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A new study led by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Hokkaido University and the University of Washington explains why. The data came from an ice core drilled in southeast Greenland (SE-Dome) as part of a project led by Hokkaido University. The open-access paper on the results is published in Science Advances.

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To reduce the number of accidents in the global oil and gas industry caused by damaged pipelines, University of Houston researchers are developing an autonomous robot to identify potential pipeline leaks and structural failures during subsea inspections. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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Seven projects will be supported, three led by teams at DOE National Laboratories and four by Universities. The final details for each project award are subject to final grant and contract negotiations between DOE and the awardees. Projects announced today are selections for negotiation of financial award.

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million riders annually in three Upstate South Carolina counties, including the cities of Clemson and Seneca and the towns of Central and Pendleton as well as four universities, the fare-free CATbus system will have the largest zero-emission fleet in the Carolinas. CATbus purchased the Proterra Catalyst E2 buses in part with $3.9

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JANUARY 30, 2018

a startup founded by former Stanford University researchers developing next-generation battery technology for potential aerospace and industrial applications. In September 2017, CalSEED awarded Cuberg $150,000 in Phase I grant funding. In December 2017, NSF SBIR awarded Cuberg $225,000 in Phase I grant funding.

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JUNE 30, 2015

million research grant to establish an Automotive Research Center (ARC) at the U-M. ” It carries the air of a family reunion in bringing all of the ARC’s university partners together, but remains focused on the goal of sharing the latest research developments. Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D., Automotive Research Center.”

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APRIL 23, 2014

This is the second EPIC investment plan and covers the years 2015-2017. The approved 2014-2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, which accounts for about 40% of California''s carbon emissions.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. billion above the FY 2015 Enacted level, sustains DOE’s role as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and develops and operates advanced scientific user facilities at the National Laboratories to maintain the nation’s primacy in science and innovation.

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FTA awarded the FY 2015 funds after a competitive review process that prioritized transit agencies and bus manufacturers with strong records in building, deploying, and operating clean buses and infrastructure. The projects selected in this round of Low-No funding are: Fiscal Year 2015 Low and No-Emission Vehicle Deployment Program Projects.

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Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Abhijith, K.V.,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and its Thai partners in the Ministry of Transport, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Metropolitan Police Bureau, Chulalongkorn University and Grab Thailand will launch a project to ease traffic congestion on Rama4 Road. It will be known as the “Rama4 Model.”.

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The Commission also approved grants for the operation of a hydrogen fueling station, biofuel production, geothermal exploration and rooftop solar for schools. Two of the awardees, Halotechnics and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), also received funds from the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E).

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), with a focus on how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy. Additionally, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year grant of $4 million to Juenger and his team.

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JULY 17, 2017

The study, by a team from Duke University, Tsinghua University, Duke Kunshan University and Peking University, appears in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. In 2015, 108 million Americans—one third of the population—lived in counties with ozone levels that exceeded standards set by the EPA.

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OCTOBER 25, 2015

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to award nearly $5 million in grants to scientists to study the use of plants to further bioenergy development. million in research grants is awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006; DOE is providing $2.9 University of Idaho.

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

Washington State University (WSU) researchers, with colleagues from Archer Daniels Midland, have developed a catalyst that converts bio-based ethanol to isobutene, an important olefin widely used in the production of industrial commodities such as butyl rubber and ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE). Junming Sun, Rebecca A. 5b07401.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Energy Research Center at RWTH Aachen University, E.ON million) grant from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy as part of its “Energy Storage Funding Initiative.” The project will be coordinated by RWTH Aachen University. The M5BAT project is backed by a €6.5-million million (US$8.9-million)

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million grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) MOVE project. Eaton will collaborate with the University of Minnesota on thermodynamic analysis and modeling to enable the efficient transfer of heat in the compression process. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million earlier post.)

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Christopher Davis Codeveloper of a lunar retroreflector Life Fellow, 78; died 1 April Davis taught engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park for 48 years. He left two years later and joined the faculty in the University of Maryland’s electrical and computer engineering department. of Ontario, Canada.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

In addition, the government announced another £11 million (US$17 million) of funding to support 15 low-emission vehicle research and development projects undertaken by a total of 50 organizations, ranging from small businesses to major universities. Bidding for these schemes will open in May 2015. £9 Infrastructure.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

The research teams include experts from universities and other national labs. A longtime user of NERSC supercomputers, Louie has a dual appointment as Senior Faculty Scientist in the Materials Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab and Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Chelikowsky, University of Texas, Austin.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Production of bio-based jet and diesel is expected to begin in 2013 and production of bio-based gasoline, part of the C 3 product platform, will follow in 2015. The grant allows ZeaChem to use our existing integrated demonstration facility to develop advanced biofuels beyond cellulosic ethanol, including bio-based jet, diesel and gasoline.

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Williams was granted 27 U.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Ferreira was the 2015–2016 president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. Ferreira's first job, in 1981, was at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electric Drives at Aachen University , in Germany.

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JULY 17, 2015

In the new research, the researchers from POSTECH in South Korea, the University of Portsmouth and the University of St. Andrews in the UK, and Stockholm University combined structure solution and prediction with targeted synthesis to prepare the family of novel, highly complex zeolites, which have attractive properties as adsorbents.

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities have developed a catalytic process to convert corn stover lignin into hydrocarbons (C 7 –C 18 )—primarily C 12 –C 18 cyclic structure hydrocarbons in the jet fuel range. The work is featured on. the cover of the December issue of the RSC journal Green Chemistry. Tucker, John R.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Combined with two additional California Air Resources Board-funded stations that are open non-retail (in Harbor City and at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA)), California’s hydrogen refueling station network comprises 50 stations. When the 2015 Joint Report was published, six stations were open retail. Click to enlarge.

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He left there in 1966 to join the University of Cambridge as an assistant director of research. He earned his bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering in 1958 from the University of Bristol , in England. He was the 2014–2015 chair of the IEEE Seoul Section. He worked at the university at the time of his death.

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A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China. Department of Energy (DOE) through grant DE-SC0006420. El-Gendy, Ahmed A. and Carpenter, Everett E.

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million) grant from the Welsh government in 2015, the Rasa was designed for lightness, strength, affordability and safety. million) EU grant, Riversimple will be conducting a public 12-month Beta trial of 20 Rasa prototype cars as part of the continued development of the first full production model which will come to market in 2018.

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

LiFePO 4 +C grants a limited number of sublicenses to suitable lithium iron phosphate (LFP)/lithium metal phosphate (LMP) producers who are capable of meeting market demand with high-quality products. All in all, market demand worldwide is expected to increase from 25,000 metric tonnes in 2015 to 100,000 tonnes in 2020.

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The effect that access to reliable electricity has had on the village is amazing,” says Morgan Kiani , an engineering professor at Texas Christian University , in Fort Worth. The owner told her sales of the products supported the village’s school, which had been destroyed by an earthquake in 2015.

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He has been granted six patents. Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego , where she served as chair of the EE department and director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. As director she provided academic leadership for all of the university’s engineering programs.

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Researchers at Indiana University have shown —for the first time to their knowledge—that the ethanol-producing bacterium, Zymomonas mobilis , can use nitrogen (N 2 ) gas in lieu of traditional nitrogen supplements. Funding for the research was provided by an Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Posto, and James B.

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A German consortium involving four companies and and two universities is developing dielectric elastomers (electroactive polymers) for the conversion of mechanical energy—in this case wave power—into electrical power. This grant is part of the “smart materials for innovative products” program. Source: Bosch.

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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. Zakrzewska helps judge the entries.

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A test deployment of a new hub-and-shuttle urban mobility system will take place on the University of Michigan’s North Campus. million grant from the Michigan Institute for Data Science. The proposed system was inspired by a 2015 study that examined the viability of a similar approach in Canberra, Australia.

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