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MAY 14, 2020

These GEMINA teams are working to develop tools for the advanced reactors of tomorrow to improve operations and lower maintenance costs by designing more autonomous, and efficient processes. Advanced reactors must be designed to be financially competitive with fossil fuel power plants to gain a foothold in future energy markets.

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APRIL 11, 2020

RISE Robotics, a leader in high-performance and cost-effective electric linear actuation solutions, raised $3 million in additional funding. The funding round was led by The Engine, the venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies. Energy Information Administration. —Reed Sturtevant.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Researchers from MIT and GM have developed a tool for estimating secondary mass savings potential early in the vehicle design process. Maximizing secondary mass savings (SMS) is a key tool for maximizing vehicle fuel economy, they note, but can be difficult to achieve given the current design process. Credit: ACS, Alonso et al.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

In a recent study involving a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Argonne National Laboratory and other institutions, have, for the first time, captured 3D images of microscopic cracks in metal caused by exposure to hydrogen, also known as hydrogen embrittlement.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Unlike new aircraft and engine technologies, which take some time to diffuse into the fleet, the air-quality benefits of sulfur elimination could be realized as soon as a ULS jet fuel were introduced. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. Adverse effects of ULS jet fuel would include higher fuel prices (by about $0.05 Hileman, David S.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Hottel Professor in Chemical Engineering. He succeeds Sanjay Sarma, the vice president for open learning and the Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Zhao is an associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the director of the JTL Urban Mobility Lab.

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MAY 24, 2022

Now, in the age of advanced technology, an engineer has created his own mechatronic version of the mythical beast. Dion Khodagholy/Columbia Engineering Sun in a Box. A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell developed by engineers at MIT has eclipsed the 40-percent-efficiency mark. But the tide looks to be turning.

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MARCH 1, 2022

Vannevar Bush was the first trained electrical engineer to publicly proclaim in influential circles that EE’s are one engine of innovation and the driving in digital technology. As the early the 1930s, he viewed the entrepreneur and the engineer as twin forces for progress and technological advancement.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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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. Grantee Description.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Researchers at MIT have developed a method that could significantly boost the performance of carbon capture and conversion systems that use catalytic surfaces to enhance the rates of carbon-sequestering electrochemical reactions. This output can help to subsidize the process, offsetting the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS Phase 1 teams will design, model, and optimize CCS processes that enable flexibility on a high-VRE grid. Later in the program, teams that move to Phase 2 will focus on building components, unit operations, and prototype systems to reduce technical risks and costs. 8 Rivers Capital. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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earlier post )—as do many other aspects of engineering and design (e.g., At the IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, a trio of present and past MIT graduate students won a best-student-paper award for a new general-purpose algorithm for solving optimization problems. earlier post ). Cutting plane.

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MARCH 24, 2021

The cost of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries used for phones, laptops, and cars has fallen significantly over the last three decades, and has been a major driver of the rapid growth of those technologies.

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MAY 11, 2023

The electrical engineer left her job at a semiconductor startup to pursue an MBA so she could better understand the business side of technology. Her engineering background got her the position. Eileen Tanghal , cofounder of the venture capital firm Black Opal Ventures , didn’t set out to be a venture capitalist.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. The symposium was sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, together with Ormat, Hess, Cummins and Entergy.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

The award was presented during the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. The TOGG is working on designing electric vehicles. The incoming freshman at MIT won $600. He plans to study material science and engineering. He also received a complimentary IEEE student membership. A SELF-REPLICATING 3D PRINTER.

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JULY 26, 2012

The new selections announced today are part of a two-phase effort to evaluate and develop advanced oxy-combustion projects that yield cost-competitive options for CCUS. These projects will aim to achieve at least 90% carbon dioxide removal while delivering carbon dioxide at a capture cost of less than $25 per ton. Unity Power Alliance.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Deep Learning's Diminishing Returns : MIT's Neil Thompson and several of his collaborators captured the top spot with a thoughtful feature article about the computational and energy costs of training deep learning systems. Several came from Spectrum 's October 2021 special issue on AI, The Great AI Reckoning.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 Engineering a Bacterial Reverse Fuel Cell.

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JUNE 19, 2009

All promising low-carbon non-petroleum transportation options, including hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, battery electric vehicles, and advanced liquid biofuels in combustion engines, face significant technical, resource, and market challenges. Earlier post.). DOE’s targets are $45/kW by 2010 and $30/kW by 2015. Infrastructure.

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JULY 30, 2023

Left: MIT Museum; Right: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University Instead, it was Russian scientist Alexander Kobrinski who debuted the first clinically significant myoelectric prosthesis in 1960. A search of the MIT Museum’s database came up empty (no known example of the hearing glove exists), but I did find the entry on the Boston Arm.

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JULY 19, 2011

City Safety is designed to help a driver avoid rear-ending another vehicle in slow-moving, heavy traffic. It’s not designed to work at speeds faster than 19 mph. In general the passenger vehicle industry is also exceedingly cost conscious.As

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AUGUST 16, 2021

They're preparing prototypes for flight and they've got designs for full-blown airliners capable of carrying scores of passengers. Shortly afterward, the federal government issued a contract to Boeing, which had prevailed over Lockheed and others in a design competition, to develop such a plane. supersonic airliner.

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JULY 21, 2021

Both machines were designed for consumers, not just hobbyists or the technically skilled. engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines. He turned to William “Bill" Lowe , who had given some thought to the design of such a machine. That machine would be the last PC designed outside IBM's development process.

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The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. Select OPEN 2021 projects include: Synteris. Cornell University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Precision Combustion, Inc.

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APRIL 6, 2009

One of the obstacles to commercializing hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is the cost of the fuel cells themselves. Gasteiger of MIT and M. either related to electrode design or to the catalyst itself. Mitch Jacoby, “ Low-Cost Iron For Fuel Cells ”, Chemical and Engineering News , 6 April 2009, Vol. Lefèvre et al.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

It will take more time to build up sales so that you can actually design the vehicles around the hybrid system and that’s where you get a lot of cost reduction. He focused on developments in the so-called P2 system—generally a single motor with two clutches integrated between the engine and the transmissions.

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MARCH 23, 2019

These project teams seek to develop new approaches and technologies for the design and manufacture of high temperature, high pressure, and highly compact heat exchangers and components. Heat-Exchanger Intensification through Powder Processing and Enhanced Design (HIPPED) – $2,300,000. Michigan Technological University.

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APRIL 29, 2009

the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Responsible for designing the transportation system for the Citadel of Masdar. Examples of advanced powertrains are turbo charged gas engines, diesel and hybrid.

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AUGUST 11, 2014

GMZ Energy and its partners are on track to deliver a 1 kW thermoelectric generator (TEG) for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as to design and to integrate a light-duty vehicle TEG into a Honda Accord as part of a DOE-funded project. down-speeding, downsized engine, etc.), down-speeding, downsized engine, etc.),

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AUGUST 11, 2021

He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. So it's nearly impossible to get the cost of manufacturing and sales down to a competitive level.

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APRIL 17, 2009

Henrik Fisker, a car designer and cofounder of the company, said at the New York Auto Show last week that the car is part of his effort to show that environmentally friendly cars need not be small and underpowered. Thats because the plug-in hybrid design will make the Karma more appealing to consumers who want to travel long distances.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

cannot be engineered. reactor makes it more economical both to grow engineered algae. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. amounts a sunlight, Cornell’s design will increase efficiency and. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. Earlier post.). production.

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But these engineers and programmers largely shared the same point of view. The late Chuck Thacker, perhaps the key designer of the Alto hardware, kept a photocopy of this memo, which now resides in his papers at the Computer History Museum. Alan Kay’s 1968 cardboard mockup of the Dynabook inspired future computer designers.

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