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OCTOBER 2, 2022

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” The general idea is really simple,” Schneider says. “A A lot of people have said they also thought of this idea.

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JUNE 13, 2012

NASA and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) are sponsoring the second in a series of regional public workshops to gather ideas and suggestions on the design of the proposed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The workshop will be held 9 July at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.

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MARCH 14, 2014

BASF has established the research initiative “Network for Advanced Materials Open Research” ( NAO ) together with seven leading universities and research institutes in China, Japan and South Korea. The cooperation has a long-term focus, with ideas and projects developed and established jointly by the partners.

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DECEMBER 8, 2018

As British Airways looks towards its Centenary next year, the airline, in collaboration with Cranfield University, has challenged academics from across the UK to develop a sustainable alternative fuel which could power a commercial aircraft on a long-haul flight, carrying up to 300 customers with zero net emissions.

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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. When Joseph Greene was inducted into IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu almost a decade ago, the undergraduate EE student never imagined the impact IEEE-HKN would have on his life.

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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. —Kurt Wiese, vice president of Global Manufacturing Engineering.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

In addition to conventional product development processes, FUSO has been conducting a variety of initiatives inside and outside the company to encourage innovative product ideas that address social needs and challenges. Through these events, more than 100 ideas to date have been generated.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

reflective, developed by engineers at Purdue University, has earned a Guinness World Records title for the whitest paint. Credit: Purdue University/Joseph Peoples. The idea was to create paint that would reflect sunlight away from a building. An ultra-white paint incorporating barium sulfate (BaSO 4 ) particles that is up to 98.1%

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JULY 8, 2022

It’s an ideal location for JWST to observe the universe without obstruction and with minimal orbital adjustments. Menzel can remember, for instance, ideas for laser-based optical systems that were invariably rejected. “I It’s a point of gravitational equilibrium located about 1.5

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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. To get to the best ideas, collaboration is critical. Columbia University.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Phase 1 semifinalists identified an impactful idea or solution to drive down costs of lithium extraction and, ultimately, help develop environmentally friendly, domestic sources of lithium. The Phase 1 semifinalists are: Boston University – Pober-Strauss. George Washington University – Ellexco. Rice University – LiSED.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

BASF SE has established a research initiative called Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems (JONAS) in collaboration with the universities of Strasbourg, France; Freiburg, Germany, and ETH Zurich, Switzerland. That is precisely what we hope to achieve through close cooperation with these top universities.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

The Academic Senate of the University of California has passed an Open Access Policy, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of the UC will be made available to the public at no charge. It follows more than 175 other universities who have adopted similar so-called “green” open access policies.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) robotics researchers working with Ford Motor Company have found a way to tell an autonomous vehicle which cameras to use when navigating. The key idea here is to learn which cameras to use at different locations in the world, based on previous experience at that location.

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APRIL 28, 2022

Purdue University and Duke Energy plan to explore the feasibility of using advanced nuclear energy to meet the campus community’s long-term energy needs. Chiang is the executive vice president of Purdue University for strategic initiatives and the John A. McCarthy Head of the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

The axial flux motor is the brain child of Tim Woolmer, who came up with the idea while a Ph.D candidate at Oxford University. When Mercedes purchased UK-based YASA last year, it opened the door for axial flux electric motors to find a place in mass produced production vehicles. “I was five weeks into my […].

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JUNE 30, 2015

Twenty-one years later, the ARC, which operates as a consortium of six universities [ 2 ] collaborating with partners from both industrial and government sectors, gathered once again on the University of Michigan’s North Campus for its 21 st Annual Program Review. Footnotes. [ 1 ] Gilbert, D., Automotive Research Center.”

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), in collaboration with the Algae Foundation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, announced a new AlgaePrize competition for high school through graduate students studying at a US-based high school, college, community college, university, and/or graduate school.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

CREATE will collect outside-the-box ideas from businesses, laboratories, and universities for a wide range of energy technologies, so we can pursue as many energy solutions as possible. —ARPA-E Director Evelyn N.

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MAY 13, 2021

Swap this technological dead-end out for better batteries, improved superchargers and more universal EV charging standards.

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MARCH 28, 2024

At least, that’s what researchers at Brown University did, by building a wireless communications system that mimics the brain using an array of tiny silicon sensors, each the size of a grain of sand. Arto Nurmikko, Brown University The researchers also conducted simulations to test the system’s error rate, which increases with more sensors.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Ford and Purdue University researchers are working to develop a new, patent-pending charging station cable that could combine with in-development vehicle charging technology, making it even easier for people to transition to EVs with seamless re-charging. Hollander Family professor of mechanical engineering, Purdue University.

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APRIL 22, 2023

The consortium of eight European partners in the HEFT project is led by Mondragan University and includes GKN Automotive. A new €4-million research project funded by the EU is seeking to develop a lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense permanent magnet eMotor for electric vehicles (EVs).

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The Volkswagen and BASF international “Science Award Electrochemistry 2016” goes to Dr. William Chueh from Stanford University. Dr. Martin Ebner received his PhD in Material Science at the ETH University Zurich. The winners of our Science Award are an excellent example of innovative and creative ideas in this field.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering are seeking to improve the efficiency of jet engines by identifying and developing thermoelectric materials that can harness excess energy. UVA is one of only three universities in North America that participate in the Rolls-Royce University Technology Center Network.

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The newly formed organization will host a series of meetings of its members to exchange research results, insights, and ideas. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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APRIL 3, 2022

Battery researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a self-standing mesoporous silicon (Si) film anode for lithium-ion batteries. Using the electrochemical etching method, researchers at the University of Eastern Finland developed a self-standing mesoporous Si film anode for lithium-ion batteries.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Scientists at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, together with colleagues from Boston University (BU) and Wayne State University (WSU), have now succeeded in preventing dendrite formation and thus at least doubling the lifetime of a lithium metal battery. The research team has applied for a patent for their method.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better.

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MARCH 11, 2020

In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges. It focused on projects to make local transportation more efficient and sustainable, examining physical infrastructure and soliciting design ideas for transit stations.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Looking to make replacement filters more environmentally friendly and affordable, a team of engineering students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , in Dhaka, designed a carbon-based version with bamboo. Shakhawat recently graduated from the university with a degree in electrical engineering.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

After an open request for proposals to US universities, and the accompanying selection process, Audi signed an agreement with the four research universities to pursue the following topics: Audi Urban Crash Analysis. With this initiative, the universities, ERL and Audi want to cover the complete process of navigating in a megacity.

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APRIL 21, 2023

In order to achieve this, the idea is to develop, among other things, sensor technology using AI-based materials detection and other spectroscopic methods (e.g. laser-induced plasma spectroscopy) that is capable of identifying different steel and aluminium alloys.

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APRIL 17, 2020

A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new metal-organic framework (MOF) materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydrogen and methane for fuel cell-powered vehicles. Credit: Northwestern University. Teller (BET) area of 7310 m 2 g ?1 —Omar Farha.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The new initiative started with a hackathon which took place on 10-11 December, on the Campus of XU Exponential University in Potsdam, Germany, in order to adapt the “Tuban Xiong” app to the requirements of the German market. Five teams created five completely new and different ideas.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 27, 2024

Zach Rattner Employer: Yembo Occupation: Chief technology officer and cofounder Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, Virginia Tech “I’m making a dent in the universe,” he says. “We How Yembo grew out of a family business Rattner has his wife to thank for his startup idea. We are bringing about change.

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JULY 20, 2021

INDOT, Purdue to Develop Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Solution for Highway Infrastructure by IN.gov Magnetizable concrete for wireless vehicle charging… Sounds like a cool idea!

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