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JULY 29, 2021

Clemson University will develop a lightweight, multi-material passenger vehicle body structure, addressing challenges in joining dissimilar materials. SUNY University @ Stony Brook. Penn State University. Penn State University. University of California, San Diego. University of Illinois at Chicago.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

University of Alabama. University of North Dakota. North Carolina State University. Oregon State University. University of Cincinnati. University of Maryland - College Park. Princeton University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Utah State University. Montana State University.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 Investigators: Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering; Yi Cui, Materials Science and Engineering. The mineral perovskite is a promising, low-cost material for enhancing the efficiency of silicon solar cells. Light trapping in high?efficiency,

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Renewable Solar Zinc Air Energy 225

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Eight projects are aimed at improvements including developing and demonstrating dual-fuel or dedicated natural gas engine technologies for high-efficiency medium and heavy-duty vehicles to reduce petroleum usage and developing advanced computational fluid dynamics models to accelerate the development of advanced engine technologies.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Vehicles 150

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. James Dumesic, have developed a process to convert aqueous solutions of ?-valerolactone GVL is produced by hydrogenation of levulinic acid, which can be produced, potentially at low cost, from agricultural waste by commercial-scale process. Credit: Bond et al.,

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Wisconsin Convert Hydrogen Transportation 210

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AUGUST 16, 2016

will design and develop a new more-efficient engine and advanced drivetrain and vehicle technologies. will design and develop a vehicle and powertrain with electrified engine components that can enable higher engine efficiency and a significantly more aerodynamically reengineered cab. Ohio State University. Navistar, Inc.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

9 Universities and Labs: Colorado School of Mines; Michigan State University; Michigan Tech University; The Ohio State University; University of Kentucky; University of Michigan; University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee; Wayne State University. Boeing; Caron Engineering Inc.;

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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.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

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MARCH 15, 2010

The synthesis process is simple, low-cost, safe and broadly applicable, they say, providing new avenues for the rational engineering of electrode materials with enhanced conductivity and power. Gleb Yushin, an assistant professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Georgia 186

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JULY 17, 2017

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and ExxonMobil announced a two-year renewal of an agreement to research the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass into transportation fuels. —Vijay Swarup, VP R&D, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company. UW-Madison has long been known for its expertise in biomass conversion.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel Wisconsin 150

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JUNE 26, 2021

Madison, Wisconsin). Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. Unsupervised Physics-informed Machine Learning of Complex Natural and Engineered Geoscience Processes, $250,000. Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, New York).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

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JUNE 25, 2016

Researchers at Tsinghua University, along with Professor Rolf Reitz at the Engine Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, have investigated for the first time the the characteristics of homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ether (PODE). PODE can be synthesized from methanol.

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Diesel Fuel Gasoline Wisconsin 150

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JUNE 19, 2015

ARPA-E’s TERRA program uniquely integrates agriculture, information technology and engineering to address major global challenges in developing crops that are sustainable, affordable and yield abundant plant feedstocks for bioenergy. Clemson University. Purdue University. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Transportation Energy West Virginia Engine 150

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JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. Engineering Advantages of PHEV.

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APRIL 10, 2010

states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). The opportunities for private-parties to buy and sell emissions allowances, and to purchase any allowances auctioned by the state, lie behind cap and trade’s potential to achieve emissions reductions at low cost to the overall economy.

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