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

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Raleigh, N.C. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; This is the first hybrid transmission to be designed and built by Ford.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. UTRC; Wolf Robotics.

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President Obama announces new $140M public-private manufacturing innovation institute focused on power electronics

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The institute will provide shared facilities, equipment, and testing and modeling capabilities to companies across the power electronics supply chain, particularly small and medium-size manufacturers, to help invent, design and manufacture new semiconductor chips and devices. Manufacturing Policy Power Electronics'

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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builds upon a 23-year history of DOE Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions (AVTC). EcoCAR teams will utilize a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu donated by General Motors as the integration platform for their advanced vehicle design. Using the VDP enables students to design, build and refine their advanced technology vehicles.

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GM and ABB demonstrate community energy storage system built from 5 used Volt batteries; Duke Energy testing

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The system is designed to work autonomously; in addition, the utility could override for manual dispatch. ABB’s research center in Raleigh, NC, conducted the research and development, and ABB’s Medium Voltage business unit in Lake Mary, Fla., is managing the proof-of-concept testing, market research and product development.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

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Some teams are working on their projects as part of an engineering curriculum or a senior design project. The sensors are designed to transmit data in real time to a secure, online gateway. Others are using their IEEE student branch to implement the projects. The hope is to provide the data to communities. “We and its environs.