFAS-developed sorghum varieties could produce up to 10,500 liters of ethanol per hectare (about 1,100 gallons US per acre). In 2014, the US was the largest producer of sorghum in the world. Sagues, Marco T.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quintana (2014) “Traffic pollutant exposures experienced by pedestrians waiting to enter the U.S. Molina (2014) “Traffic-related air pollution in the community of San Ysidro, CA, in relation to northbound vehicle wait times at the US–Mexico border Port of Entry,” Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.009. Hoffman, D.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

Data: Sivak, UMTRI-2014-2. Currently, the energy intensity (BTU per person mile) of driving is 57% greater than that of flying, according to a new analysis by Dr. Michael Sivak, Director, Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). —Sivak, UMTRI-2014-2.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

A team from Korea University is addressing this problem by developing a novel Nafion-coated NiCrAl/S cathode and using lithium powder as an anode. 2014) Preventing the Dissolution of Lithium Polysulfides in LithiumSulfur Cells by using Nafion-coated Cathodes, ChemSusChem doi: 10.1002/cssc.201402318. —Oh et al.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Adaptive control of range resources. Source: Franke (2014) Click to enlarge. The Professorship of Cognitive and Engineering Psychology of TU Chemnitz was involved in the project from the start, alongside with BMW and Vattenfall and other university partners. —Franke (2014). drive more economically, do not use EV).

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