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NSF awarding $81M to 16 sites for new National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure (NNCI)

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The NNCI sites will provide researchers from academia, government, and companies large and small with access to university user facilities with leading-edge fabrication and characterization tools, instrumentation, and expertise within all disciplines of nanoscale science, engineering and technology. million each per year.

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Toyota expands Collaborative Safety Research Center with $35M; focus on transition to automated vehicle and connected vehicle technologies

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The CSRC was formed in January 2011 with three charter members; the first phase of research will conclude in 2016. CSRC will concentrate on supporting a safe transition to the future of mobility, particularly through emerging automated- and connected-vehicle technologies.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Ferreira was the 2015–2016 president of the IEEE Power Electronics Society. Ferreira's first job, in 1981, was at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electric Drives at Aachen University , in Germany. Jan Abraham "Braham" Ferreira.

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Explore Pioneering Software at the Computer History Museum

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million annual views of its 1,656 videos, 125,000 subscribers, and 18 million views since launch The IEEE associate member has been with the museum since 2016 and has curated exhibits and events while regularly publishing historical essays. That’s what got me interested in looking to the past to understand how science and technology work.”

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FTA selects 7 projects to receive $22.5M in grants for battery-electric and fuel cell buses, infrastructure

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These vehicles will be deployed on bus routes in South Philadelphia, and an associated workforce development program will further contribute to the project's economic impact. Partnering with the University of Utah, these buses will serve the route connecting the campus to Salt Lake City. Utah Transit Authority (UTA).

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First $300M tranche of VW National ZEV investment targets charging infrastructure; 150kW+ fast charging on highway network

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Chicago, Portland, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Houston, Miami, and Raleigh—and several highway corridors. District Court for the Northern District of California on 25 October 2016, Volkswagen Group of America is investing $1.2 Background. As required by Appendix C to the 2.0-Liter

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. Weis et al.

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