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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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University of California, San Diego. The University of California, San Diego, seeks to address this issue by developing a low-atomic-number renewable wall for fusion devices that contains a slurry composed of carbon, ceramics, and a volatile binder. University of Houston. University of California, Los Angeles.

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Codeveloper of NASA’s Newest Lunar Retroreflector Dies at 78

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Christopher Davis Codeveloper of a lunar retroreflector Life Fellow, 78; died 1 April Davis taught engineering at the University of Maryland in College Park for 48 years. He left two years later and joined the faculty in the University of Maryland’s electrical and computer engineering department.

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Video Friday: An Agile Year

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Agility Robotics ] Houston Mechatronics is now Nauticus Robotics, and they have a fancy new video to prove it. ANYbotics ] If you’re looking for a robot that can carry out maintenance tasks, our teleoperation systems can give you just that. Kuka ] The most amazing venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics is the canteen.

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8 Incidents in 2 Weeks: What’s Going on With United’s Planes?

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The mishaps were not the result of “systemic problems,” said Robert Sumwalt, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board who now heads a new aviation safety center at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. What government agencies oversee these issues, and how are they responding? airlines, while the N.T.S.B. The N.T.S.B.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc.,

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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Oklahoma State University. Well leakage through cement is a problem that increases maintenance costs and poses threats to surrounding communities and the environment. Louisiana State University. University of Houston. Louisiana State University. University of Mississippi. Lead Organization.

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

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responder and vehicle maintenance technician training; develop. Houston-Galveston. will work to expand access to natural gas, propane and biodiesel transportation fuels across the eight-county Houston-Galveston area. University, North. University of Central. potential users. Area Council. North Carolina State.

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