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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

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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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Stanford’s GCEP awards $10.5M for research on renewable energy; solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy

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The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 Investigators: Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering; Yi Cui, Materials Science and Engineering. Investigators: Michael McGehee, Materials Science and Engineering; Hemamala Karunadasa, Chemistry. Light trapping in high?efficiency,

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Imec doubles energy density of its solid-state Li-metal batteries to 400 Wh/liter

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Imec also announced that it has started to upscale the materials and processes in a pilot line for fabrication of solid-state pouch cells at the EnergyVille Campus in Genk (Belgium) and is set-up in collaboration with the University of Hasselt.

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DOE awards LanzaTech $4M for low-carbon jet & diesel demo plant; 3M gpy; Audi evaluating fuel properties

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Both Lanzanol and cellulosic ethanol will then be converted to jet fuel via the Alcohol-to-Jet" (ATJ) process developed by LanzaTech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Each gallon of ethanol is converted to produce ½ gallon of aviation fuel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Global Bioenergies, Clariant and INEOS in €16.4M EU-funded project to demonstrate the production of isobutene derivatives from straw

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Global Bioenergies is partnering with Clariant, INEOS, IPSB, TechnipFMC and Linz University in a €16.4-million assessment of the sustainability and environmental benefits by the Energy Institute at the University of Linz (Austria). The 48-month project will receive €9.8 million (US$10.7

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DAF Putting LF Hybrid Truck Into Production; Eaton Hybrid System

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As part of PACCAR’s international hybrid program, the DAF LF Hybrid truck was developed in close collaboration with Eaton, Eindhoven University of Technology and Leyland Trucks Ltd, also a PACCAR company. The DAF LF45.160 Hybrid is only 300 kilograms heavier in total than the standard model with a diesel engine alone. Volt cells.

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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As the trend toward cleaner technologies with reduced exhaust emissions continues through the use of catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters (DPF), and improved fuels and engines, non-exhaust PM will soon surpass exhaust emissions and may well become dominant by 2020 both in terms of emissions and contributions to air quality.

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