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The funded projects include: University of Wisconsin Madison for “Efficiency Mixing Controlled Compression Ignition Combustion of Propane DME Blends”. WM International Engineering L.L.C. in Darrien, Illinois, for a project entitled “High Pressure Fast Response Direct Injection System for Liquified Gas Fuels Use in Light-Duty Engines”.

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APRIL 23, 2012

SAE’s 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit—the second as an immediate precursor to the SAE World Congress—opened on Sunday with a consideration of several alternative engine designs: opposed piston 2-stroke (Achates Power); variable compression ratio (MCE-5); split cycle (Scuderi); and advanced rotary (Liquid Piston).

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APRIL 4, 2014

Researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues report successfully engineering poplar trees to produce lignin that degrades more easily, thereby lowering the effort and cost to convert wood to biofuel. Source: GLBRC. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals.

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MAY 19, 2019

The hydrogen chemical energy is converted to electrical energy through a series of fuel cells, which drive the ultra-efficient electric propulsion system. —Phillip Ansell, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Urbana-Champaign and principal investigator. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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DECEMBER 19, 2015

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. We are continuously investigating new ideas and technologies and we are looking forward to working with the team at the University of Wisconsin on this project.

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

(GlycosBio), an emerging biochemical company targeting metabolic engineering and microbiology innovations for the production of sustainable biochemicals, has become a member of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals ( CBiRC ).

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JUNE 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy is awarding up to $36 million to fund six small-scale projects in California, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, that will advance the technology improvements and process integration needed to produce drop-in advanced biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. Genomatica, Inc. (up

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APRIL 8, 2015

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Minnesota and Argonne National Laboratory will explore ways to produce renewable plastic precursors and other substances from biomass with a recently announced $3.3-million million grant from the United States Department of Energy. Part of a $13.4-million

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MARCH 11, 2010

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team has developed a chemical process for the hydrolysis of biomass into sugars for subsequent processing into fuels and chemicals that delivers sugar yields approaching those of enzymatic hydrolysis. Furthermore, the hydrolysate products are readily converted into ethanol by microorganisms.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

Investigators: Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering; Yi Cui, Materials Science and Engineering. Investigators: Michael McGehee, Materials Science and Engineering; Hemamala Karunadasa, Chemistry. Investigator: Mark Brongersma, Materials Science and Engineering. Photo-electrochemically rechargeable zinc-air batteries.

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MAY 1, 2013

The plant was constructed at the company’s facility in Madison, Wisconsin under a $1.5-million Design, engineering and construction were performed in-house by Virent employees. This larger sample will help generate the performance data needed to advance the technology toward engine and flight testing.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Amyris has engineered yeast to make the hydrocarbon farnesene via fermentation instead of ethanol. Farnesene is a building block hydrocarbon that can be converted into a renewable, drop-in replacement for petroleum diesel without certain drawbacks of first-generation biofuels. coli bacteria and Saccharomyces (e.g. Professor Shannon S.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

In 2014, researchers from Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison and their colleagues successfully engineered poplar trees to produce lignin that degrades more easily, thereby lowering the effort and cost to convert wood to biofuel. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 20, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $8 million to communities in 21 states and Puerto Rico to reduce emissions from the nation’s existing fleet of diesel engines through the agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Act ( DERA ) program. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Delaware and Virginia.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

it needs to be converted into a form that plants can use. NSF’s investment in Ideas Lab nitrogen projects provides a unique opportunity to engage cross-disciplinary scientists and engineers to generate novel and innovative approaches to creatively address a worldwide problem. Atmospheric nitrogen needs to be fixed—i.e.,

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AUGUST 1, 2020

MicroBio Engineering, Inc. Integrated biochemical and electrochemical technologies (IBET) to convert organic waste to biopower via North American research and educational partnerships. University of Wisconsin at Madison. ASU’s Polymer-enhanced Cyanobacterial Bioproductivity (AUDACity). University of California - San Diego.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Each car was driven 10,000 km (~6,000 miles) over the course of 2010, after which the engines were dismantled and inspected. The development of Virent’s BioForming technology platform is supported through strategic investors including Cargill, Shell and Honda, as well as 115 employees based in Madison, Wisconsin.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

He worked at Georgia Power in Atlanta for more than 20 years, and he was a principal research engineer at the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center at Georgia Tech for more than 25 years, becoming NEETRAC's associate director. He had earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech.

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MARCH 23, 2010

and Shell have successfully started production at the first demonstration plant converting plant sugars into gasoline and gasoline blend components, rather than ethanol. The demonstration plant has the capacity to produce up to 38,000 liters (10,000 gallons US) per year, which will be used for engine and fleet testing. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Eight projects are aimed at improvements including developing and demonstrating dual-fuel or dedicated natural gas engine technologies for high-efficiency medium and heavy-duty vehicles to reduce petroleum usage and developing advanced computational fluid dynamics models to accelerate the development of advanced engine technologies.

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a simple, robust, and efficient method for generating interspecies yeast hybrids. They are essential to the process of fermentation, where the microbes convert sugars to alcohol and carbon dioxide. Alexander, David Peris, Brandon T. Pfannenstiel, Dana A. 2015.11.002.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The selections announced focus on eight approaches to improving vehicle efficiency: Advanced fuels and lubricants : Eight projects awarded to improve fuels and lubricants that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Advanced fuels and lubricants.

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

In recent years, nanoparticles of metals such as platinum, iridium and palladium supported on metal oxide surfaces have been considered as catalysts to convert biomass into alternative fuels as efficiently as possible.

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MAY 18, 2019

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering have devised a two-stage process by which an alcohol such as ethanol or 1-butanol can be converted with high yields into distillate-range ethers and olefins by combining Guerbet coupling (the coupling of two alcohol molecules) and intermolecular dehydration.

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JULY 20, 2011

The new method enhances saccharification rates by up to 5-fold compared to other pretreatment approaches that hydrolyze cellulose to glucose, enabling it to be converted to biofuels (e.g., route to improve cellulose conversion is to engineer enzymes with enhanced specific activities for crystalline cellulose hydrolysis. Earlier post.).

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MAY 15, 2021

This process allows all the carbon within the sugar to be converted to FAME, which will allow these lipids—used to produce sustainable aviation jet fuel (SAF)—to be generated at lower cost and with fewer feedstock, resource, and land requirements. University of Wisconsin-Madison. University of Delaware. INvizyne Technologies, Inc.

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JUNE 15, 2013

Projects that will be funded under the RFP include engine conversion/retrofits; the use of alternative fuels; or the use of alternative technologies. The second ( DTMA-91-R-2013-0009 ) will award up to $500,000 for a comprehensive study on the issues associated with the bunkering (supplying a ship with fuel) of LNG for marine vessels.

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JUNE 4, 2015

The new C5 FUEL yeast delivers fermentation and ethanol yields that set a new standard for conversion of biomass sugars from pretreated corn stover, converting up to 97% of the plant sugars into fuel, the researchers said. —BESC Director Paul Gilna.

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MARCH 20, 2023

When coasting or braking, it converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. Distinct Exterior Sharing a platform with the gasoline-powered GV70 , Genesis engineers were able to use the same platform for both power plants without sacrificing interior space for people or cargo.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Materials scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a phenomenon—the direct conversion of mechanical energy to chemical energy—which they termed the piezoelectrochemical (PZEC) effect. H 2 and O 2 are produced by deforming a ZnO fiber or BaTiO 3 dendrite in water via oxidation-reduction reactions.

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. —Vijay Swarup, VP R&D, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Madison, Wisconsin). Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. Unsupervised Physics-informed Machine Learning of Complex Natural and Engineered Geoscience Processes, $250,000. Eaton Corporation (Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin). Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, New York).

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

Gerald Kulcinski, University of Wisconsin A new breed of maverick fusioneers is aiming to solve the neutron problem. Proponents of this method, aneutronic fusion , argue that the devices will ultimately be easier to build and better suited to power systems, since it will be easier to convert the energy of charged particles into electricity.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Energy Reduction Consolidated Projects: A variety of building energy-efficiency upgrades, hybrid vehicle upgrades, wind generator power systems, and the equipment needed to convert cooking oil to a blend with vehicle fuel to operate some of their buses. Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works, Wisconsin: $210,000.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison led by James Dumesic have developed a catalytic process to convert cellulose into liquid hydrocarbon fuels (diesel and gasoline), using a cascade strategy to achieve the progressive removal of oxygen from biomass, allowing the control of reactivity and facilitating the separation of products.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

The research, led by Associate Professor Brian Stone, shows that expected levels of CO 2 emissions from cars and trucks in 2050 could be reduced back to close to 2000 levels if the full vehicle fleet was converted to hybrid electric vehicles—a greater reduction in CO 2 emissions than achieved by two smart growth scenario modelled in the study.

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