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DOT awards U-M-led hub $15M for connected and automated transportation

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The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. million over its first six years, CCAT is one of 10 regional USDOT University Transportation Centers nationwide.

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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. Bardeen brought his box to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when he joined the faculty in 1951. Dallesasse’s mentor at Illinois was Holoynak , whose mentor was Bardeen.

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DOE selects 9 universities for about $2.7M in advanced coal technologies research awards

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine universities for awards for research projects that will continue to support innovation and development of advanced, lower emission coal technologies. million investment will be leveraged with additional funds from the universities to support $3.1 Brown University.

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Univ of Illinois researchers exploring concepts for safe, self-healing Li-ion batteries

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Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are applying new materials and concepts integrated within the battery cell to enable a variety of critical features including fail-safe or autonomic shutdown, self-healing of battery performance, and greatly extended lifetimes. Photo credit: Marta Baginska. Click to enlarge.

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U of I team uses frontal polymerization for rapid energy-efficient manufacturing of polymers; saving 10 orders of magnitude of energy

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Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new polymer-curing process that could reduce the cost, time and energy needed, compared with the current manufacturing process. The resulting polymer and composite parts possess similar mechanical properties to those cured conventionally. —Scott White, lead author.

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FAA launches new Center of Excellence for alternative jet fuels; $40M in funding over 10 years

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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a team of universities to lead a new Air Transportation Center of Excellence ( COE ) for alternative jet fuels and the environment. The selected university members all have nationally recognized collegiate environmental and aviation-related education programs.

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ARPA-E awarding up to $24M to 10 projects to support advanced nuclear power plants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million in funding for 10 projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program: Modeling-Enhanced Innovations Trailblazing Nuclear Energy Reinvigoration ( MEITNER ). HolosGen, LLC: Transportable Modular Reactor by Balance of Plant Elimination – $2,278,200.