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White House announces new commitments in support of Materials Genome Initiative

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The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will launch a competition to form a $25-million Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials. Georgia Institute of Technology launches New Institute for Materials. University of Wisconsin-Madison invests $5 million+ in new institute for materials.

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NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities and one non-profit research organization. Fort Lauderdale-Davis, Fla.)

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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With IMA, the company expects to standardize modules and parts between the models to further expand economies of scale and significantly reduce EV development complexity and costs. In addition, the company is expanding external collaborations with specialized companies, startups and universities.

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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We can achieve the end game of a deeper or richer data environment. Congestion is one of the most prevalent transport problems in large urban agglomerations, usually above a threshold of about 1 million inhabitants, notes Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue at Hofstra University. Perhaps we as an automaker can use our vehicles as mobile probes.

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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the Environment. includes Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee, will provide first. the use of alternative fuels; and coordinating standards for fuel quality. University, North. University of Central. The California Fleets and Workplace Alternative Fuels Project is a statewide. Center for. Coalition, Inc.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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In addition, the newly announced manufacturing innovation institute topics now under competition include: Robotics in Manufacturing Environments Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Georgia Institute of Technology; Idaho National Laboratory; Jet Propulsion National Laboratory; Lamar U.; Missouri U. of Virginia; Virginia Tech; U.

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Study links air pollution to increased emergency department visits for heart and lung disease

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New research by George Mason University found that exposure to certain air pollutants is linked to increased emergency department (ED) visits for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. The study is published in the journal Environment International. We estimated associations between twelve ambient air pollutants of both primary (e.g.

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