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JUNE 7, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine universities for awards for research projects that will continue to support innovation and development of advanced, lower emission coal technologies. million investment will be leveraged with additional funds from the universities to support $3.1 Brown University.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses.

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JULY 27, 2012

The Ohio Third Frontier awarded $3 million to the University of Dayton Research Institute to provide specialized materials for use in additive manufacturing. Cost savings is a major benefit, because there are no molds or tooling needed to fabricate parts. You can’t make complex parts with injection molding.

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JULY 23, 2014

ALMMII is a public-private partnership led by Ohio-based manufacturing technology nonprofit EWI, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The initiative is part of the National Network of Manufacturing Innovation and is being led by the Department of Defense.

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JULY 20, 2011

The US Department of Energy has selected ten projects at nine universities for funding under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. The selected projects include: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Tex. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Engineers at The Ohio State University have developed a new welding technique—Vaporized Foil Actuator Welding (VFAW)—that consumes 80% less energy than a common welding technique, yet creates bonds that are 50% stronger. A diagram showing vaporized foil actuator welding, a technique developed at The Ohio State University.

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MAY 5, 2014

Johnson Controls is partnering with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a new battery laboratory at the Wisconsin Energy Institute on the campus. The project will team industry scientists with UW professors, graduate students and undergraduate students. Johnson Controls partners with universities around the world.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

NIST is awarding $5 million to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) in Youngstown, Ohio, which is operated by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, for a three-phase collaborative research effort involving 27 companies, universities and national laboratories. NIST is also awarding $2.4

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DECEMBER 24, 2014

Funded in part by the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative, this funding opportunity supports the Department’s broader effort to boost US competitiveness in the manufacturing sector. Developing a robust supply chain to support mass production of these systems can enable the market for these technologies to grow.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

How the first industrial robot got its start Devol and Engelberger seemed an unlikely pair. He had earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1946 and a master’s in electrical engineering in 1949, both from Columbia University. First Industrial Robot Ever Installed on an Assembly Line | Innovation Nation. But that soon changed.

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DECEMBER 28, 2017

This year, the list of colleges with “open learning initiatives” of various kinds has boomed, and much of that has been part of an essential drive to modernize their classrooms and push the cost of education down. For example, both the City and State University of New York systems are investing millions in OER.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Researchers at Ohio State University are working in collaboration with the inventor to understand the science behind a new flash-processing treatment that produces steel at least 7% stronger and with 30% greater elongation than published results on martensitic advanced high-strength steel. But 7 percent? That’s huge.

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JUNE 6, 2015

Virginia Tech and the University of Waterloo took second and third place respectively. As part of the EcoCAR 3 Competition, each university team chose a different innovation that they will incorporate into their competition vehicle. Earlier post.) —M.J. Yatsko, OSU Engineering Manager.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

holds a part of a stoplight that utilizes a newer LED designed by his students. Holonyak left GE in 1963 to become a professor of electrical and computer engineering and researcher at his alma mater, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He retired from the university in 2013. Nick Holonyak, Jr. Nick Holonyak Jr.,

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MAY 31, 2017

Since its launch in 2011, CSRC has collaborated with leading North American universities, hospitals, and research institutions on projects aimed at reducing traffic casualties, and sharing the results publicly so that all can benefit. One of the key beneficiaries of CSRC research has been emergency medicine. —Chuck Gulash.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Researchers led by Ohio State University engineers have discovered an unexpected factor that could degrade the performance of the Li-ion batteries commonly used in hybrid and electric vehicles. This knowledge could aid in improving design and performance of batteries, according to Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and Howard D.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He worked in managerial positions in New York, Ohio, and Virginia, then became AEP's chief executive in 1976 and served in that role until he retired in 1991. Navy during World War II. Johnson served in the U.S. National Park System.

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JULY 8, 2023

All over the world, startup companies, government agencies, universities, and airlines are collaborating to launch an entirely new category of aviation based on electric aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and efficient horizontal flight. Nothing like this has ever been attempted on a large scale. government agencies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $22 million in funding for five projects aimed at merging wide-bandgap (WBG) technology with advancements for large-scale motors to increase energy efficiency in high-energy consuming industries, products and processes, such as the transportation of fossil fuels and industrial-scale compression systems.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

The 15 selected projects span a variety of AM processes and materials with near-term technical achievements that address a comprehensive set of priorities-needs, gaps, and opportunities-within the AM and 3D printing industry. Porter Machinery Company; Honeywell Aerospace; Montana Tech of The University of Montana; and TechSolve, Inc.).

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AUGUST 31, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 14 new research projects that will be a part of an expanding portfolio of projects designed to increase the understanding of methane hydrates’ potential as a future energy supply. University of California at San Diego. University of Mississippi. University of New Hampshire.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze methane hydrate deposits under the Gulf of Mexico. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing $41,270,609, with the remainder funded by industry and the research partners.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. In 1983 he helped found the university’s Microfabrication Research Facility, known as Microfab. for 37 years.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Ford researchers were approached with the wheat straw-based plastics formulation by the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, as part of the Ontario BioCar Initiative—a multi-university effort between Waterloo, the University of Guelph, University of Toronto and University of Windsor.

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AUGUST 27, 2023

His parents emigrated to the United States when he was a small child and raised him in Ohio. Despite his brilliance and relentless industry, Woods is mostly referred to—that is, when he is remembered at all—as “Black Edison.” inventors in electrical and mechanical engineering during the late 19th century.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

Thus the recent boom in battery recycling—and readers’ interest in this story on how the industry is expanding beyond China and South Korea and into the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. billion EV battery plant —that’s GM’s and LG Chem’s new mega-gigafactory in Lordstown, Ohio. She looked at a recent study out of the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2013

University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) and Air Force researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have ramped up production of a new research fuel formula and a fuel derived from seed oils, and now have enough fuel to move from lab testing to testing in engines and auxiliary power systems. Robota and Jhoanna C.

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JULY 19, 2021

The alliance is expected to bring together representatives from across the engineering community—including academia, industry, and professional societies—to define and prioritize high-impact fundamental research addressing national, global, and societal needs. Departments of Defense and Energy , he says.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The US Department of Energy announced $35 million in awards for 12 projects that find new ways to harness medium-voltage electricity for applications in industry, transportation, on the grid and beyond. BREAKERS projects include: Drexel University, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Researchers will develop systems for tagging CO 2 with carbon-14 at atmospheric level (1 part per trillion) and measuring the carbon-14 CO 2 levels. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont. Schlumberger Carbon Services , Columbus, Ohio. Stanford University , Stanford, Calif.

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MAY 29, 2010

By manufacturing structural material that can serve multiple functions, fewer parts are needed for any given application, which means reduced cost, lighter weight and greater efficiency. Various industries have been replacing metals with composites in structures and components because of their lighter weight and durability.

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JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Electric vehicle coalition. Berkshire Hathaway Energy. California Air Resources Board. ChargePoint.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Lightning formula Erb is a professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Asheville , where he taught mechatronics engineering. He has been working with electric vehicles (EVs) since 1986, when he was involved with electric and hybrid development in the bus industry. We show up at a parking lot and we’ll shoot the breeze.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

As a promising near-term technology, oxy-combustion applied at facilities using pulverized coal-fired boilers for power or industrial applications, will support CCUS efforts and result in ultra-low emissions. The project will focus on furthering the development of Ohio State University’s coal direct chemical looping process (CDCL).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Parker said it will continue to develop this technology with its industry partners to commercialize a CNG option for its RunWise Advanced Series Hybrid Drive System. Standard speed from a West Virginia University study (a special route cycle developed to compare performance). OSU evaluation. Low-speed cycle. CO 2 (g/mi). kNOx (g/mi).

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AUGUST 11, 2019

The nation’s air on the whole has become cleaner in the past 70 years, but those benefits are seen primarily in whiter, higher-income areas, said Kerry Ard, an associate professor of environmental sociology at The Ohio State University (OSU), who presented the research.

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