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ARPA-E awarding $9.4M to 4 projects focused on removing sulfur hexafluoride from US grid

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The four projects selected to receive funding include the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.; Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga.; and Toshiba International Corporation in Houston, Texas. University of Connecticut. Toshiba International Corporation. GE Grid Solutions, LLC in Charleroi, Pa.;

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U.N.’s ITU Secretary-General Receives IEEE President’s Award

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Doreen Bogdan-Martin , secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union , was named the recipient of this year’s IEEE President’s Award. In addition she oversaw the organization’s membership, corporate communications, and external affairs departments. Bogdan-Martin is the first woman to head the ITU, a U.N.

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DOE Awarding More Than $3.3M to 7 Universities To Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Studies for Advanced Coal-Based Power Generation

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million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. The selected projects, each 36 months in duration, include: Georgia Tech Research Corporation , Atlanta, Ga. University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas.

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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production

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Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc. Project partners include Petron Scientech, Byogy Renewables, Birla Carbon, and Clark Atlanta University.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Fabrication and Testing of Solid-solution Strengthened Corrosion Resistant Alloys For Service in Molten Fluoride Environments, $625,000 Haynes International, Kokomo, Ind. Pipersville, Pa. New York, N.Y.

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Video Friday: Robots With Knives

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Greetings from the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) in Yokohama, Japan! Beltran-Hernandez, Nicolas Erbetti, and Masashi Hamaya from OMRON SINIC X Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. However, these robots can easily lose their locomotion functionality if damaged by external accidents or internal malfunctions.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. General Motors Corporation. Exide Technologies with Axion Power International. Honeywell International Inc. General Motors Corporation. Brownstown, MI. Production of high-volume battery packs for the GM Volt. Saft America, Inc.

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