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NIST awards nearly $4M to support metals-based additive manufacturing

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University of Texas at El Paso ($1 million). Academic, government and industrial partners will replicate the artifact and collect data on the key inputs to the process and the resulting properties of the artifact for a data repository. Purdue University ($999,929). Northeastern University ($999,464).

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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NIST is awarding $5 million to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII) in Youngstown, Ohio, which is operated by the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, for a three-phase collaborative research effort involving 27 companies, universities and national laboratories. NIST is also awarding $2.4

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Researchers suggest that air quality tests need simplifying to help reduce dangerous emissions

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The production of air pollution from motor vehicles, industrial power plants, and fossil fuel emissions are determined by complex chemical reactions.

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BP Biofuels, Texas AgriLife Research partner to advance cellulosic biofuel feedstock development

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BP Biofuels and Texas AgriLife Research, part of The Texas A&M University System, have signed a three-year agreement to develop and commercialize cellulosic feedstocks for the production of advanced biofuels. Working with Texas AgriLife Research is an important step in the process of bringing clean transport fuels to scale and to market.

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NSF awards $55.5M to support 3 new Engineering Research Centers; one focused on power electronics

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million in three new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms and transform industries. POETS will be led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in partnership with Howard University, Stanford University and the University of Arkansas. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He works in the sustainable energy technologies industry and he is an advocate for change.

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NAMII awarding $9M to 15 additive manufacturing projects

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The 15 selected projects span a variety of AM processes and materials with near-term technical achievements that address a comprehensive set of priorities-needs, gaps, and opportunities-within the AM and 3D printing industry. Porter Machinery Company; Honeywell Aerospace; Montana Tech of The University of Montana; and TechSolve, Inc.).