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Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have produced an “artificial leaf”—a solar water-splitting cell producing hydrogen and oxygen that operates in near-neutral pH conditions, both with and without connecting wires. aligned with the low-cost systems engineering and. Reece et al.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

million in funding from ARPA-E in 2016 to further the development of the next generation of high-energy-density, low-cost batteries ( earlier post ), has raised a $21.8 24M’s Chief Scientist & Co-Founder is Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, a professor of Material Science and Engineering at MIT and one of the top battery researchers in the world.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Traditionally, ARPA-E OPEN solicitations issue an open call to scientists and engineers for transformational technologies across the entire scope of ARPA-E’s energy mission. Low-cost, flexible, and scalable ion accelerators could enable the rapid development of advanced nuclear energy materials and new applications in manufacturing.

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MAY 21, 2012

developer of a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain designed specifically for class 1-3 commercial fleet use ( earlier post ), has signed an agreement with Henley Transmission Services, LLC, the largest franchise holder of AAMCO automotive service centers, to certify AAMCO technicians to install and service XL Hybrids’ hybrid-electric conversions.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. The rapid and reversible reaction kinetics of both the bromine reduction reaction and the hydrogen oxidation reaction minimize activation losses, while the low cost ($1.39 Credit: Braff et al.

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Normalized well-to-wake GHG emissions for low-, baseline- and high-emission cases for jet fuel pathways under different land use change scenarios. It is the result of research and analysis performed under the Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emission Reduction (PARTNER) at MIT and RAND. From Hileman et al. Hileman, David S.

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AUGUST 10, 2011

The selections announced focus on eight approaches to improving vehicle efficiency: Advanced fuels and lubricants : Eight projects awarded to improve fuels and lubricants that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines. Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants LLC. Advanced fuels and lubricants. Grantee Description.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. The award is sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering.

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MAY 14, 2020

These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. Advanced nuclear reactors have the potential to provide reliable and low-cost clean power to millions of American homes.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

A new desalination process developed by engineers at MIT could treat produced water—deep water, often heavily laden with salts and minerals—from natural gas wells at relatively low cost. The research is the work of a team including MIT postdoc Prakash Narayan, mechanical engineering professor John H.

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JUNE 25, 2012

engine and 6-speed transmission. XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. We don’t touch the warranty.

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JUNE 16, 2023

EPFL ] This video details the creation of the Dingo, a low-cost robot quadruped designed and built by Alexander Calvert and Nathan Ferguson as a capstone engineering project for the bachelor of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at Monash University. Total cost is about $1,300 AUD. GitHub ] Thanks, Michael!

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

With the new funding, GMZ will expand its engineering and go-to-market capabilities as the company moves into production of its thermoelectric technologies. GMZ’s material, a nanostructured bismuth antimony telluride, was developed by researchers at Boston College and MIT.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Engineering E. This project seeks to develop an “electrofuels chassis” by using engineered E. This project will develop and optimize a novel, engineered microorganism that produces a biodiesel-equivalent fuel from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, at costs of less than $2.50 Engineering a Bacterial Reverse Fuel Cell.

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APRIL 16, 2018

The work was a collaboration between scientists at UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, Argonne National Lab, MIT and UC Santa Cruz. … Low cost and low toxicity make the Mn 2+ /Mn 4+ couple particularly desirable for designing high-performance Li-ion batteries that are also inexpensive and eco-friendly. … —Lee et al.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Colorado State University will develop a novel, low-cost turbo-compression cooling system that utilizes the ultra-low-grade waste (less than 150°C) heat available in many industrial processes, the energy from which is not traditionally recovered. Colorado State University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Yale University.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has released a report on the proceedings—and papers that informed those proceedings—of the 8 April 2010 symposium on The Electrification of the Transportation System: Issues and Opportunities. The symposium was sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative, together with Ormat, Hess, Cummins and Entergy.

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MARCH 5, 2013

A team of researchers at MIT has described a framework for efficiently coupling the power output of a series-connected string of single-band-gap solar cells to an electrochemical process that produces storable fuels. Watson Research Center) and former MIT graduate student Casandra Cox (now at Harvard). Source: Winkler et al.

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JULY 15, 2020

Later in the program, teams that move to Phase 2 will focus on building components, unit operations, and prototype systems to reduce technical risks and costs. The team’s approach uses a novel and low-cost heat-pump thermal storage system. In FLECCS Phase 2, up to $31 million in additional funding will be available for teams.

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JULY 26, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected eight projects to advance the development of transformational oxy-combustion technologies capable of high-efficiency, low-cost carbon dioxide capture from coal-fired power plants. The selection of Phase 2 projects will occur next year based upon Phase 1 results. Unity Power Alliance.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

MIT researchers have now developed a sub-terahertz-radiation receiving system that could help steer driverless cars when traditional methods fail. Our low-cost, on-chip sub-terahertz sensors will play a complementary role to LiDAR for when the environment is rough. Decentralized design.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The MIT will develop a new generation of power electronics based on vertical gallium nitride (GaN) superjunction diodes and transistors that can vastly exceed the performance of today’s GaN power devices. Hydrogen Steam Injected Intercooled Turbine Engine (HySIITE) - $3,822,026. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Pratt & Whitney.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Gasteiger of MIT and M. Mitch Jacoby, “ Low-Cost Iron For Fuel Cells ”, Chemical and Engineering News , 6 April 2009, Vol. Continued research must now focus on improving the stability of these NPMCs and optimizing their cathode mass-transport properties. Lefèvre et al. Science Vol. 48 - 49 doi: 10.1126/science.1172083.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Heliogen team includes scientists and engineers from Caltech, MIT, and other leading institutions and is based in Pasadena, California. With low-cost, ultra-high temperature process heat, we have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions to solving the climate crisis.

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MARCH 23, 2019

High-Density SSiC 3D-Printed Lattices for Compact HTHP Aero-Engine Recuperators – $1,846,000. Michigan Technological University will use advanced ceramic-based 3D printing technology to develop next-generation light, low-cost, ultra-compact, high-temperature high-pressure (HTHP) heat exchangers. Vacuum Process Engineering.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

The autonomous boats—rectangular hulls equipped with sensors, thrusters, microcontrollers, GPS modules, cameras, and other hardware—are being developed as part of the ongoing “ Roboat ” project between MIT and the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

cannot be engineered. reactor makes it more economical both to grow engineered algae. sunlight through low-cost, plastic light-guiding sheets and then. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will develop a. deployed remotely, MIT’s reformer could be used for small, remote sources of gas. production.

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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). Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. Camelina will be engineered with. The team will engineer tobacco with traits.

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JULY 17, 2017

Spangler professor of chemical and biological engineering at UW-Madison, is working closely with ExxonMobil’s scientists to build a stronger understanding of the basic chemical transformations that occur during biomass conversion into diesel and jet fuels. —Vijay Swarup, VP R&D, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

This program aims to lower the cost of GTL conversion while enabling the use of low-cost, low-carbon, domestically sourced natural gas. Enzyme Engineering for Direct Methane Conversion. If successful, LBNL’s process will enable low-cost, energy-efficient fuel production from natural gas. Description.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Engineers at Georgia Tech are the first to study the mechanics of springtails, which leap in the water to avoid predators. As part of the challenge, teams of engineers have developed vehicles capable of prospecting for resources in a test-bed simulating the Moon's shaded polar regions. Paper ] Thanks, Nathanaël!

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AUGUST 20, 2023

But reducing the cost of these sensors to a level that would satisfy automakers has remained an elusive goal for lidar manufacturers, which must also consider how to add their devices to cars without detracting from vehicle aesthetics. We and others at our company, Analog Photonics , which spun out of MIT in 2016, hope to break this impasse.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The above quantum sensor for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus uses only low-cost materials. MIT The nano-diamonds and the other materials used in the test are cheap. We hope to get promising results very soon," says researcher Changhao Li , a quantum engineer at MIT.

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