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MIT team proposes flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine PHEV long-haul trucks

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In a paper being presented at WCX SAE World Congress Experience in Detroit this week, a team from MIT is proposing the use of a flex-fuel gasoline-alcohol engine approach for a series-hybrid powertrain for long-haul Class 8 trucks. Ethanol or methanol would be employed to increase knock resistance. —Daniel Cohn.

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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

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John Hansman , an aeronautics and astronautics professor at MIT and director of the university’s International Center for Air Transportation. And the hydrogen would have to either be produced through clean or nuclear energy to provide real climate benefits, the paper noted. asks Professor R.

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Berkeley Lab and MIT launch the Materials Project search engine to speed development of new materials

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By accelerating the development of new materials, we can drive discoveries that not only help power clean energy, but also are used in common consumer products. This research tool will help the United States compete with other developers of new materials, and could potentially create new domestic industries.

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Climate Change is NSF Engineering Alliance’s Top Research Priority

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Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. Among the most articulate and almost certainly the wonkiest is Jesse Jenkins , a professor of engineering at Princeton University, where he heads the ZERO Lab—the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory, that is.

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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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an experimental prototype engineered to dispense dog treats on demand. We use a voice command “Clean up this mess” to have Digit help us. At no point is Digit instructed on how to clean or what a mess is. Moderated by Catie Cuan, Stanford University. But Roomba robots are finally ready to make peace.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. In engineering, she focuses on developing methods to analyze remote sensing data. “I She then pursued a Ph.D.