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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 hub will also unite these manufacturers with research universities, such as the University of Tennessee with its pioneering 3D printed carbon fiber research, and the University of Kentucky with the largest US open-access carbon-fiber chemistry laboratory. Adherent Technologies, Inc.; Honda R&D Americas, Inc.;

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ARPA-E awarding $9M to six projects modeling optimal deployment for low-carbon intermodal freight transportation system

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Award amount: $1,500,000) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will develop data and computational models to provide systematic data-driven intermodal freight analysis and critical infrastructure planning that prioritizes decarbonization.

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DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

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Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,204,129. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787.

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DOE awarding $73.9M to 10 battery recycling projects

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Michigan Technological University. Tennessee Technological University. The University of Alabama. Supplying Refined Battery Materials into the United States Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chain by Synergizing Lithium-ion Battery Recycling with Mine Waste Reclamation. Princeton NuEnergy. 10,000,000. Smartville Inc.

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With US research, VW aims to wirelessly charge a Porsche Taycan to 80% in 10 minutes

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Volkswagen Group of America is launching a joint research project with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to develop high-power wireless charging for electric cars.

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U Tennessee opens new research facilities at Center for Renewable Carbon

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The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has opened a comprehensive research facility to accommodate faculty and industry initiatives through the new Center for Renewable Carbon (CRC). The UT Biofuels Initiative will continue working to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of cellulosic fuels.

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Startup licenses ORNL technology for converting organic waste to hydrogen

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He is now a research professor at the University of Tennessee, while also working with the startup. Alex Lewis researched under the mentorship of Borole as a doctoral candidate in Energy Science and Engineering through the University of Tennessee’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education.

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