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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Start-up Calysta Energy plans to use methane as a feedstock for engineered organisms to produce liquid hydrocarbon fuels and high value chemicals that are cost-effective, scalable and reduce environmental impact. The company was formed in 2011 as a spinout of DNA2.0, Click to enlarge. capsulatus. capsulatus. Fermentation.

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JUNE 1, 2013

The Scuderi Engine is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a conventional combustion cycle over two paired cylinders. The Scuderi Engine is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a conventional combustion cycle over two paired cylinders. a more efficient internal combustion engine.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. The Wave Disc Engine. Source: MSU.

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APRIL 9, 2010

will publicly reveal the architecture of its High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC) engine. The paper describes LiquidPiston’s third-generation engine prototype, which was first test-fired in January 2010. It provides an air-standard analysis of efficiency, including a comparison to conventional engine technologies. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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JUNE 25, 2010

The contracts are part of the FAA’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) program, designed to speed the introduction of “green” technology into aviation. Under a cost sharing arrangement the companies will match or exceed the FAA’s contribution, bringing the overall value of the program to more than $250 million.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

which designs critical systems. Before starting his company, Fujii was vice president at Northrop Grumman’s engineering division in San Diego. As director she provided academic leadership for engineering programs and developed new programs. His area of expertise is certifying critical systems.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. as a software engineer.

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Tesla also explained the rationale behind the selection of its former CTO as a nominee for the company’s Board of Directors. The company explained that JB Straubel’s experience both in Tesla and as the head of battery recycling firm Redwood Materials would be invaluable. Straubel founded Redwood Materials Inc.,

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

Worth a quick comparison, the equivalent Thunderbird weighed 3,536 pounds with a V6 engine or 3,725 with the V8. & One of the most important differences between the Thunderbird, Cougar, and Mark VIII was the latter’s exclusive V8 engine. Part of Ford’s Modular engine family, the new mill shared its 4.6-liter

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OCTOBER 5, 2013

Severstal North America (SNA), one of the largest steel producers in the US, is using Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), advanced manufacturing equipment and new grades of high-strength and high-formability steel to help its automotive customers to achieve lighter weight, stronger vehicles—while keeping costs low.

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JULY 31, 2020

This will primarily fund the feasibility study, including the completion of detailed engineering designs, as well as permitting and land acquisition by the end of 2021, in line with the initial project schedule. The company completed the detailed exploration of the jadarite deposit in February 2020.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2014

(HAI) has begun production of its new HF120 turbofan engine completed at the new facility in Burlington, North Carolina. The HF120 engine is the result of a joint venture established in 2004 between Honda and GE combining the R&D, engine production, and jet aviation expertise of the two companies. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Right: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (THS-II). Source: Toyota Motor Company. Engineers have sought to increase the rate of energy recuperation, and therefore overall powertrain efficiency, with succeeding generations of regenerative/ hydraulic braking systems. Left: 2001-2003 Toyota Prius (THS). Click to enlarge. by Jack Rosebro.

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MAY 20, 2009

Ford Motor Company began production of its EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) at Cleveland Engine Plant No. Approximately 250 employees are returning to the plant to build the new engines. The first EcoBoost engine in the family—the 3.5-liter A V-6 EcoBoost engine will be available for the F-150 in 2010.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) designed to eliminate the use of cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. It will establish ORNL as the ‘engine’ around energy storage research in the Southeast region. —SPARKZ Inc. CEO Sanjiv Malhotra.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Picard was chief executive of Raytheon and helped the company become a leader in tactical missile systems. In 1944 Skolnik joined the American Institute of Electrical Engineers , one of IEEE’s predecessor societies. in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. Behnke served in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Scuderi Group, the developer of a split-cycle and engine and air-hybrid variant, has opened a Japan office and hired a Director of Asian Operations, Deryk Langlais. The Scuderi split cycle and Scuderi Air-Hybrid designs have the potential to provide significant gains in fuel economy. Earlier post.).

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MAY 17, 2010

The UK Technology Board has awarded a consortium comprising UK start-up Lontra , Ricardo, and Ford Motor Company funding to demonstrate Lontra’s Blade Supercharger. The team will integrate the novel technology with a downsized engine to create a Ford vehicle demonstrator. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems.

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MARCH 23, 2015

The racer will be designed to demonstrate that with far less horsepower than many of today’s best sports cars, a two-seat performance car based on the DeltaWing architecture would deliver the same performance, yet with previously unattained fuel economy and efficiency. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based renewable energy generation company, and Xtreme Power, a provider of real-time power management and energy storage solutions, launched a joint venture to deploy a fast-acting energy storage system in Illinois. Xtreme Power is a privately held company and has raised in excess of $80 million since its founding.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office in 1974, Cerf and IEEE Life Fellow Robert Kahn designed the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol. Cerf also saw early on the importance of decentralized control, with no one company or government completely in charge.”

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Yes Men are a duo of pranksters who have targeted several large companies in the past, mostly to bring attention to the environmental wrongdoings of these companies. This isn’t the first time activists have targeted Toyota , as the company has positioned itself as one of the largest global entities against climate action.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Women also seemed to appreciate its novel design and how the cabin was oriented. No other vehicle has taken the same risks and pushed the design and engineering boundaries to the same limit,” said Tanya Gazdik. The company probably should have known better. It was an abject failure for the company.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

To that end, ARB staff is holding two more workshops on the development of a regulation to limit the amount of time that internal combustion engine-driven TRUs and TRU gensets operate while stationary, as well as requiring an overall zero-emission mode operating time. NO x : 6,100 tons per year. GHG: 770,000 tons per year (CO 2 e).

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

The global expansion also allows Ford’s Electrified Powertrain Engineering teams to share common technologies and test batteries virtually, in real time, to develop new technology faster while reducing the need for costly prototypes. The company recently expanded its offerings in growing markets, including.

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MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 11, 2024

Women also seemed to appreciate its novel design and how the cabin was oriented. No other vehicle has taken the same risks and pushed the design and engineering boundaries to the same limit,” said Tanya Gazdik. The company probably should have known better. It was an abject failure for the company.

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MARCH 22, 2012

ALTe began engineering development on the Ford E350 platform in late 2011 reflecting the popularity of this vehicle in the fleet industry. There are currently more than 125,000 E350 vans of the 2004-2010 model years registered to corporate, government and utility fleet owners in the US.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Under the terms of the agreement, the three companies will collaborate to build electric vehicles equipped with Plug Power designed hybrid fuel cell engine systems and hydrogen fueling station solutions. Furui began to pioneer LNG applications for fleet vehicles such as buses, medium duty trucks and delivery vans in 2004.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

Mancino Former manager of engineering reliability at RCA Life senior member, 93; died 24 September For most of his career, Mancino worked as an engineer at RCA , which was headquartered in New York City. Mancino began his career at RCA in 1951 as an electromagnetic compatibility engineer in Camden, N.J. While serving in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

Although Ford is currently the second-largest vendor of electrified vehicles in the US, having sold more than 450,000 units since the introduction of its first hybrid (the Escape Hybrid) in 2004 ( earlier post ), it has not brought a new electrified vehicle model to its US showrooms since the Focus Energi plug-in hybrid in February 2013.

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JULY 31, 2023

Senior Member Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, where she served as director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. As director she provided academic leadership over its engineering programs.

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JUNE 24, 2009

ClearFuels has begun project development of multiple commercial scale biomass-to-energy projects in the Southeastern US, Hawaii and internationally that will use the integrated ClearFuels-Rentech design and will be co-located at sugar mills and wood processing facilities. Between 1987 and 2004, Pearson Technologies, Inc.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

The Gypsy had a soft-top as well as a hard-top version, and later even got a more powerful engine and wider track. It also had a very successful rally career in India, however, with newer emissions norms, the company finally bid farewell to the Gypsy in 2019. A luxurious interior with three-row seating, a 2.7-litre,

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AUGUST 15, 2013

GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, recently completed a research project in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories that could significantly affect the design—and thus the noise and power output—of future wind turbine blades. In 2004, in partnership with Cray Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This management succession will occur following the final decision of the Honda Motor Board of Directors after the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, scheduled for late June 2015. From April 2004 to March 2006, Hachigo was stationed in the US as Senior Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

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