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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the University of Illinois a $10.6-million, million, five-year grant to transform two of the most productive crops in the US into sustainable sources of biodiesel and biojet fuel. —ROGUE Director Stephen Long, an Ikenberry Endowed Chair at Illinois.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Crossing through 16 states, plus the District of Columbia, in Super Cruise-equipped Cadillac CT6 vehicles, the drive program will make stops in major cities across the US including: Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Memphis, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; Santa Fe, New Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew Cuomo.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with colleagues at Texas A&M University, have used a 3D conformal graphene oxide nanosheet (GOn) coating, confined into the woven structure of a glass fiber separator, which permits facile transport of Li-ions throughout its structure, while inhibiting lithium dendrite formation.

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JULY 24, 2018

—Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering in the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Engineering and lead author. This is a newly discovered reason why these promising batteries have such a steep drop off in efficiency and yield after relatively few charge/discharge cycles.

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JULY 16, 2016

The winners are Professor Elizabeth Biddinger, City College of New York; Professor Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Professor Joshua Snyder, Drexel University. The selected fellows will receive restricted grants of a minimum of $50,000 to conduct the research outlined in their proposals within one year.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Winners will receive a restricted grant of no less than $50,000 to conduct the research outlined in their proposal within one year. The proposed research theme must not overlap with other research grants or other funded research projects. Proposals should be submitted no later than 31 January 31, 2018.

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APRIL 10, 2010

percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions.

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