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MAY 14, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 7 projects to participate in the University Coal Research (UCR) program. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. University of California, Merced, Calif. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa. University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. DOE award: $298,191).

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MARCH 1, 2023

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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JUNE 24, 2014

Twenty-three of the projects receiving funding are headed by universities, eight are led by the Energy Department’s National Laboratories and one project is run by a non-profit organization. University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Riverside. Northwestern University. Purdue University.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and University of California, Berkeley, have engineered a new strain of yeast that co-ferments cellobiose and galactose from hydrolysates of seaweed, thereby converting the biomass into ethanol in half the time. It’s a faster, superior process. 05228-11.

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JULY 14, 2022

The United States depends on other countries for nearly all its lithium supply and mining the mineral strains water resources and can harm the environment. The finalists are: George Washington University – Team Ellexco: “Chemical-Free Extraction of Lithium from Brines”. Rice University – Team LiSED: “Lithium Selective ElectroDialysis”.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with traditional farming, but they are tougher on the environment. giganteus at the Illinois Energy Farm during the 2018 growing season, a near-average year in terms of temperature, rainfall, and soil moisture.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The design of the large pilot plant will incorporate an advanced combustion design and control features that have been verified through performance testing on the sub-pilot unit at Ohio State University and further testing on the small-scale pilot at Babcock & Wilcox. University of Illinois. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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JULY 18, 2012

The five projects—located in California, Illinois, and Connecticut—will track the performance and technical progress of innovative refueling systems at planned or existing hydrogen fueling stations to find ways to lower costs and improve operation. California State University and Los Angeles Auxiliary Services, Inc.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

Overall, the USDA and DOE projects are designed to improve special crops to be grown for biofuels—including selected trees and grasses—by increasing their yield, quality and ability to adapt to extreme environments. Bartley, University of Oklahoma, Norman. Eric Beers, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg.

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MAY 5, 2011

One of the primary goals of the WPI, Somerday said, is to change the research university environment in Japan by fostering more direct collaborations with non-Japanese entities. In addition, Somerday has already developed a number of research contacts in Japan and is planning on attending an I 2 CNER program review there in June.

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JUNE 4, 2018

This saves time and allows quality control to be conducted in a standardized, efficient environment, creating significant opportunities for reducing construction time and capital cost. North Carolina State University: Development of a Nearly Autonomous Management and Control System for Advanced Reactors – $3,386,834.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Of 9 reports from the TEF project, four deal with reducing transportation demand.

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APRIL 1, 2009

More than two dozen scientists from the University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will participate in the investigations. He and his co-principal investigators will direct teams in different aspects of the process. Terry Hazen.

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MARCH 29, 2011

By attempting to transfer parts from algae and bacteria into plants, the researchers hope to make the environment in the plants’ cells around RuBisCO richer in carbon dioxide which will allow photosynthesis to produce sugars more efficiently.

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JULY 17, 2014

Patrick Brown, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Amy Brunner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Robin Buell, Michigan State University. Luca Comai, University of California, Davis. Michael Marks, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. John McKay, Colorado State University.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

The island environment also makes it easier to strategically place charging points so that EV drivers have easy access to reach key destinations. San Diego ranks in the top LEAF cities for many of the same reasons in other California and West Coast markets: state tax incentives, HOV/HOT access and general environment-mindedness.

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JULY 12, 2011

A new modeled study by researchers at Colorado State University, the University of Illinois, and the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) finds that biofuel grasses have the potential to replace corn-based ethanol in a way that is both environmentally and economically beneficial. —Davis et al.

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AUGUST 20, 2010

CoalTek, teaming with the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research in Lexington, Ky., Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the University of North Dakota Energy and Environment Research Center in Grand Forks, N.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Va.)-Partnering

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Previously code-named “Cascade,” the Cray XC30 supercomputer combines the new Aries interconnect, Intel Xeon processors, Cray’s fully-integrated software environment, and innovative power and cooling technologies to create a production supercomputer that is designed to scale high performance computing (HPC) workloads of more than 100 petaflops.

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JULY 5, 2011

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have characterized a new cellulase (cellulose-digesting enzyme) that has optimal activity at 109 °C, a half-life of 5 h at 100 °C, and resists denaturation in strong detergents, high-salt concentrations, and ionic liquids.

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APRIL 2, 2025

The sensation of touch is the most personal connection that you can have with another individual, says John Rogers , a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, who led the project. Beyond just buzzing, the device simulates sensations like pinching, stretching, and tapping for a more realistic experience.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The team will then deploy these genes using tools of the emerging field of synthetic biology to accelerate development of elite energy sorghum varieties for production under marginal environments. This project aims to deliver stress-tolerant sorghum lines, addressing DOE’s mission in the generation of renewable energy resources.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

Overall, the USDA and DOE projects are designed to improve biomass—including selected trees and grasses—to be grown for biofuels by increasing their yield, quality and ability to adapt to extreme environments. Jeffrey Dangl, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Katrien Devos, University of Georgia, Athens.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team of Stanford University engineers has for the first time built a tiny computer with 178 transistors made from carbon nanotubes, a semiconductor material that may replace silicon in computer chips. —Supratik Guha, director of physical sciences for IBM’s Thomas J.

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APRIL 15, 2018

And never has it been done in a live combusting environment. Lee, while remaining a faculty member at UIUC, recently accepted an additional position as a researcher on the laboratory’s regional office in Illinois, ARL Central. Tonghun Lee.

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AUGUST 23, 2011

Early this year, CRI acquired exclusive global sublicensing rights for the IH 2 technology from Illinois-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI) where the technology was developed. Earlier post.) CRI Catalyst Company is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group.

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MAY 10, 2018

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 team has demonstrated that this reaction can produce safe, high-quality polymers in a well-controlled laboratory environment.

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JULY 30, 2011

The team includes four other universities, three national laboratories and five private sector companies and has experience with carbon storage projects in Washington, Wyoming, Canada, Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and internationally. Three companies, Vecta Oil and Gas, SR2020 Inc.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

A team from the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois, with colleagues from the University of Birmingham and Aarhus University, have developed a nanosized bio-Pd/C catalyst for upgrading algal bio-oil. The Natural Environment Research Council, UK also supported this research. —B.K.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Graphene’s unique structure, only one atom thick, means that each of its carbon atoms is exposed to the environment and, in turn, to the hydrogen gas. Rafiee’s graphene exhibits three critical attributes that result in its unique hydrogen storage capacity: High surface area. Low density.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Using detailed land analysis, University of Illinois researchers have found that biofuel crops cultivated on available land could produce between 26-55% of the world’s current fuel consumption without affecting the use of land with regular productivity for conventional crops and without affecting the current pasture land.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) - A Geomechanical Analysis of Gas Shale Fracturing and Its Containment. Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) - Diagnosis of Multiple Fracture Stimulation in Horizontal Wells by Downhole Temperature Measurement for Unconventional Oil and Gas Wells.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

—co-author Professor Piers Forster from the University of Leeds’s School of Earth and Environment in the United Kingdom. —co-lead author Sarah Doherty of the University of Washington in Seattle. —co-lead author Tami Bond of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Bond et al.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

One of these, the Engineering Research Center for Power Optimization for Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), aims to enhance or increase the electric power density available in tightly constrained mobile environments by changing the design. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Electric Grid OT Cybersecurity Dashboard for Control Room Environments, $600,000. Beam Suntory, Inc.

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AUGUST 25, 2009

Successful technologies will significantly increase the confidence that CO 2 placed in geologic formations is being accurately tracked and remains permanently stored, thus protecting human health and the environment. Columbia University , New York, N.Y. Montana State University , Bozeman, Mont.

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