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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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This investment will also spur demonstrations of large-scale hydrogen utilization at ports and data centers and across industrial sectors like steel making. Antioxidant Functionalized Polymers for Extended HD Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Lifetimes. Missouri University of Science & Technology. 3M Company. Plug Power.

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Li-ion Polymer Battery Maker Kokam America Is Partner of Choice for Smith Electric Vehicles US; Kokam JV With Dow Targeted at Scaling Up Production

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When Smith Electric Vehicles US Corp (SEV-US) announced on 27 March its selection of Kansas City, Missouri as the site for its US assembly plant for electric commercial vehicles ( earlier post ), SEV-US CEO Bryan Hansel named Kokam America (also based in Missouri) as the electric vehicle company’s battery “ partner of choice. ”

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NAMII selects awardees of initial call for additive manufacturing applied research

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They also represent teaming by NAMII members with more than 30 different participating organizations, including eight universities and 25 industry partners from both small and large businesses. Polymer composite tools often involve expensive, complex machined, metallic structures that can take months to manufacture.

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DOE awarding $13M to advance fuel cell performance and durability and H2 storage technologies

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These projects, selected through collaborative research consortia, will leverage industry, university and laboratory expertise to accelerate advanced hydrogen storage technologies and fuel cell performance and durability. University of Missouri, St. Earlier post.).

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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Emergent Polymer Sensing Technologies for Gulf Coast Water Quality Monitoring This collaboration between Mississippi and Alabama develops advanced polymer-based sensing technologies to detect pollutants in Gulf Coast aquatic ecosystems. University of Southern Mississippi. Jason Azoulay. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez.

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Dow and HPL Sign Li-ion Technology Transfer Agreement; Dow Kokam JV Acquires Assets of Kokam America

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a leader in the lithium rechargeable battery market and source of Dow Kokam’s superior lithium polymer battery technology. is the primary patent holder of the Superior Lithium Polymer Battery (SLPB) technology. Separately, Dow Kokam LLC acquired substantially all of the assets of Kokam America Inc., in South Korea.

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LLNL 3D-printed foam outperforms standard materials

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Such material is an essential component in a large number of industries, including automotive, aerospace, electronics, marine, biomedical, packaging and defense. The group also acknowledges contributions from the National Security Campus, Missouri (formerly Kansas City Plant) where some of the early aging experiments were performed.

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