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NASA awards $16.5M to four teams for additional research into reducing aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Mass., The Boeing subsonic team, which includes BR&T, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, General Electric and Georgia Tech, looked at five concepts as part of the SUGAR (Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research) project. Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research, or SUGAR, $8.8

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Thermal Fuel: HybriSol Hybrid nanostructures for high-energy-density solar thermal fuels Using innovative nanomaterials, MIT will develop a thermal. stores energy from the sun to be released onto the grid at a. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Metallic composites. power grid. Georgia Tech Research.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL Sponsor: Nokia Bell Labs JENNIFER REXFORD Princeton “For contributions to Internet wide-area routing and software-defined networking.” VINCENT W.S.

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