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MARCH 19, 2021

Achates Power was awarded a $5-million cooperative agreement from the US Department of Energy in 2020 for a new two-cylinder prototype demonstration and concept design of a next-generation medium-duty commercial vehicle opposed-piston engine. ITCA will provide vehicle and engine requirements and benchmark information. Earlier post.)

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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. University of Michigan. University of Michigan-Dearborn. University of Alabama.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $13 million to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and CALSTART to jump start California’s high-power charging infrastructure for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.; Momentum; ORBCOMM, Inc.;

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The University of California and the Conference of Italian University Rectors (a consortium of state and non-state universities known as the CRUI) each recently signed what’s known as a read-and-publish agreement with IEEE. Kia is an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UC Irvine. “I

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Bai received his BS in Materials Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010 and MS in Materials Science in 2012 from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Yadong Yin at the University of California, Riverside, in 2017. Yuzhang Li, University of California, Los Angeles.

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MAY 29, 2023

ElDorado National (ENC), a subsidiary of REV Group, secured an order for 19 Axess EVO-FC hydrogen fuel cell buses from California public transit provider Foothill Transit. ENC has manufactured low floor and standard floor buses for over 45 years to public transit/paratransit, airport, and university transportation markets.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Now Madni—a professor of astronautics, aerospace, and mechanical engineering at the University of Southern California —is working to transform engineering education. Ramo served as a presidential chair and professor of electrical engineering at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering from 2008 until he died in 2016.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Argonne, the Grainger College of Engineering and the School of the Chemical Sciences with the University of Illinois’ College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, are now partnering with the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) in conjunction with MTD’s initiative to add two fuel cell buses to its fleet of 111 vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2013

CalCharge, an energy storage innovation accelerator, and San Jose State University are teaming up to launch a “battery university”. Battery university courses will be offered through SJSU’s professional education program&. Classes are expected to start this summer in partnership with SJSU’s engineering college.

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY Sponsor: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society JAMES G.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

million over three years as part of an $80-million Co-Optima funding round ( earlier post ) to conduct research and development for an advanced mixed-mode gasoline (spark/compression ignition) engine to attain significant improvements in both fuel economy and CO 2 emissions. HATCI) was established in 1986 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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MAY 8, 2012

Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium-ion battery storage devices, has installed a one MWh lithium-ion battery storage system at the University of California, Riverside (UCR); the system has gone operational, providing electric power to the Bourns College of Engineering building.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. A ceremony was held at the university on 24 March to recognize the computer graphics and visualization techniques with an IEEE Milestone.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

announced that an independent study on the Cummins Westport ISX12N 400 hp natural gas engine demonstrated that the engine meets and exceeds California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) optional Low NO x standard of 0.02 Engine testing was performed on a chassis dynamometer. Cummins Westport Inc. SoCalGas”).

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JUNE 9, 2023

A study by a team from Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University suggests that BEVs could constitute the majority or near-majority of cars and SUVs by 2030, given widespread BEV availability and technology trends. Their open-access paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). —Forsythe et al.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

A new study on ultra-low emission natural gas heavy-duty engines found that the new Cummins-Westport 11.9-liter liter engine achieved California’s lowest smog-forming emissions standard, and maintained those emissions during all types of driving. The ISX12N 400 NG engine met and exceeded the target NO x emissions of 0.02

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MAY 18, 2019

The SMUD (Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Board of Directors formally approved its Founding Membership in the California Mobility Center , including an initial investment of $5 million to establish the Center. An additional $10 million will be made available once matching funds are committed by other partners.

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APRIL 9, 2013

A team from the University of California Riverside and the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has found a declining emissions (NO x , PM) benefit from the use of California diesel compared to US Federal diesel fuels given the continuing advances in engine and aftertreatment technology. —Hajbabaei et al.

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MAY 17, 2021

The team members are affiliated with an additional 16 organizations: Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System; University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez; University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; C.A. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 6, 2017

Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

million in grants to eight universities in support of black carbon research. Black carbon is the sooty black material emitted from diesel-powered engines and vehicles, industries like brick kilns and coke ovens, traditional cookstoves, and other sources that burn fossil fuels or biomass.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Teaming with major universities on the West Coast, BASF Corporation has set up a multidisciplinary research institute with an emphasis on new inorganic materials and their applications; biosciences; and related technologies. Selected research projects will also be carried out at Stanford University, UCLA, and other UC campuses.

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AUGUST 30, 2021

Employment in science, technology, engineering, and math fields is still disproportionately dominated by men, especially in engineering and math. Here is a look at some engineering scholarships being offered exclusively for girls and women. IEEE Women in Engineering scholarships. WIE offers three grants. The Frances B.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM LYDIA KAVRAKI Rice University Houston “For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search methods that have broad impact in robotic motion planning and computational biology.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. IEEE FRANCES E.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Michigan Technological University. Low-Cost and Scalable Second Use Battery Demonstration in Central California for Equitable Domestic Manufacturing and Job Growth. Tennessee Technological University. The University of Alabama. Princeton NuEnergy. 10,000,000. Smartville Inc. UC San Diego. 10,000,000. 4,000,000.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018

OPEN solicitations are an open call to scientists and engineers for transformational technologies across the entire scope of ARPA-E’s energy mission. Pinnacle Engines will electrify its four-stroke, spark-ignited, opposed-piston engine to improve fuel efficiency and reduce its cost.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Testing was conducted over the LA92 and US06 Supplemental Federal Test Procedure (US06) driving cycles on typical California E10 fuel. California LEVIII and US Tier 3 regulations will begin a four year phase-in starting in 2015 and 2017, respectively, to a PM maximum of 3 mg/mile from the current 10 mg/mile LEVII limit.

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APRIL 30, 2018

A team at the University of Denver has measured the emissions from two in-use California heavy-duty truck fleets—at the Port of Los Angeles and the Cottonwood weigh station in Northern California—using the On-Road Heavy-Duty Measurement System in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Credit: ACS, Haugen and Bishop (2018).

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JULY 8, 2022

It’s an ideal location for JWST to observe the universe without obstruction and with minimal orbital adjustments. Given the cost and time involved, says Michael Menzel , the mission systems engineer for JWST, “I would not encourage a rendezvous and servicing mission unless something went wildly wrong.” One is the 2.09

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MARCH 17, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted a preliminary draft version of the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator (OPGEE) for the 19 March 2012 Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) public workshop to discuss lifecycle assessment of crude oil production, including high carbon-intensity crude oil (HCICO).

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MAY 26, 2012

EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Mississippi State University, with its series-parallel plug-in hybrid electric vehicle design, the Year One winner at the EcoCAR 2012 Competition in Los Angeles. The 15 universities competing in EcoCAR 2 gathered for six days of judged competition for $100,000 in prize money. A123 Systems, Inc.;

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Audi will be the first company to receive a newly established autonomous driving permit issued by California. California roads are especially crucial to Audi Piloted driving testing because the state is home to the brand’s Electronics Research Lab. —California state Senator Padilla. In July, with Florida Gov.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), an M.S.

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JUNE 24, 2012

The University of Minnesota, Morris, in partnership with Cummins Power Generation and the University of Minnesota Center for Diesel Research, has developed a transportable diesel engine generator (genset) that can be powered by biomass, called the PowerTrainer. The University is demonstrating the unit on 28 June.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A team of researchers from the US NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers based at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has demonstrated the use of a dual cellular–heterogeneous catalytic strategy to produce olefins from glucose. Wang et al. —Paul Dauenhauer, co-author.

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JANUARY 17, 2012

MW installation at the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) campus. The CSUF installation also includes solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to maximize the university’s sustainability efforts. Separately, AECOM Technology Corporation and REC Solar unveiled a 1.16 The funding, approved Jan.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

Three new studies released by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) show that exposure to airborne fine-particulate matter significantly elevates the risk for premature deaths from heart disease in older adults and elevates incidence of strokes among post-menopausal women. One source of particulate matter, including PM 2.5 Burke, Ed.D.

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