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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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EcoCAR is a collegiate automotive competition aimed at developing a highly skilled, domestic workforce by providing hands-on experience designing and building next-generation mobility solutions to meet our nation’s future energy and mobility challenges. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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ORNL, City of Oak Ridge partner on sensor project to capture trends in cities

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are partnering with the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to develop UrbanSense, a comprehensive sensor network and real-time visualization platform that helps cities evaluate trends in urban activity. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S.

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DOE to award up to $266M to small modular nuclear reactor project; targeting commercial operation around 2025

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The scope of this FOA focuses on SMR designs (that provide unique and innovative features that can serve to improve nuclear safety, operability, efficiency, economics, security, and performance over existing plants and previously certified nuclear plant designs. Source: B&W. Click to enlarge.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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EcoCAR teams will utilize a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu donated by General Motors as the integration platform for their advanced vehicle design. Student designs will consider the well-to-wheel (WTW) impact of fuel use and select renewable fuels such as hydrogen, E85 (85% ethanol), or B20 (20% biodiesel).

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Video Friday: Tensegrity Wheels

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We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. Our latest creation, MAKI Pro, embodies our belief in empathic design—a principle that prioritizes the emotional and social dimensions of technology. Hello Robotics ] Thanks Tim!

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ARPA-E releases $10M for 6 projects developing electrical systems for fully-electric aviation applications

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Designed for DC voltage, the new insulator will allow fewer partial discharge events and provide improved electromagnetic interference protection. University of Tennessee. Addressing partial discharge related reliability issues that arise from low air pressure environments in aviation.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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And it is vulnerable to precisely the kind of destructive storms that microgrids are designed to ride out with minimal interruption in electric service. We have designed such a controller, which we call a microgrid orchestrator , and are now developing facilities to thoroughly test it in the lab.