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JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles.

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JULY 30, 2017

A new class of materials which are suitable agents for displacing oil in enhanced oil recovery operations has been developed by scientists at Swansea University (UK) and scientists at Islamic Azad University in Iran. Barron reported their find in the ACS journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 7b01675.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

has been awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)- ENGAGE grant with Dr. Heather Andreas , an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. Nova Scotia-based Elcora Advanced Materials Corp. can strongly impact carbon performance.

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DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd.,

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

ELIX Wireless, a Canada-based startup developing novel wireless power transfer technology, signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Chongqing Zongshen Power Machinery Co Ltd, a listed entity of the Zongshen Group. Zongshen bring unparalleled engineering and manufacturing experience to the company. —ELIX CEO Rosalie Hou.

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APRIL 28, 2015

A trio of recently published studies from a team of University of Toronto engineers has found that air pollution could be spreading up to three times farther than thought, contributing to varying levels of air quality across cities. Source: University of Toronto. Vehicle emissions map of Toronto. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

And so the outlook is for ever-better engines or electric motors in heavy vehicles used in a way that results in the worst weight-to-payload ratios for any mechanized means of personal transportation in history. —Vaclav Smil. metric tons, General Motors’ Volt is more than 1.7 metric tons, and the Tesla is just above 2.1 metric tons.

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JULY 10, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. High-fidelity ignition models to boost engine thermal efficiency, $720,000 Convergent Science Inc., Advanced Flow Meter for Extreme Environments (AFMEE), $100,000 MicroNuclear LLC, Franklin, Tenn. Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc., Pipersville, Pa. New York, N.Y. Madison, Wis.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In a new study, Harvard University researchers found more than 90% of potential new Canadian hydroelectric projects are likely to increase concentrations of the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) in food webs near indigenous communities. Cabot Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the Harvard John A.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

In a simulated environment, a disembodied skeletal arm powered by artificial intelligence lifted a small toy elephant and rotated it in its hand. In another environment, disembodied skeletal legs used 80 muscles working through 16 joints to kick and flex, engaging in the kind of “ motor babbling ” that toddlers do as they work toward walking.

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MAY 15, 2017

in collaboration with scientists at the University of York’s Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI); University of Colorado; and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, assessed 30 studies of vehicle emissions under real-world driving conditions in 11 major vehicle markets representing 80% of new diesel vehicle sales in 2015.

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JULY 3, 2017

Improving the efficiency of road-freight transport is critical to reducing the growth in oil demand, carbon emissions and air pollution over the next decades, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest report, The Future of Trucks: Implications for energy and the environment. —“The Future of Trucks”.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

This research is a collaborative venture between the University of Bristol (UK), The University of California, Santa Cruz (USA), The University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). —Wadham et al. Resources. Tulaczyk, M. Tranter, J. Telling, G. Ridgwell, A. Dubnick, M. Anesio & C.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

ENSTA PARISTECH : university training engineers with a comprehensive scientific knowledge. FAM Automobiles is also specialized in other automotive activities: design of new parts, chassis modification, engine improvement, product management for car manufacturers and importers.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

A new, internationally-representative survey by researchers from the University of Calgary, Harvard University and Simon Fraser University found that 72% of respondents approved research into geoengineering. —Professor David Keith of Harvard University. —Ashley Mercer, lead author of the study. Resources.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Research in mesoscale atmospheric modeling by the University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte’s Amanda S. Adams and Harvard University’s David W. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada funded the research. Their open access paper appears in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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AUGUST 6, 2009

The EcoCAR competition, along with its headline sponsors—the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors (GM)—challenges 17 universities across the US and Canada to redesign and reengineer a 2009 Saturn VUE to further minimize fuel consumption and reduce emissions. Earlier post.). Oge, Director of OTAQ.

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JULY 9, 2012

is developing several new safety systems—factoring in driver behavior in the modern traffic environment—towards achieving its 2020 goal that nobody should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car. The engine, brakes and steering respond automatically. Click to enlarge. Volvo Car Corp. In the US 21.5%

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

In the context of the Global Burden of Disease 2013 study ( earlier post ), researchers from Canada, the United States, China and India quantified air pollution levels and attributable health impacts for 188 countries for the period 1990-2013. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

EPICS in IEEE (Engineering Projects in Community Service) empowers students to apply technical solutions to improve their communities and provides them with mentoring. EPICS also funds engineering projects in four core categories: access and abilities; community needs; environment; and education and outreach.

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JUNE 9, 2011

This research, carried out by teams at the Universities of Warwick and British Columbia, could make sustainable sources of biofuels, such as woody plants and the inedible parts of crops, more economically viable. —Professor Timothy Bugg, University of Warwick, who led the team. Mark Ahmad, Joseph N. Roberts, Elizabeth M.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society started more than two decades ago to become a more welcoming and inclusive environment for women and members from outside the United States. Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. A great example of that is the concerted effort the.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society started more than two decades ago to become a more welcoming and inclusive environment for women and members from outside the United States. Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. A great example of that is the concerted effort the.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Alma mater: University of British Columbia, in Vancouver. From selling makeup to becoming an engineer. Born in Tehran, Alamouti did not grow up wanting to be an engineer. He was assigned to figure out how to overcome a challenging propagation environment so that customers could receive their data reliably.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Reducing emissions from diesel engines and domestic wood and coal fires is a no-brainer, as there are tandem health and climate benefits. —co-author Professor Piers Forster from the University of Leeds’s School of Earth and Environment in the United Kingdom. Bond et al.

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JUNE 4, 2022

Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. and Toronto, Ont., Laser printers.

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MARCH 15, 2023

Mining any mineral from earth has an impact on the environment. The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. No EV owner denies this. With a clear result. From the graph it shows how the VW ID.3

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MARCH 13, 2009

Excelsior Energy Limited plans to test a proprietary in situ combustion bitumen-recovery process (Combustion Overhead Gravity Drainage, COGD) in a pilot project at its Hangingstone oil sands property in Alberta, Canada. Excelsior developed the COGD process in cooperation with Hot-Tec Energy Inc.,

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MAY 13, 2013

Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada , hosted by Montreal’s McGill University, have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable alternative jet fuels with the long term goal to supply Air Canada. The first assessment is expected by the end of 2013.

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JULY 9, 2009

In a 2007 study, Winebrake and James Corbett from the University of Delaware (who is a co-author of the current study) concluded that pollution from marine shipping causes approximately 60,000 premature cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths around the world each year. case and ~43,500 for the 0.1% S, premature deaths are reduced by ~41,200.

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JULY 8, 2012

The paper by researchers from Peking University and Environment Canada appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. BC emissions from motor vehicles were primarily from diesel engines (85%).

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

not genetically engineered—strain of methanogenic archaea, a single-celled microorganism that has populated Earth for billions of years. Laurens Mets at the University of Chicago. Electrochaea’s headquarters, with laboratories, engineering and business functions, will remain in Munich.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

As director of technology integration at Lockheed Martin , in Grand Prairie, Texas, he leads a team that is actively pursuing breakthroughs designed to, among other things, allow life-saving missions to be performed in hazardous environments without putting humans at risk. It’s amazing that people paid attention and listened to me.”

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JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. Framatome Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

University of Nevada, Reno. University of California, Berkeley. Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway. California State University Channel Islands. Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. Czech Republic, Canada. Czech Technological University, Czech Republic. Team CERBERUS.

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JULY 2, 2014

When required, the system allows the engine to run on 100% diesel. Cummins and Hythane Company worked together to integrate the dual fuel components with the Drilling Power Module and the oil field skid structure on which the engine is mounted. These blends were patented in 1990 for spark- and compression-ignition engines.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Looking to give robots a more nimble, human-like touch MIT engineers have now developed a gripper that grasps by reflex. The almost noise-free prototype can trap objects underneath its body without physical contact, thereby enabling safe interactions in delicate environments such as coral reefs. Enjoy today’s videos!

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