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NIST awards nearly $4M to support metals-based additive manufacturing

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Additive manufacturing typically creates parts and components by building them layer by layer, based on a 3D computer model that is virtually sliced into many thin layers. Metals-based additive processes form parts by melting or sintering material in powder form. University of Texas at El Paso ($1 million).

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Record $86B in 2011 US oil and gas upstream deals, led by unconventional sector with $62B

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a provider of information, marketing and advisory services for the oil and gas industry. Industry appetite for oil-rich resource plays, particularly the North Dakota Bakken shale, Texas Eagle Ford shale and Ohio Utica shale, drove deal activity in the unconventional sector to a record $62 billion. In its analysis, PLS allocated $7.2

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Texas Mineral Resources to establish lithium subsidiary to market Round Top lithium

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TMRC), an exploration company targeting the heavy rare earths and a variety of other high-value elements and industrial minerals, in response to lithium industry inquiries, plans to establish a separate lithium subsidiary to market the lithium potentially produced from its poly-metallic Round Top long-life deposit. extraction rate.

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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to develop tools for process control and qualifying parts made with layer-by-layer additive-manufacturing processes. The emphasis of the three-part research plan is on providing tools needed for additive manufacturing applications to progress from prototype to market-ready. NIST is also awarding $2.4 Concurrent Technologies Corp.

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BP Biofuels, Texas AgriLife Research partner to advance cellulosic biofuel feedstock development

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BP Biofuels and Texas AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System, have signed a three-year agreement to develop and commercialize cellulosic feedstocks for the production of advanced biofuels. Working with Texas AgriLife Research is an important step in the process of bringing clean transport fuels to scale and to market.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change.