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OCTOBER 3, 2012

A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology of South Korea has demonstrated the feasibility of using proton-exchange-membrane (PEM) reactors electrocatalytically to reduce biomass-derived oxygenates into renewable fuels and chemicals. Tompsett, G.

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

BP is renewing its commitment to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative (MITEI) through an agreement to provide another $25 million for continued energy research over the next five years, bringing the company’s total program funding to $50 million.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

—Wen Chen, currently a professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Such hierarchical 3D architectures allow us to digitally control the morphology of the macropores, which allowed us to realize the desired rapid mass transport behavior.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joule’s proprietary platform provides a path towards carbon-neutral mobility and Red Rock Biofuels will add an immediate commercial capability to produce renewable diesel and jet fuel, complementing our unique direct pathway through direct conversion of CO2 to drop-in fuels.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

companies, so we also believe that we will continue to expand on our strong manufacturing and systems engineering capabilities in Michigan and Massachusetts. Further, Wanxiang has demonstrated its commitment to partnering with and investing in U.S. — David Vieau, CEO of A123.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Joule, a bioengineering startup, is developing its Helioculture technology—a system that leverages highly engineered photosynthetic organisms to catalyze the conversion of sunlight and CO 2 to usable transportation fuels and chemicals. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 2, 2016

Protonex’ unique system design combines leading edge advances in ultra-high efficiency power conversion, equipment power management, and energy harvesting technology in one product. To date more than 4,500 Power Managers have been trialed and deployed by the United States and allied militaries.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies.

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JULY 27, 2009

Joule Biotechnologies uses proprietary, highly-engineered product-specific organisms to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. Joule says that its SolarConverter system facilitates the entire process—from sunlight capture to product conversion and separation—with minimal resources and polishing operations. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 2, 2017

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass. Joseph McAuliffe ( earlier post ).

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Based on Anellotech’s innovative proprietary CFP technology, patents licensed from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Axens’ proprietary post-treatment hydrotreating process, this new technology will open the way to a competitive production of bio-aromatics from renewable resources with lower energy consumption and lower CO 2 emissions.

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MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. A Microbial Consortium Enables Complete Feedstock Conversion - $1,574,966.00. University of Delaware.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The project “Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel” (0938033) will be led by Rakesh Agrawal, with colleagues Mahdi Abu-Omar, Nicholas C. Fundamental discoveries from this project will uncover links between the physical and chemical structure of biomass to the conversion process. Quick conversion of biomass.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified a small molecule surrogate for cellulose—?-cyclodextrin—in Using the faster computer simulations, they can track the conversion of wood all the way to the chemical vapor products. —Mettler et al. Mettler, Samir H.

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MAY 4, 2009

The research projects will contribute to the development of high efficiency internal combustion engines with the goals of improving fuel economies by 20-40% in light-duty vehicles and attaining 55% brake thermal efficiency in heavy-duty engine systems. Tags: Engines Fuel Cells.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity. DOE Funding: $160,000. Total Project Value: $192,000.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The realization, which will benefit also from the collaboration with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), of technologies and devices for the capture and temporary storage of part of CO 2 produced by internal combustion engines. This fuel can already be used with existing vehicles, without the need to modify the engine.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. —Vispute et al. Resources.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Once further optimized and energy conversion elements, such as thermoelectric converters, are added, the cell could produce electricity. It looks like it will have to be a thermal conversion—that makes it not quite as easy as if I could get a direct conversion to electricity. Xing Zhong Li, Ph.D.,

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

BP and Verenium’s proprietary technology enables conversion of nearly all the sugars found in cellulosic biomass, including both five-carbon (pentose, e.g., xylose) and six-carbon (hexose, e.g., glucose) sugars into ethanol. The joint venture company will initially be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

A123 offers industry-leading technology for vehicle electrification and grid-scale energy storage, as well as strong manufacturing and systems engineering capabilities in Michigan and Massachusetts. Through its subsidiaries, including Wanxiang America Corporation, it has more than 3,000 US-based employees. 2Q 2012 results.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts: $2,500,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Lowell Regional Transit Authority, Massachusetts: $1,500,000.

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JUNE 4, 2022

One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. Ingalls, now a principal engineer at Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Direct Conversion Of CO2 To Chemicals, $250,000. Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. Watertown, Massachusetts). Unsupervised Physics-informed Machine Learning of Complex Natural and Engineered Geoscience Processes, $250,000.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. cannot be engineered. reactor makes it more economical both to grow engineered algae. Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. If successful, this. small-scale reactor could be deployed in remote locations to. Ceramatec, Inc.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

DOE Funding: $1,249,997; Non-DOE Funding: $312,516; Total Value: $1,562,513 Oxygen Integrated Unit for Modular Biomass Conversion to Hydrogen — Palo Alto Research Center Inc., The approach leverages a key technological innovation: the ability to pump and contain liquid metals such as liquid tin at temperatures greater than 1400 °C.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Johnson Matthey will investigate the catalytic conversion of this microbial biodiesel into additional fuel molecules, most importantly jet fuel.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. Stanford University. Dimensional Energy. Pratt & Whitney.

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JULY 30, 2023

In 1961, Norbert Wiener , the father of cybernetics, broke his hip and wound up in Massachusetts General Hospital. Wiener’s bad luck turned into fruitful conversations with his orthopedic surgeon, Melvin Glimcher. Bose , a professor of electrical engineering at MIT, and Robert W. Student retention is the program’s primary goal.

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JUNE 10, 2020

In addition to WSU, the team included researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Stony Brook University; Brookhaven National Laboratory; Foshan University in China; and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Fuel cells that run on gasoline, however, tend to build up carbon within the cell, stopping the conversion reaction.

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JULY 15, 2015

The winners are Professor Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Professor Yogesh (Yogi) Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Professor David Go, University of Notre Dame. Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. 2015 ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellows. Description.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The coating will enable a significant increase in upper use temperature for turbine engine blades and increased engine efficiency. Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. University of Utah. Additive Manufacturing of Oxidation-Resistant Gradient Refractory Composites - $600,000.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer.

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APRIL 20, 2024

He was a theoretical guy, on leave from the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a stint at the nearby research-and-development company Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). In 1965, Larry Roberts, then at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory , connected one computer in Massachusetts to another in California over a telephone line.

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JUNE 16, 2015

The engineered cyanobacteria comprise recombinant genes encoding one or more enzymes which catalyze the production of medium chain-length alkanes. The company operates from Bedford, Massachusetts and The Hague, The Netherlands with production operations in Hobbs, New Mexico. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 7, 2016

The Electrochemical Society (ECS), in partnership with the Toyota Research Institute of North American (TRINA), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Yogesh (Yogi) Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

While chemically converting natural gas to liquid fuels (GTL) is a proven technology that increases volumetric energy density, the current conversion approach through Fischer-Tropsch (FT-GTL) is challenged by both high capital costs and low conversion efficiencies. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion.

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