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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Her team created a suite of low-cost medical devices, the NEST360 newborn tool kit, to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa. in 1990, she joined the University of Texas at Austin as a professor of biomedical engineering. She left the University of Texas in 2005 to join Rice University. After earning her Ph.D.

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Ultra-Low Volume Change Silicon-Dominant Nanocomposite Anodes for Long Calendar Life and Cycle Life. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. The University of Texas at Austin.

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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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His Small Radiosondes on a Great Mission project was showcased in May at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair held in Atlanta. Brain-Computer Interface This year’s second-place recipient was Navya Ramakrishnan, a senior at Plano Senior High School , in Texas. Let’s say the user wants to turn on a light.

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PNNL team develops higher-strength, lower-cost titanium alloy aimed at improving vehicle fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions

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However, wide scale adoption of β-titanium alloys in transportation applications has been limited due to its high cost. The cost of β-titanium alloys can be lowered by replacing the expensive β stabilizers such as Mo, Cr and V (in full or in part) by low cost Fe such as the case in Ti–1Al–8V–5Fe (Ti-185) alloy introduced in 1960s.

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DOE awarding up to $4.6M to four projects for advanced hydrogen storage materials

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Select DOE Onboard Hydrogen Storage Targets for Light-Duty Fuel Cell Vehicles. Texas A&M University of College Station, Texas, will receive up to $1.2M to develop new low-cost hydrogen sorbents that have high hydrogen sorption capacities that exceed the “Chahine rule” (roughly 1 wt% H 2 uptake per 500 m 2 g ?

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. Accelerated Development and Deployment of LowCost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Description.

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UMD researchers report solution to high interfacial impedance hampering developing of high-performance solid-state Li-ion batteries

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This is a revolutionary advancement in the field of solid-state batteries—particularly in light of recent battery fires, from Boeing 787s to hoverboards to Samsung smartphones. Our garnet-based solid-state battery is a triple threat, solving the typical problems that trouble existing lithium-ion batteries: safety, performance, and cost.

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