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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Louis , Mo. Tempe, Ariz.

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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CERF Google, LLC Reston, Va. IEEE FOUNDERS MEDAL Sponsor: IEEE Richard and Mary Jo Stanley Memorial Fund of the IEEE Foundation RODNEY ALLEN BROOKS MIT “For leadership in research and commercialization of autonomous robotics, including mobile, humanoid, service, and manufacturing robots.” IEEE FRANCES E. IEEE RICHARD W.

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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” FUJIMOTO MIT “For pioneering the development and commercialization of optical coherence tomography for medical imaging and diagnostics.”

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

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The vehicles and charging infrastructure will be deployed in residential, workplace, and public locations in Austin, Texas; Los Angeles, Calif.; Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc. New York, NY; Orlando, Fla.; Redmond, Wash.; Sacramento, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.;

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Plug In 2008

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“The EPRI-GM-utility effort is the result of many years of work by EPRI and its members to advance plug-in hybrids and related infrastructure technology to a point of feasible implementation and eventual commercialization,” said Arshad Mansoor, EPRI’s vice president of Power Delivery and Utilization. ActaCell of Austin, Tex.,

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BMW to partner with Coulomb Technologies in Boston; Coulomb offering new cloud-based service plans, new dual-port charging stations

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Utilities that want to offer charging services in a way that is integrated with existing operations giving them the flexibility to manage the grid: Utilities, including Orlando Utilities Commission and Austin Energy can now manage every aspect of their charging operations and gain visibility into EV driver charging trends.

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Stanford scientists identify new Li-B-S solid electrolyte materials that boost lithium-ion battery performance

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Most solid electrolytes in use today are too unstable, inefficient and expensive to be commercially viable, the authors said. Conventional solid electrolytes can’t conduct as much ionic current as liquid electrolytes, said study lead author Austin Sendek, a visiting scholar in Stanford's Department of Materials Science & Engineering. “

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