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MAY 12, 2012

Researchers at the National Corn-to-Ethanol Research Center ( NCERC ) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) have successfully produced ethanol from the cellulosic portion of the corn kernel. This research is demonstrated proof of the viability of ‘generation 2.0 —NCERC Director John Caupert.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

A new study by researchers from Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeking to identify the reasons that cause the performance of fast-charged lithium-ion batteries to degrade in EVs has found interesting chemical behavior of the anode as the battery is charged and discharged.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. —Professor Jordi Cabana (University of Illinois at Chicago). The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale.

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JUNE 1, 2022

Students at University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) recently gained experience with solar technology and EVs by building a charging station for one of the school’s vehicles which is used to deliver food and reduce food waste. The little car even has a name: Gemma, but we’ll get to why that is in a minute. “To

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of Stanford University engineers has for the first time built a tiny computer with 178 transistors made from carbon nanotubes, a semiconductor material that may replace silicon in computer chips.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

For example, the University of California, San Diego will receive approximately $3.5 University of Houston. The University of Houston (UH) will develop a battery using a novel water-based, lithium-ion chemistry that makes use of sustainable, low-cost, high-energy, organic materials. Princeton University. Description.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The University of Kentucky (pilot-scale project) achieved greater than 80% REE concentration at greater than 75% REE recovery using Central Appalachian Basin and Illinois Basin coal preparation plant refuse. The University will build and test the technology in their laboratory.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The design of the large pilot plant will incorporate an advanced combustion design and control features that have been verified through performance testing on the sub-pilot unit at Ohio State University and further testing on the small-scale pilot at Babcock & Wilcox. University of Illinois. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

The BP-ICAM will be modelled on a “hub and spoke” structure, with the hub located within The University of Manchester’s Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, which has core strengths in materials, engineering, characterization, collaborative working. The University of Cambridge also has a long association with BP.

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JUNE 4, 2018

As utilities have begun retiring older plants, however, comparatively high costs have made it difficult to justify building new nuclear power plants. In the building phase, cost savings may be realized through modular and advanced manufacturing techniques that bring most of the work to the factory instead to the construction site.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Cicala is a non-resident scholar at the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and an assistant professor of economics at Tufts University. Usage in those sectors fell by 12% and 14%, respectively, from April to July as shutdowns closed office buildings and unemployment rose. —Steve Cicala.

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MARCH 2, 2021

a supplier of hydrogen fuel cell powered heavy vehicles ( earlier post ), plans to build the largest fuel cell membrane electrode assembly (MEA) production line for commercial vehicles in the United States at its new Hyzon Innovation Center located in Bolingbrook, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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JUNE 8, 2014

Researchers at the University of Maryland, with colleagues at the University of Illinois at Chicago, report on a new method for expanding graphite for use as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries in a paper in Nature Communications. 1 at a current density of 20? —UMD Professor Chunsheng Wang.

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MARCH 18, 2023

Each of the four centers, led by a National Laboratory or University, support the science behind a bio-based economy and aims to break down the barriers to building a strong domestic bioenergy industry.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2010

In a process of adjustments to the original yeast, Yong-Su Jin at the University of Illinois and his colleagues converted it to one that will consume both types of sugar faster and more efficiently than any strain currently in use in the biofuel industry. The biofuel industry uses this yeast to convert plant sugars to bioethanol.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

The 10 projects are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia: Association Mapping of Cell Wall Synthesis Regulatory Genes and Cell Wall Quality in Switchgrass. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Eric Beers, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Building capacity for now and for the next generation. Of 9 reports from the TEF project, four deal with reducing transportation demand. The five themes are: Systems integration. The accessibility paradigm. New roles for the private sector in sustainable urban transportation. The socio-cultural context.

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JULY 17, 2014

New projects to be funded this year will build upon gains in genetic and genomic resources for bioenergy and biofuels. Patrick Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Amy Brunner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Robin Buell, Michigan State University. Description. DOE-BER funded.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

A popular research strategy is to build enzyme models that can then be modified to bring them closer to the ultimate goal of functioning even in the presence of some oxygen and not being poisoned, by the hydrogen gas produced.

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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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JANUARY 10, 2012

Yaghi, who will also hold an appointment with the University of California (UC) Berkeley chemistry department, comes to Berkeley from UCLA, where he was the Jean Stone Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, among other positions. from the University of Illinois-Urbana in 1990.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS projects will establish the building blocks of this class of power converter by advancing higher efficiency designs that exhibit enhanced reliability and superior total cost of ownership. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Marquette University. Northeastern University. Earlier post.). Description.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 Advanced controls that allow a building's.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2025

The sensation of touch is the most personal connection that you can have with another individual, says John Rogers , a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who led the project. Beyond just buzzing, the device simulates sensations like pinching, stretching, and tapping for a more realistic experience.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-Partnering

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JANUARY 27, 2021

These universities join MIT, Stanford and the University of Michigan which have worked with TRI over the last five years to expand the body of research into artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of amplifying the human experience. —Eric Krotkov, TRI Chief Science Officer, who leads the university research program.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2011

The team includes four other universities, three national laboratories and five private sector companies and has experience with carbon storage projects in Washington, Wyoming, Canada, Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and internationally. Three companies, Vecta Oil and Gas, SR2020 Inc. org as well as through regular newsletters.

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DECEMBER 15, 2017

Rather than building molds, molding parts, and testing new composites, computer modeling can speed the process. PNNL partnered on the project with Toyota, Magna, PlastiComp, Autodesk, University of Illinois, Purdue University, and Virginia Tech.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 3, 2021

Rivian is in talks with UK ministers to build a giant factory. Gravity is also strategically located near Bristol and Exeter International Airport and universities for a robust pool of talent. In May, Rivian proposed the addition of two buildings to its 510-acre property in Normal, Illinois.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Building on earlier research using the model grass, green foxtail ( Setaria viridis ), this project will identify new genes and pathways that contribute to photosynthesis and enhanced water use efficiency. Sorghum is a member of the grass family and is grown worldwide.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2024

Government agencies, companies, and universities are working on this challenge, oftentimes in collaborative efforts, in virtually all industrialized countries. Against this backdrop, massive efforts are underway to design and test advanced electric-vehicle (EV) motors that do not use rare earth elements (or use relatively little of them).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

Chemists at the University of Illinois have described a catalyst that acts like nature’s most pervasive hydrogen processor by creating a model of the active site found in iron-iron hydrogenase and nickel-iron hydrogenase. The researchers describe their work in a paper published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS) at Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japan. The University of Stuttgart’s High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) in Germany. The DOE’s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) in Berkeley, Calif.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Project descriptions: University of Illinois – Urbana. The University of Illinois will develop a commercial solution, SYMFONI, to estimate soil organic carbon and the dynamics of nitrous oxide emissions at an individual field level. University of Utah. Princeton University.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Building Efficiency (3 projects). Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Seaweed is a potentially sustainable source of biomass for the production of fuels, expanding and building opportunities for bio-butanol as a fuel and fuel extender. Biomass Energy (5 projects). Carbon Capture (5 projects).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2015

POETS will be led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Howard University, Stanford University and the University of Arkansas. NEWT will be led by Rice University in partnership with Arizona State University, the University of Texas at El Paso and Yale University.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

The research team will build on existing membrane technology and pretreatment processes, controls, and modeling to construct a novel treatment approach based on a combination of forward osmosis and ultra-filtration concepts. Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) - A Geomechanical Analysis of Gas Shale Fracturing and Its Containment.

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