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DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 University Transportation Centers (UTC). The Department received 230 grant applications during this competition, which represents the largest number of applications ever submitted in the 35-year history of the UTC Program.

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FAA awards $7.5M in research grants for integration of drones into national airspace

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AUGUST 22, 2020

million in research, education, and training grants to universities that comprise the agency’s Air Transportation Center of Excellence (COE) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), also known as the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). This is the third round of ASSURE grants for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.

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AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

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APRIL 26, 2022

million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million

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University Of Georgia purchases 20 Proterra 40' Catalyst E2 buses with DuoPower drivetrain

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APRIL 4, 2019

The University of Georgia has placed an order for twenty Proterra 40? The University of Georgia offers free rides for students, faculty and visitors with an average daily ridership of about 40,000. After receiving a $10-million grant from the GO!

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FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

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JUNE 5, 2020

Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University will receive funds to purchase zero-emission electric buses, which will replace diesel buses that have reached the end of their useful life. 2,229,189.

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DOE awards Hyundai $4.95M for work on advanced mixed-mode gasoline engine; Co-Optima

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The opportunity to explore mixed-mode engine technology through the DOE’s grant signifies Hyundai’s commitment to advanced research technology and compression engines.

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Virginia Clean Cities requests proposals from Southeastern fleets interested in converting to propane Autogas

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JULY 19, 2011

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.

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Agrisoma expanding partnership with Univ. of Florida on biojet fuel in US; Carinata seed

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

is expanding its partnership with the University of Florida (UF) to advance the supply of biojet fuel in the United States. The Québec-based company and its subsidiary, Agrisoma USA, is working with a network of 40 academic researchers from seven universities associated with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Science.

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DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This US-owned and operated manufacturing plant in northern Alabama will be the first of its size in North America. Collaboration with partner federally funded research and development centers and universities to maximize the positive impact of such projects on communities and the environment.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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AUGUST 2, 2019

million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. Alabama A&M University. The US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $84.9

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Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

The technology has received a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant to develop the process for production of EEB (also called E-xtra by Vitruvian) from WWTP (waste water treatment plant) biosolids and a National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR Phase 1 grant to characterize EEB as a fuel additive/oxygenate for both gasoline and diesel.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Alabama A&M University. City of Lubbock/Citibus.

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7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

"It's unpredictable which problems artificial intelligence will be good at, because we don't understand intelligence itself very well," says computer scientist Dan Hendrycks at the University of California, Berkeley. Here are seven examples of AI failures and what current weaknesses they reveal about artificial intelligence. 1) Brittleness.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Sarah Parcak of the University of Alabama, for example, uses satellite imagery to locate archaeological sites of interest. And financial-investment firms use satellite imagery to evaluate such things as retailers’ future profits based on parking-lot fullness or to predict crop prices before farmers report their yields for the season.

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DOT awarding up to $435M for 34 University Transportation Centers

FAA awards $7.5M in research grants for integration of drones into national airspace

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

University Of Georgia purchases 20 Proterra 40' Catalyst E2 buses with DuoPower drivetrain

FTA awarding $130M in Low-No grants for zero-emission and low-emission transit buses and facilities

DOE awards Hyundai $4.95M for work on advanced mixed-mode gasoline engine; Co-Optima

Virginia Clean Cities requests proposals from Southeastern fleets interested in converting to propane Autogas

Agrisoma expanding partnership with Univ. of Florida on biojet fuel in US; Carinata seed

DOE awarding $1.6B to 11 battery materials separation and processing projects as part of $2.8B funding

USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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