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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

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The Phase 1 semifinalists are: Boston University – Pober-Strauss. Texas Tech University – Tech Desal. The Salton Sea region of California has the potential to supply 600,000 tons of lithium each year, which exceeds the current annual US demand for lithium. George Washington University – Ellexco. Rice University – LiSED.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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White served on the board of visitors at Virginia Tech and was vice rector and rector there. He also served as a director of the Virginia Tech Foundation. Army for two years after he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. Johnson served in the U.S. Worth was drafted into the U.S.

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Video Friday: Ingenuity’s 50th Flight

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JPL ] Georgia Tech researchers have recently created a soft rotary motor using liquid metal, compliant magnetic composites, and silicone polymers. Irwin, California. Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. Please send us your events for inclusion.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. A Test of Vehicle-to-Grid Tech By the turn of the millennium, however, selling EV propulsion systems had become a hard way to make a living.

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DOE Selects 8 Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

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Georgia Tech will team with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., and Northeastern University in Boston, Mass., University of California Irvine (Irvine, Calif.) Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Ga.) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-VPI,

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White House announces new commitments in support of Materials Genome Initiative

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Georgia Tech is launching a new Institute for Materials (IMat), an interdisciplinary research institute designed to foster a materials innovation ecosystem for research and education. On 8 October, Northeastern University will host the first of these meetings in Boston, MA, assembling key New England stakeholders.

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DOE selects 16 research projects for more than $19M in funding to advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell technology

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The University of California, San Diego. Low-Cost, Durable, Contaminant-Tolerant Cathodes Georgia Tech and an industry partner will collaborate to develop innovative, robust and durable cathode materials and structures with high tolerance to common contaminants encountered under realistic operating conditions. Boston University.

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