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Boeing to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to advance autonomous technology capabilities

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During the last decade, Aurora has collaborated with Boeing on the rapid prototyping of innovative aircraft and structural assemblies for both military and commercial applications. Aurora Flight Sciences is also a leader in the emerging field of electric propulsion for aircraft.

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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 worked in managerial positions in New York, Ohio, and Virginia, then became AEP's chief executive in 1976 and served in that role until he retired in 1991. Navy during World War II. He left the Army with the rank of sergeant.

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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Paving the way for the computer graphics industry Evans began his career in 1955 at Bendix —an aviation electronics company in Avon, Ohio—as manager of a project that aimed to develop an early personal computer. He helped develop hardware techniques that enabled commercial use of time-shared computer systems. thesis in 1963 at MIT.

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US DOE awards ~$5M to expand research on methane hydrates

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Managed by the Energy Department’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, the new projects will build on that success by researching alternative methods of extraction and the potential for commercialization, as well as the environmental impact of natural gas extraction from hydrate formations. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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USABC awards Cobasys $8.4M for the development of high-energy density Li-ion cells and packs for EVs

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and Springboro, Ohio, was acquired by SB LiMotive in 2009. Were such an innovation successfully developed, they noted, the technology would flow to Cobasys for commercialization.). Cobasys, with two sites in Orion, Mich., SB LiMotive was established in September 2008 as a joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI.

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DOE awards $7M to eight oxy-combustion coal technology projects; carbon capture, utilization and storage

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The Phase 1 projects will focus on an engineering and economic analysis of the technologies while identifying the Phase 2 research and development needs to bring the technology closer to commercialization. The project will focus on furthering the development of Ohio State University’s coal direct chemical looping process (CDCL).

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $125 million in five separate contracts to Boeing, General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, and Rolls-Royce-North America to develop and demonstrate technologies that will reduce commercial jet fuel consumption, emissions and noise. Earlier post.). General Electric.

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