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Iowa State researchers developing low-cost thermochemical process to produce sugars from biomass for bio-fuels and -chemicals; pyrolytic molasses

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Iowa State University (ISU) researchers have developed technologies to efficiently produce, recover and separate sugars from the fast pyrolysis of biomass. Brown and Iowa State researchers are presenting present their ideas and findings during tcbiomass2011 , the International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science in Chicago.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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White was the first American chair of the International Conference on Large High-Voltage Electric Systems. 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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Toyota CSRC launches new research tracks on autonomous & connected vehicle technologies; 11 projects with 8 institutions

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Since its launch in 2011, CSRC launched and completed 44 research projects with 23 partner universities, publishing more than 200 papers and presenting at multiple industry conferences. University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. University of Iowa – National Advanced Driving Simulator.

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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. New Mexico State University ($5 million DOE investment): For its project, New Mexico State University will increase the yield of a microalgae, while developing harvesting and cultivation processes that lower costs and support year-round production.

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ARPA-E Awards Consortium $4.4M to Develop Next-Generation Magnets; Applications in Motors in Hybrids, EVs, Wind Turbines

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A consortium led by the University of Delaware won a $4.4 Murray Professor of Physics and chairperson of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware, is the principal investigator on the project. At the recent International Conference on Magnetism 2009 held in Germany, Prof. Source: Univ. of Delaware.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

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There’s a compound there,” says Alexander Gabay , a researcher at the University of Delaware , referring to the iron nitride in the magnets being developed by Niron. I call it the perversity of nature,” jokes Matthew Kramer , Distinguished Scientist at Ames National Laboratory , in Iowa. It’s that simple.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. He liked Monsanto; he had a challenging and important job, complete with a big office, oak furniture, a private conference room, and a full-time administrative assistant.