article thumbnail

How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

Cars That Think

“When I was learning data structures, I began to see things from a different viewpoint—how to make things efficient,” says Lu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a university faculty scholar at Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , in West Lafayette, Ind.

article thumbnail

Taiwan team engineers E. coli to produce n-butanol from glycerol

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Feng Chia University in Taiwan have engineered the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce n-butanol from crude glycerol—a byproduct of the production of biodiesel. A commercialized bioprocess of n-butanol can be readily realized by a cost-effective feedstock. g/L n-butanol from 20 g/L crude glycerol.

Taiwan 284
article thumbnail

Nanodiamonds enable efficient hydrogen purification

Green Car Congress

ShanghaiTech University (China) and National Central University (Taiwan) were involved in state-of-the-art materials characterizations. Sivaniah is the founder of OOYOO , a start-up which aims to be instrumental in commercializing membrane technology for a zero-carbon future.

Hydrogen 259
article thumbnail

Stanford team develops ultra-fast aluminum-ion battery with stability over thousands of cycles

Green Car Congress

A team at Stanford University, led by professor Hongjie Dai, has developed a high-performance, safe, fast-charging aluminum-ion battery that can last for thousands of cycles. For decades, researchers have tried unsuccessfully to develop a commercially viable aluminum-ion battery. Resources. “An

Li-ion 150
article thumbnail

TSMC R&D Chief: There’s Light at the End of the Chip Shortage

Cars That Think

Yuh-Jier Mii started on the ground floor of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The commercial term nanometer refers to a new, improved generation of silicon semiconductor chips.). Growing up in Taiwan, the environment encouraged people to become scientists or engineers.”. in 1994 as a fabrication integration manager.

Taiwan 104
article thumbnail

Nanostructures Bring Gains for Phase Change Memory

Cars That Think

Engineers in the United States and Taiwan say they have demonstrated a promising new twist on nonvolatile memory that’s small enough, miserly when it comes to energy, and works at low enough voltage that it could boost the abilities of future processors. With switching that low, logic and memory integration are possible.”

Taiwan 84
article thumbnail

Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

Cars That Think

The United States, alarmed at China's campaign to bring Taiwan under its control, has also begun an ambitious program to 'reshore' its semiconductor manufacturing after allowing much of it to migrate to Taiwan. Alibaba said it is the first server processor compatible with the latest Armv9 architecture.

Taiwan 102