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ITS-Davis director Dan Sperling to chair US Transportation Research Board

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Dan Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, and member of the California Air Resources Board, has been appointed the 2015 chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Executive Committee, which provides independent scientific advice to the nation on transportation issues.

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Rio Tinto and ARENA to study hydrogen calcination to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refining

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Klett and Perander (2015). In a 2017 open-access paper exploring the use of concentrated solar thermal (CST) radiation for alumina calcination, Davis et al. Dominic Davis, Fabian Müller, Woei L. 2015) “Alumina Calcination: A Mature Technology Under Review from Supplier Perspective.” eds) Light Metals 2015.

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Codeveloper of NASA’s Newest Lunar Retroreflector Dies at 78

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Christopher Davis Codeveloper of a lunar retroreflector Life Fellow, 78; died 1 April Davis taught engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park for 48 years. Davis was a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and SPIE , the international society for optics and photonics.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Ford provides some performance specs for its new 2.7L twin-turbo EcoBoost for the MY2015 F-150

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The MY 2015 Ford F-150 will offer a new high-output, twin-turbo 2.7-liter Due to the extensive lightweighting in the new F-150 ( earlier post ), this will improve the power-to-weight ratio of the 2015 truck by 15% over the 2014 5.0-liter Variable displacement oil pump reduces internal engine friction to improve fuel economy.

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New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

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A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014. trillion) in 2014. —Prof Guan.

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University of Maryland wins 2012 Hydrogen Student Design Contest

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The University of California - Davis won third place for a design which included a hydrogen power and heating system for a residential building complex next to their new solar village. At the awards ceremony, the theme for the next Contest was announced as well. We’re very glad to already have sponsorship from Toyota and Mercedes Benz.

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