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Hyundai Motor expands partnership with US Government to support further exploration of hydrogen fuel cell technologies

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As part of the partnership, Hyundai will provide the DOE with five NEXO fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) for use in various regions of the country including Washington, DC, to help advance research and development of fuel cell technologies. Hyundai provided its first NEXO SUV to the DOE in 2019.

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NSF awards UIC $1.44M to discover new 2D materials for better batteries

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Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, about 700 2D materials are predicted to be stable; many remain to be synthesized. During the four year grant cycle, Salehi-Khojin and Klie will be assisted by researchers at Washington University of St. The global market for 2D materials is expected to reach $390 million within a decade.

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IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn

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He continued to work on the ARPANET and organized the first public demonstration of the network at the 1972 International Conference on Computer Communications , held in Washington, D.C. Kahn has received several recognitions for his work, including the 2004 Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery.

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Satellite study shows drought-stricken Colorado River Basin states depleting their groundwater

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A new satellite study finds more than 75% of the water loss in the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin since late 2004 came from underground resources. JPL developed the GRACE spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Stephanie L. Castle, Brian F. Thomas, John T. Swenson and James S.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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From synchronous machines to fast response power electronics That article was an update of a 2004 article that Vittal coauthored as a member of a joint task force formed by the IEEE Power & Energy Society and CIGRE , an international association of power system professionals, headquartered in Paris.

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IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Vint Cerf

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now part of WorldCom ), headquartered in Washington, D.C., Cerf has received several recognitions for his work, including the 2004 Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery. Enhancing the World Wide Web Cerf left DARPA in 1982 to join Microwave Communications Inc. The honor is known as the Nobel Prize of computing.

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Renewable Energy Group to acquire Imperium Renewables

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including a 100-million gallon nameplate capacity biomass-based diesel refinery and deepwater port terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor, Washington. Seattle-based Imperium Renewables began developing proprietary technology and processes in the production of biodiesel in 2004. Earlier post.).

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