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JUNE 7, 2019

A side-by-side comparison of connected vehicle technology at 85 traffic signals in the Tuscaloosa, AL area showed that latency in delivering safety messages from roadside units (RSUs) to vehicles via dedicated short range radios (DSRC) and LTE cellular (C-V2N) was “approximately equivalent,” according to a study by the University of Alabama.

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MAY 28, 2023

The Ohio State (OSU) & Wilberforce University Team has been named the winner of Year One of the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge, taking the lead in the four-year collegiate engineering competition. Year One of EcoCAR is all about generating big ideas and developing a strategy for the remainder of the competition.

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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). Consortium members: Arizona State University, Blinn Community College (TX), Michigan State University, Rutgers University and Texas A&M University. $4

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OCTOBER 25, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

StarMetro, the city of Tallahassee’s public transit system, has agreed to purchase 22 Proterra Catalyst FC buses to service Florida State University (FSU), bringing the StarMetro fleet to 27 battery-electric buses. Proterra has also sold its Catalyst buses to the University of Montana, Duke University and Alabama A&M University.

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MAY 24, 2022

The Ohio State University finished in second place and University of Alabama came in third. Last month, DOE, GM, and MathWorks launched the next Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, the EcoCAR Electric Vehicle (EV) Challenge , with the announcement of the 15 North American universities selected to participate.

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OCTOBER 22, 2022

The projects, led by universities, private companies, and national laboratories, were selected to develop technologies to advance UNF recycling, reduce the volume of high-level waste requiring permanent disposal, and provide safe domestic advanced reactor fuel stocks. Earlier post.) Award amount: $4,715,163). Award amount: $1,844,998).

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MAY 3, 2021

Illinois Basin (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Tennessee): Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois aims to lead a project to evaluate the domestic occurrence of strategic elements in coal, coal-based resources and waste streams from coal use. DOE Funding: $1,499,999. DOE Funding: $1,483,787. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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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). Mississippi State University – lead University. 219,815. .

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MAY 4, 2012

The projects, in brief: Black Warrior Basin: A strategic partnership of the University of Alabama, the Geological Survey of Alabama, Rice University, Schlumberger Carbon Services and Alabama Power is studying an area with multiple promising CO 2 storage reservoirs and seals.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Michigan Technological University. Tennessee Technological University. The University of Alabama. Supplying Refined Battery Materials into the United States Electric Vehicle Battery Supply Chain by Synergizing Lithium-ion Battery Recycling with Mine Waste Reclamation. Princeton NuEnergy. 10,000,000. Smartville Inc.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. DOE selected eight universities under this latest Co-Optima funding opportunity: Cornell University.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

University of Oregon, up to $2.0 The University of Oregon, along with The University of Alabama, DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Protonex Technology Corporation, will develop and test promising new materials for hydrogen storage.

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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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APRIL 25, 2014

and will donate a Chevrolet Camaro to each one of the 16 universities that were recently selected for the exclusive competition. EcoCAR 3 challenges university students across North America to design, build and optimize eco-friendly powertrains over the course of the next four years. California State University, Los Angeles.

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JULY 20, 2021

million cars, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from The University of Queensland and The University of Canterbury. University of Canterbury PhD candidate Nicholas Patton said the research would have ramifications for curbing the effects of climate change into the future.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

The states that follow Wyoming with the highest levels of VMT per person are Alabama, Mississippi, New Mexico, and North Dakota. Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The co-operative research project along with Michigan Technological University and Phillips 66 signifies the importance in developing fuel and engine innovations that work together for optimal vehicle performance and leading fuel economy ratings. —John Juriga, director, Powertrain Technologies, Hyundai America Technical Center.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Southern Company Services (SCS) will retrofit a CO 2 capture plant on a 160 megawatt flue gas stream at an existing coal-fired power plant, Alabama Power’s Plant Barry, located north of Mobile, AL. Southern Company Services, Inc., Southern Company Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration.

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MAY 24, 2019

The Ohio State University has been named The EcoCAR Mobility Challenge Year One champion, taking the lead in the premier four-year collegiate engineering competition. Rounding out the top three are Virginia Tech in second place and the University of Alabama in third place.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University and Italy’s University of Padua have identified an underlying flaw in the “gravity law”—a statistical formula used in modeling the movement of people and goods between cities, states or countries. states and major metropolitan areas. states and major metropolitan areas.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of Alabama (UA) researchers working within the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence have demonstrated a new single-stage method for recharging the hydrogen storage compound ammonia borane (H 3 N-BH 3 , AB). Sutton et al. million.

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MAY 24, 2018

The Ohio State University has taken first place in the final year of EcoCAR 3, an Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and General Motors Co. West Virginia University and University of Alabama teams finished second and third place, respectively. kWh energy storage system.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University. Professor of Biological Oceanography, Harvard University. Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University.

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APRIL 26, 2022

Additional partners participating in the project include the Benton Public Utility District, and the University of Alabama, Sacre-Davey Engineering, and TRI-DEC (Tri-Cities Development Council). In addition, the project will assess the impact on members of the local community.

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APRIL 2, 2014

Now, a large scale, international study led by Florida State University Professor Thomas Albrecht-Schmitt has shown that Californium can bond covalently to borate. million, paid for through an endowment to the university in honor of retired professor Gregory Choppin.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

Data collected with colleagues at the University of Alabama have shown 70-90% conversion of feedstock to SCFAs (short chain fatty acids). The WWTP economics as a biorefinery become very favorable with an estimated potential net profit of $2.2

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Purdue University—Purdue University will receive up to $1,592,385 for its project that will conduct a sustainability assessment of multiple species of energy crops including miscanthus, switchgrass, and hybrid poplar, and examine the impacts of removing of crop residues within two watersheds representative of conditions in the Upper Midwest.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utah State University. Duke University.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

Under a project to deliver a new generation of green transport fuel, researchers the Islamic Azad University in Iran have produced biodiesel from flixweed seed oil. The invasive plant now occurs in 48 states, excluding Alabama and Florida; it has also been introduced in South America, Asia, southern Africa, and New Zealand.).

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AUGUST 22, 2009

West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Geological Survey of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. DOE share: $799,897; recipient share: $199,976; duration 18 months). DOE share: $609,619; recipient share: $390,381; duration 32 months).

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Auburn University of Auburn, Alabama (up to $4.9 million) will work with leading producers of forest biomass for energy in Alabama to design and demonstrate a high productivity system to harvest, process, and transport woody biomass from southern pine plantations.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

A team from the University of Utah and CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC) reports the first bioelectrocatalysis of alkanes to produce electricity. in Huntsville, Alabama. and the National Science Foundation through the University of Utah’s Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. Credit: ACS, Ulyanova et al.

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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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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama; and Robert Schmieder, Ph.D., of the Department of Computer Science and Computational Science Research Center at San Diego State University. Lee, Ph.D., of Sapphire Energy; Peter M. Letcher, Ph.D., and Martha J. Powell, Ph.D.,

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