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FHWA makes BAA awards for Phase 1 Truck Platooning Early Deployment Assessment

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This project is being conducted to understand how truck platoons will operate in a realistic, operational environment. Previous research has resulted in the development of truck platooning technology with only limited testing and demonstration in a real-world environment. Proposed Platooning Location: Indiana; Ohio; Pennsylvania.

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DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

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Consortium members: Benedict College, Florida International University, Morgan State University (MD), Purdue University, South Carolina State University, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, University of California at Santa Cruz, and University of Texas at Dallas. $4

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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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ULTIMATE projects address two target temperature levels and seek to develop ultrahigh temperature materials for continuous operation at 1300 ºC (2372 ºF) in a stand-alone material test environment or at 1800 ºC (3272 ºF) with coatings and cooling. Application of the new technologies to existing combined cycle gas turbines in the U.S.

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Pressing recollects have an effect on greater than 2.5M U.S. cars, Carfax says

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California leads at 245,000, adopted via Texas, Florida, Unused York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Six states every have greater than 100,000 of those cars nonetheless in significance on their roads, Carfax reported. The post Pressing recollects have an effect on greater than 2.5M cars, Carfax says appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment; the impacts of the spill; and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration. Project Title: Consortium for Advanced Research of Hydrocarbon Transport in the Environment (CARTHE).

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Penn research simplifies recycling of rare-earth magnets

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have pioneered a process that could enable the efficient recycling of two rare earth metals—neodymium and dysprosium—used in powerful magnets. Carroll, director of the University of Pennsylvania X-Ray Crystallography Facility, also contributed to the study.

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ARPA-E announces $36M for high-temperature materials projects

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Two different technologies will be used to smooth the heat exchanger components’ internal passages to minimize pressure drop. International Mezzo Technologies. International Mezzo Technologies will design, manufacture, and test a compact, nickel-based superalloy supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO 2 ) recuperator.

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