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MAY 27, 2023

Schweitzer III Employer: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Title: President and CTO Member grade: Life Fellow Alma maters: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.; Washington State University, Pullman To develop and manufacture his relay, he launched Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories in 1982 from his basement in Pullman, Wash.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

In this analysis, I examined recent changes in the contribution of transportation to total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States relative to the other sources of emissions (industry, commercial, residential, and agriculture). The analysis is an update of a study published in 2016. The raw data came from EPA.

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

The BV audit was conducted on Carbon Nexus’s 100 metric ton (nameplate) pilot line which is currently producing samples for trials with LeMond’s target customers in several SM industrial markets. million of seed capital from individual and institutional investors, including Deakin University.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

A team at Zhejiang University has now investigated the impact of methanol–gasoline blends on the pollutant emissions of port-fuel injected spark ignition (SI) engines. For the methanol−gasoline blends used in the engine tests, commercial 93# gasoline was used as the base fuel, and industrial-grade methanol with a purity of 99.9%

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Volkswagen and BASF international “Science Award Electrochemistry 2016” goes to Dr. William Chueh from Stanford University. Dr. Martin Ebner received his PhD in Material Science at the ETH University Zurich. Dr. William C. The special prize for applied research is worth €15,000.

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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. However, inadequate lithium plating efficiency at high charging rates limits the cycle life that can be achieved in a commercial cell. based Cuberg , Inc.,

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MARCH 3, 2024

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. His contributions enabled the company to release its first Google Home product, a smart speaker, in 2016. That was a really rewarding experience,” he says.

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JULY 7, 2016

These projects, selected through collaborative research consortia, will leverage industry, university and laboratory expertise to accelerate advanced hydrogen storage technologies and fuel cell performance and durability. University of Missouri, St. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget Request provides $5.34 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). Within the $10.7

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JUNE 1, 2018

Launched in 2016, CESMII focuses on bringing innovative smart manufacturing solutions to the marketplace to increase energy productivity, economic performance, and workforce capacity. The selected organizations (and project descriptions) from this first call selection are: University of Connecticut. Penn State University.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

University of Michigan will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation's toughest challenges. The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Transportation ( MTRAC ) program, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corp.,

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MAY 10, 2021

In 2016, TMRC announced it had successfully completed a demonstration-of-concept project funded by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Strategic Materials Division to separate and refine specific high-purity rare earth elements, using a continuous ion exchange (CIX) and continuous ion chromatography (CIC) processing method.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The research follows government and industry investment to create infrastructure and markets for carbon-free liquid ammonia fuel that will not contribute to greenhouse warming. This result demonstrates the potential for highly efficient, electrically driven production of hydrogen from an ammonia carrier with earth-abundant transition metals.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Nagares develops and manufactures a variety of products for the automotive industry, including control units and power electronics for electric auxiliary components and thermal management systems, as well as power converters for e-mobility solutions. The purchase price will not be disclosed.

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MAY 9, 2017

Global Bioenergies is partnering with Clariant, INEOS, IPSB, TechnipFMC and Linz University in a €16.4-million million) from the EU’s Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking ( BBI-JU ), with the remainder being contributed by the participants. The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking is a new €3.7-billion million (US$10.7

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Phil comes at a pivotal time for Pinnacle Engines as we gain momentum in Asian markets and reach commercialization stages of our first significant partnership. His extensive experience within the automotive industry and deep relationships in Asian markets will aid in Pinnacle’s significant growth in the coming months.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Neste Oil and Renewable Algae Energy (RAE), a US-based algae biomass producer, have signed a contingent commercial algae oil off-take agreement. Cooperation with RAE is intended to secure Neste Oil’s access to a cost-effective supply of industrial volumes of algae oil in the future. With NEXBTL renewable diesel capacity of approx.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

The technology commercialization team includes SoCalGas, C4, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and West Virginia University (WVU). billion in 2016 and is expected to increase to $8.7 The global CNT market was estimated at approximately $3.5

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APRIL 18, 2017

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed and demonstrated at laboratory scale a novel process to synthesize low-cost, polymeric valerolactones with tunable mechanical properties and low glass transition temperatures. The University is seeking to license the technology. Brutman, Guilhem X. De Hoe, Deborah K. 6b02931.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Researchers affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, and Stanford University have demonstrated the feasibility of a next-generation hybrid anode for high-capacity Li-on batteries using silicon-nanolayer-embedded graphite/carbon. g cm −3 ; areal capacity loading of >3.3 mAh cm mAh cm −2 ; and.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a non-profit entity established by Masdar Institute that is part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, announced the world’s first commercial flight using locally produced sustainable fuel on an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 powered by GE’s GEnx-1B engines. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Financing for novel biorefinery process systems can be a barrier to commercializing advanced biofuels, and this funding will reduce technological uncertainties and enable industry deployment. University of Utah, “Entrained-Flow Biomass Gasification with Syngas Fermentation for Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels” $2,000,000.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

A research team from University of Western Ontario, McMaster University and Beijing Computational Science Research Center has developed an effective synthesis method to produce isolated single platinum (Pt) atoms and clusters for use as catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in water splitting to produce hydrogen.

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JULY 10, 2018

CATL will invest €240 million by 2022 in the German plant, which will be located on a 70-hectare site in the industrial area Erfurt Cross. With an annual supply of 12 GWh in 2017, CATL is number one in the global automotive battery industry. and around 87% of CATL’s total revenue in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

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AUGUST 18, 2019

They have patented and scaled-up the process in lab demonstrations and are working with ORNL’s licensee Momentum Technologies to scale the process further to produce commercial batches of rare earth oxides. No commercialized process currently recycles pure rare earth elements from electronic-waste magnets. —Ramesh Bhave.

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MAY 4, 2017

Along with Nissan, Enel has launched in Denmark the first fully commercial V2G hub worldwide, at the Danish utility Frederiksberg Forsyning, which has also bought 10 Nissan e-NV200 zero emission vans and where 10 V2G chargers are installed. Recently, 17 additional chargers have been installed across Denmark.

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AUGUST 6, 2017

The project aims to demonstrate lower-emissions technology innovation into the UK’s logistics industry and HGV fleets, which account for 17% of all UK road transport emissions. This study follows on the Low Carbon Truck Demonstration Trial, which wrapped up in December 2016, and was led by a Cenex-Atkins study team. million (US$30.5

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FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Purdue Research Foundation Board of Directors recently approved construction of the $50-million, 62,000-square-foot Indiana Manufacturing Institute, where Purdue University researchers will expand research of composite materials manufacturing. The Boeing 787 commercial airplane is a wonderful example of what this technology can achieve.

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APRIL 24, 2017

This project involves six stakeholder organizations, with primary funding from the Green Aviation Research and Development Network ( GARDN ), a non-profit organization funded by the business-Led Network of Centres of Excellence of the Government of Canada and the Canadian aerospace industry.

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JULY 13, 2023

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 probably is best known for developing the lithium cobalt oxide cathode in 1980—which became the foundation for Sony’s first commercial lithium-ion battery in 1991.

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MAY 12, 2017

Usibor is our key product in hot stamping and has been a major commercial and technical success in the global automotive industry. Over the period 2012 to 2015, the use of AHSS has increased by around 10% each year—well above steel industry forecasts. kg) to 275 pounds (124 kg)—a threefold increase in 10 years.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The device—known as TESS (thermal energy storage system)—is being developed in South Australia with the help of an AUD $400,000 government grant to take it from prototype to commercial reality. The TESS device stores electricity as thermal energy by heating and melting containers full of silicon. —Jonathan Whalley.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Their analysis demonstrated that under carefully controlled conditions, a microbe called Clostridium thermocellum is twice as effective as fungal enzymes used by industry today. The researchers note that the study was designed to provide indications of intrinsic capability and performance under industrial conditions. Davis, Brian H.

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JULY 10, 2018

CATL will invest €240 million by 2022 in the German plant, which will be located on a 70-hectare site in the industrial area Erfurt Cross. With an annual supply of 12 GWh in 2017, CATL is number one in the global automotive battery industry. and around 87% of CATL’s total revenue in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

University professor at Centrale Nantes, he received in 2015 the prize for applied research from the Federation of Electrical, Electronics and Communications Industries (FIECC) for his pioneering work on the development of robust and inexpensive automation. With a budget of €4.6 million (US$5.2

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The OXIS scientific team expects to achieve a goal of an energy density in excess of 400 Wh/kg by the end of 2016 and in excess of 500Wh/kg by the end of 2018. OXIS CEO Huw Hampson-Jones says that the company is on schedule to release commercial cells for use in applications in the USA and Europe in 2015.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The Burgman Fuel Cell scooters are not yet commercially available. The hydrogen powered scooter trial follows the Greater London Authority (GLA) signing a letter of intent in March 2016 with Suzuki Motor Corporation to test these vehicles as a patrol vehicle within the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) Fleet.

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