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DOE awards $39M to strengthen university-led nuclear energy research and development

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The US Department of Energy has awarded up to $39 million in research grants aimed at developing advanced nuclear energy technologies and training under the Nuclear Energy University Programs (NEUP) initiative. The grants will support up to 51 projects at colleges and universities around the country.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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Family survives after crashing Tesla on Bonneville Salt Flats at over 100mph

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According to the Wendover Police Department’s Facebook page , a 2022 Tesla occupied by a family of five from Utah County was traveling over 100 miles per hour on the salt flats. All five occupants were transported to the University of Utah hospital,” the department said. Credit: Wendover Police Department.

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NSF awards $20 million to two new testbeds to support cloud computing applications and experiments

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While most of the original concepts for cloud computing came from the academic research community, as clouds grew in popularity, industry drove much of the design of their architecture. —Kate Keahey, a scientist at the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and principal investigator for Chameleon.

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DOE announces $16M for 17 Phase 1 projects in ultra-high temperature materials program; ARPA-E ULTIMATE

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Phase 1 ULTIMATE teams will demonstrate proof of concept for alloy compositions, coatings, and manufacturing processes through modeling and laboratory scale tensile coupon testing of basic properties. University of Maryland. University of Virginia. University of Utah. West Virginia University.

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The Story Behind Pixar’s RenderMan CGI Software

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From Utah and NYIT to Lucasfilm As a doctoral student studying computer science at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, Catmull developed the principle of texture mapping, a method for adding complexity to a computer-generated surface. Hanrahan helped refine shading language concepts as well.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

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Bob Taylor, then at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) , got interested in connecting computers, in part to save the organization money by getting the expensive computers it funded at universities and research organizations to share their resources over a packet-switched network. 1962 and Ph.D. Bob had that.

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