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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by Indiana University in Bloomington. Army for two years after he earned a bachelor's degree in engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Smart Grid projects pick up huge funding boost

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Several of the projects will involve regional demonstrations of plug-in vehicles, including: - Columbus Southern Power Company – Will demonstrate smart grid infrastructure for 110,000 customers in the state and will include 13 different technologies from the substation to the customer including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. - Los (..)

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DOE Awarding $620M for Smart Grid Demonstration and Energy Storage Projects

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Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio). Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The selected projects include advanced battery systems (including flow batteries), flywheels, and compressed air energy systems.

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Murine study suggests preconception exposure to PM2.5 can lead to heart trouble in male offspring

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A new animal study by a team at the Ohio State University suggests that a parent’s exposure to dirty air before conception may result in cardiac dysfunction in adult male offspring. The open-access paper is published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study used an in vivo mouse model of preconception exposure to PM 2.5

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