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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Obama also launched a competition for a new manufacturing innovation institute to build US strength in manufacturing advanced composites, the first of four new competitions to be launched this year. Lightweight And Modern Metals Manufacturing.

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Obama Administration releases National Bioeconomy Blueprint; health, food, energy and environment

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There is also a set of emerging trends in recent research that foreshadow major advances in the areas of health, biological-based energy production, agriculture, biomanufacturing, and environmental clean-up.On

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Obama to Nominate Father of Green Chemistry to head EPA RD

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President Barack Obama announced that he intends to nominate Dr. Paul T. Anastas focuses his research at Yale on the design of safer chemicals, bio-based polymers and new methodologies of chemical synthesis that are more efficient and less hazardous to the environment.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

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The new Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), announced today by President Obama, will focus on advanced fiber-reinforced polymer composites that combine strong fibers with tough plastics to yield materials that are lighter and stronger than steel. 36 Consortia Members: Alcoa Inc.;

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US DOE announces 3 consortia for $125M US-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center; solar, second-generation biofuels and buildings

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President Obama and Prime Minister Singh launched the US-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE) in November 2009 to accelerate the transition to high performing, low emissions, and energy secure economies. The Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center is part of the US-India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy.

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Obama Administration launches new public-private institute to support innovation in additive manufacturing technology with $30M in federal funding

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The Obama Administration launched a new public-private institute for innovation in additive manufacturing technology. Additive manufacturing can encompass metals, polymers, and electronics ( earlier post ) and will have implications in a wide range of industries including defense, aerospace, automotive, and metals manufacturing.

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NSF-funded supercomputing project to combine physics-based modeling with massive amounts of data

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The project exemplifies the objectives of President Obama's new National Strategic Computing Initiative ( earlier post ), which has called for the use of vast data sets in addition to increasing brute force computing power. A three-petabyte hard drive will handle both traditional and big data storage. —Krishna Garikipati.

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