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NOVEMBER 22, 2012

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) has launched an interdisciplinary research institute to promote a technologically advanced and globally competitive manufacturing base in the United States. GTMI will focus on the complete innovation value chain—from raw and recycled resources to prototypes and finished products.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Transportation announced that the National Center for Sustainable Transportation ( NCST ), housed at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), would receive $20 million to lead a group of seven universities studying transportation effects on the environment. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. Through his network of honor society members, he also found a mentor who helped him get an internship at a major research institute in Georgia.

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APRIL 13, 2009

will work with University of Georgia researchers to develop new high-yielding switchgrass seed varieties and improved crop management techniques for the southeastern United States. The University of Georgia has a well-regarded collection of switchgrass breeding materials and germplasm—the precursors of commercial seed varieties.

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JULY 24, 2015

A team led by researchers at Georgia Tech has developed a new fabrication technique to produce platinum-based hollow nanocages with ultra-thin walls that could significantly reduce the amount of the costly metal needed to provide catalytic activity. The Georgia Tech-led team took that last approach. —Zhang et al.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

GM has launched the GM Innovation Challenge at four major universities, recruiting student teams to develop new uses for additive manufacturing (3D printing) and augmented reality (e.g., devices similar to Google Glass) in manufacturing.

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MAY 13, 2011

The Ford Motor Company Fund and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering on the US’ first conversion of a traditional school bus to a hydraulic hybrid vehicle that runs on recycled biofuel. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) donated the bus for the project.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

LLC, a Sacramento, California-based biofuels company, has licensed a biomass pyrolysis process from the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc (UGARF). Lead inventor of the technology is Tom Adams, a retired member of the University of Georgia Faculty of Engineering. Tolero Energy.

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MAY 3, 2021

Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

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MARCH 29, 2023

We recently spoke on the phone with Artimatic Technologies President and University of Georgia Professor John Gibbs, who runs the YouTube channel Dr. Know-it-All Knows it All, about his coverage of […]

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

The four projects selected to receive funding include the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga.; University of Connecticut. Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech proposes TESLA, an SF 6 -free high-voltage circuit breaker. GE Grid Solutions, LLC in Charleroi, Pa.;

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JANUARY 27, 2021

These universities join MIT, Stanford and the University of Michigan which have worked with TRI over the last five years to expand the body of research into artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of amplifying the human experience. —Eric Krotkov, TRI Chief Science Officer, who leads the university research program.

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

VTO’s six selected TCF projects are: Argonne National Laboratory 5 MT/year Supercritical Hydrothermal Continuous One-Step Manufacturing Processing, $900,000 – ACTion Battery Technologies, Carrollton, Georgia Automotive Magnesium from Domestic Aluminum-Magnesium Scrap, $250,000 – Galvotec Alloys, McAllen, Texas National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy (..)

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MAY 1, 2021

Thomas, PhD, Chair, Georgia Institute of Technology. Dunn, PhD, Northwestern University. Gurian, PhD, Drexel University. Hill, PhD, University of Minnesota. Madhu Khanna, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Michalek, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University. Scown, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Centers bring together multidisciplinary teams from universities, nonprofits, industry and national laboratories to tackle challenges across promising areas for future energy technologies. Our overall goal is to promote the design of novel polymers that enable ions, such as lithium or hydrogen, to move extremely fast.

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JULY 11, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $1,713,235 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to retrofit on-highway diesel vehicles in Georgia. This project will retrofit 239 on-highway diesel vehicles in Athens-Clarke and Washington counties in Georgia.

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JANUARY 29, 2011

The University of Victoria (Canada) will use a portion of $13.3 million in funding provided by the British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund for ocean research projects to refit the former Coast Guard vessel Tsekoa II for ocean research in the Strait of Georgia and off the west coast of Vancouver Island.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Andrew Gelfman, Computer Science/Engineering undergraduate, University of Colorado. Carrie Cardona, Architecture undergraduate, University of Colorado. Wenjin Li, Mechanical Engineering undergraduate, University of Colorado. Sally Xia, Masters in Digital Media, Georgia Tech.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

The company will partner with Department of Energy scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, Northeastern University, and Georgia. Startup truckmaker Nikola, which plans to build fuel-cell-powered semi trucks in Arizona, won a $1.7

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AUGUST 31, 2022

Abilene Christian University’s (ACU) Nuclear Energy eXperimental Testing (NEXT) Lab submitted an application for a construction permit for a molten-salt research reactor (MSRR) with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

Plug Power’s hydrogen fuel cell technology also provides reliable, resilient on-site backup power for businesses and institutions, whether data centers, utilities, retailers or universities. —Andy Marsh, CEO for Plug Power.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Gabon, South Africa, Australia, Georgia. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Natural graphite. China, Mexico, Canada, India. Chile, Canada, Mexico. Canada, Norway, Finland, Russia. Norway, Canada, Japan, Finland.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

He’s both a former member of the admissions committee at Yale University and now runs Advantage Ivy Tutoring , a service that coaches high school students to help them make the most of their academic abilities and extracurricular interests. One bugaboo for universities has been false positives.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Proterra charging systems utilize the universal J1772-CCS Type 1 charging standard, enabling buses, utility vehicles and cars to share the same chargers. CLT is the first airport to leverage the Georgia State Contract to purchase Proterra electric buses. CLT’s Proterra buses will be manufactured locally in Greenville, SC.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Phase 1 of the ABBA Integrated Biorefinery project, to be built at the AVAPCO Thomaston Georgia site, has begun. The project, which will co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus nanocellulose from woody biomass in an integrated biorefinery at AVAPCO’s site in Thomaston, Georgia, has received a $3.7-million

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MAY 21, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 42 university-led research and development projects for awards totaling $38 million. These projects, funded over three to four years through the Department’s Nuclear Energy University Program, are intended to help advance nuclear education and develop the next generation of nuclear technologies.

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AUGUST 6, 2010

million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. The selected projects, each 36 months in duration, include: Georgia Tech Research Corporation , Atlanta, Ga. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. Georgia Institute of Technology. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Project title.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Nikola is pursuing a new approach and unique MEA architecture to satisfy the high-power output and durability requirements of heavy-duty applications with its academic partners: Carnegie Mellon University Prof. Shawn Litster, Northeastern University Prof. Sanjeev Mukerjee and Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Younan Xia.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

is expanding its partnership with the University of Florida (UF) to advance the supply of biojet fuel in the United States. The Québec-based company and its subsidiary, Agrisoma USA, is working with a network of 40 academic researchers from seven universities associated with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Science.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The co-operative research project along with Michigan Technological University and Phillips 66 signifies the importance in developing fuel and engine innovations that work together for optimal vehicle performance and leading fuel economy ratings. —John Juriga, director, Powertrain Technologies, Hyundai America Technical Center.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

The following organizations will receive NIST Metals-Based Additive Manufacturing Grants Program funding to be spent over two years: Georgia Tech Research Corporation ($1 million). University of Texas at El Paso ($1 million). Purdue University ($999,929). Northeastern University ($999,464).

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

The NCST is one of only five national transportation centers awarded under the University Transportation Centers program reauthorized by the federal Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act. It is the only national transportation center focused on environmental preservation and the only one in California.

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MAY 24, 2018

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. kWh energy storage system.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

Only one of the 10 states with the highest total VMT (Georgia) is also among the 10 states with the highest VMT per person. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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