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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. Announced in 2016 and funded with $15.76

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Wisconsin, GLBRC researchers use chemical genomics to engineer IL-resistant yeast to improve biofuel production

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) and colleagues have engineered a new strain of the yeast S. cerevisiae that is more resistant to the toxic effects of ionic liquids (ILs) used to generate sugars from lignocellulose. Sato, Robert Landick and Jeff S.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams was granted 27 U.S. Ferreira was the 2015–2016 president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. He was granted 15 patents. Minker earned a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College , in New York City, in 1949; a master's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1950; and a Ph.D. Fellow, 62; died 16 May.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. The good news is that the 2016 Volt will come out with 50 miles (85 km) AER.) The new 2016 Chevrolet Volt will have a battery pack with 50 miles AER). 16 ] Watson, Grant and Andrew A. Conclusions. 13 ] Qualcomm Halo system. [

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