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MAY 28, 2020

In the first two years of this program, the Consortium made significant progress developing novel cell materials and integrating these materials in industry relevant pouch cells. The Battery500 team is composed of world-class scientists and engineers from four National Laboratories and five universities. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing nearly $80 million in four new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms in the fields of living cell-based therapies, personalized heart tissue, point-of-care health systems and fuel derived from shale gas.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering have rewired the native metabolism of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica for superior production of lipids (lipogenesis). The research has resulted in a technology for which UT Austin has applied for a patent. —Hal Alper.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM LYDIA KAVRAKI Rice University Houston “For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search methods that have broad impact in robotic motion planning and computational biology.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. IEEE FRANCES E.

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JULY 31, 2013

A radio navigation research team from The University of Texas at Austin successfully coerced a 213-foot yacht off its course, using a GPS spoofing device. The experiment helps illustrate the wide gap between the capabilities of spoofing devices and what the transportation industry’s technology can detect, Humphreys said.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing $41,270,609, with the remainder funded by industry and the research partners. —Carlos Santamarina.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Abilene Christian University’s (ACU) Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing (NEXT) Lab submitted an application for a construction permit for a molten-salt research reactor (MSRR) with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The first milestone was completed last year when the Science and Engineering Research Center design was completed.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

pollution shortens human lives by more than a year, according to a new open-access study from a team of environmental engineers and public health researchers published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters. pollution comes from power plants, cars and trucks, fires, agriculture and industrial emissions.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

BHER Minerals, LLC; Electrolytic Production of Battery-Grade LiOH•H 2 O from Geothermal Brine Partners: ZAP Engineering & Construction Services, Inc., General Atomics; Rare Earth Element (REE) Separation and Processing Demonstration Project Partners: Rare Element Resources, Inc., Topic 2, Area of Interest 1: Rare Earth Element Separation.

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JULY 24, 2022

Now, a team of researchers at MIT, the University of Houston, and other institutions have shown that cubic boron arsenide overcomes these two limitations of silicon as a semiconductor material. Furthermore, silicon is not very good at conducting heat, which is why overheating issues and expensive cooling systems are common in computers.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

International energy company Statoil and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have signed an Energy Partnership agreement providing the university with an annual funding of US$1 million for 5 years. However, the oil and gas industry is changing with more complex technological challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Source: UT Austin. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States. The relative contributions of different production components differ, however. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

McDermott International, a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions (ECS) to the energy industry, has joined a consortium of public, private and academic partners collaborating on a US Department of Energy (DOE) project—Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Group14 Technologies Inc.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

IEEE SSRR 2023 : 13–15 November 2023, FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA Cybathlon Challenges : 02 February 2024, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Eurobot Open 2024 : 8–11 May 2024, LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, FRANCE Enjoy today’s videos! Queens University ] Thanks Josh! Please send us your events for inclusion.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEX. ANYbotics ] Most of the world will need to turn on subtitles for this, but it’s cool to see how industrial robots can be used to make art. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Boston Dynamics ]

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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. His third, lithium iron phosphate, is now one of the most popular battery chemistries in the automotive industry. Nobel Laureate John B.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. This research will also develop physics-based models of turbulent burning rates in realistic flows to further assist the gas turbine industry.

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JUNE 4, 2023

Austin, TX). Realta, spun out of a $10-million ARPA-e funded project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is targeting industrial heat and power as an early application for its fusion technology in which the ability to operate at a wide range of scales is a significant advantage. Focused Energy Inc.

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AUGUST 14, 2021

This hydrogen is currently sold back to refineries and other industries where it is used to remove impurities such as sulfur during the refining process. Captured CO 2 can be directed to industries that require it for production, such as steel, or that assimilate it, such as cement.

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JULY 19, 2020

Researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a cobalt-free high-energy lithium-ion battery, eliminating the cobalt and opening the door to reducing the costs of producing batteries while boosting performance in some ways. student Steven Lee and Ph.D. graduate Wangda Li.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

Both of the programs will help employees with training in their careers in mechanical technology and engineering. Tesla Production Engineering Supervisor, Nicholas Shafer, shared thoughts about the MT1 course and how it’s helped his Junior technicians. Shafer also elaborated on the partnership with Tesla and WNC.

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JUNE 9, 2023

The industry standard for dangerous and routine autonomous inspections just got better, now with a brand-new set of features and hardware. The industry standard for dangerous and routine autonomous inspections just got better, now with a brand-new set of features and hardware. Moderated by Catie Cuan, Stanford University.

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JUNE 28, 2023

That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. In engineering, she focuses on developing methods to analyze remote sensing data. She then pursued a Ph.D.

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JULY 8, 2015

Stanford Professor Yi Cui has received one of this year’s five Resonate Awards from Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute for engineering enhanced batteries and other sustainable energy related devices through innovations in nanotechnology.

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MARCH 1, 2017

The UT Austin battery formulation also allows for a greater number of charging and discharging cycles—more than 1,200 cycles with low cell resistance. Braga began developing solid-glass electrolytes with colleagues while she was at the University of Porto in Portugal. Murchison at UT Austin. Braga et al. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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JULY 4, 2011

Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4 , LFP) is a cathode material that, due to its performance and safety profile, is attractive for use in batteries in applications such as hybrid and electric drives in the automotive industry and for stationary energy storage. and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd (ALEEES).

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JUNE 12, 2012

has been awarded a contract from the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under its Living Foundries program solicitation ( earlier post ) to develop tools that can expand the scope of Amyris's industrial synthetic biology technology platform across various biological platforms and cell types. 964,587 to J.

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APRIL 7, 2023

“AI can be manipulated by a programmer to achieve objectives contrary to moral, ethical, and political standards of a healthy society,” says IEEE Fellow Duncan Steel , a professor of electrical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Michigan , in Ann Arbor. “I

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

ActaCell, a Li-ion battery spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin, was selected by the state of Texas, through the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Central Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (CenTex RCIC), to be awarded investment by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF). ActaCell, Inc.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

n-butanol is an important intermediate in the coatings, plastics, personal care, and packaging industries. TetraVitae technology combines a proprietary organism and advanced process engineering. The products meet standard chemical industry specifications for solvents. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Humanoids 2023 : 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEX. PAL Robotics’ Kangaroo demonstrates classic “zero-moment point” or ZMP walking, with only one or two engineers tagging along, and neither of them look all that nervous. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. RAMIEL ] Thanks, Temma!

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Preliminary industry data reveals that year-end geothermal growth in 2012 was up 5% from the previous year, according to the Geothermal Energy Association ( GEA ). EGS involves extracting heat from engineered reservoirs through fluid injection into deeper hotter rock, and represents the opportunity to tap into geothermal potential worldwide.

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MARCH 7, 2022

lured Tesla Vice President of Legal Alan Prescott away from the Austin-based electric vehicle leader with a massive $30 million compensation package. Prescott spent just one year with Ford as an engineer before leaving to pursue a law degree at Georgetown University. LiDAR startup Luminar Technologies, Inc.

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JULY 29, 2014

In addition, in December 2013, Honda supplied an Accord Plug-In Hybrid with a bi-directional on-board charger to the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). .;

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JUNE 21, 2016

The winning coalition, headquartered in Los Angeles, California brings together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry, and non-profits to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can significantly improve the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. Industry-proposed Institutes Competition.

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