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Ham Radio Inspired This Scranton University Student to Pursue Engineering

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is pursuing an electrical engineering degree at the University of Scranton , in Pennsylvania. The junior is president of the university’s W3USR amateur radio club. Piccini now is helping to develop a low-cost, low-power system to send a signal into the ionosphere and measure the time it takes to return.

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South Korean EV Company to Open Two Production and Distribution Facilities in Pennsylvania

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intends to open two production and distribution facilities in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell made the announcement at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. CT&T makes low- and mid-speed, short-distance neighborhood electric vehicles that pass crash tests required for regular passenger cars.

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Aquion Energy closed $35M D round; aqueous hybrid ion batteries for stationary storage

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Specifically developed for the requirements of both small and large-scale stationary energy storage applications, Aquion’s products and solutions offer a combination of high performance, low cost, operational safety, and sustainability. The batteries have shown high cycle life of more than 5,000 cycles at high rates, (100% DoD).

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Aqueous hybrid-ion battery company Aquion completes $55M financing round

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Designed for the requirements of both small- and large-scale stationary energy storage applications, Aquion’s patented AHI battery systems offer high-performance, low-cost, operational safety, and sustainability. Aquion spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2010. Aqueous hybrid ion chemistry. Source: Aquion.

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DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects

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million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Precursor Development for Low-Cost, High-Strength Carbon Fiber. Carnegie Mellon University. University of Connecticut.

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DOE to award $10.2M to 16 solid oxide fuel cell projects

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Boston University. Core-Shell Heterostructures as Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes Boston University will research ways to synthesize and deploy core-shell heterostructures as SOFC cathodes that will improve SOFC performance by increasing oxygen reduction rates and improving cathode resistance to degradation. Boston University.

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ARPA-E awarding $36M to 22 projects in RANGE program for transformative EV storage

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ARPA-E’s new program, Robust Affordable Next Generation Energy Storage Systems (RANGE) ( earlier post ), aims to accelerate widespread EV adoption by dramatically improving driving range and reliability, and by providing low-cost, low-carbon alternatives to today’s vehicles. University of Houston. Princeton University.