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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.;

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Honda opens new $124M wind tunnel in Ohio

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Honda opened its new $124-million wind tunnel facility in Ohio, ushering in a new era of development testing capabilities for Honda and Acura products, as well as the company’s race vehicles. The new Honda Automotive Laboratories of Ohio (HALO) facility, located at the independent Transportation Research Center Inc. Investment.

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DOE awards $17M for vehicle technologies; batteries, PEEM, engines, materials, fuel

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Miltec UV International, LLC. Demonstration scale plasma oxidation of carbon fiber This project will scale up a carbon fiber oxidation technology that reduces energy consumption and oxidation time. The Ohio State University. Awardees are: AWARD TABLE. Technology. Federal share. RMX Technologies.

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The Tech Is Finally Good Enough for an Airship Revival

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Instead, LTA will be using carbon-fiber tubes attached to titanium hubs. The lidar can give us a point cloud showing the entire internal hull of that gas cell,” says Taussig, which can then be used to determine the gas cell’s volume accurately. As a result, Pathfinder 1’s primary structure will be both stronger and lighter.

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Acura unveils new NSX high performance hybrid sports car

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Acura unveiled the production model of the next-generation NSX at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The NSX body utilizes a space frame design—an internal frame constructed of aluminum, ultra-high strength steel and other advanced materials. NSX at the reveal. Click to enlarge.

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DOE HPC4Mfg program funds 13 projects to advance US manufacturing; welding, Li-S batteries among projects

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Other awards include: Shiloh Industries of Ohio will partner with ORNL to study phase change cooling of tooling to speed up casting processes in a project titled “Development of a Transformational Micro-Cooling Technology for High-Pressure Die Casting using High-Performance Computing.”. Harper International Corp.

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DOE Announces Nearly $11 Million for Advanced Automotive Battery Research, Development, and Demonstration Projects

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million for a project aimed at understanding and preventing internal short circuits in lithium-ion cells. Angstron Materials LLC of Dayton, Ohio, teamed with Applied Sciences Inc. million, project to develop hybrid nano carbon fiber/graphene platelet-based high-capacity anodes for lithium batteries. MaxPower Inc.