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million to 7 universities to conduct advanced turbine technology studies under the Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas. University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas. University of North Dakota , Grand Forks, N.D.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The Chesapeake Bay prediction is based on models developed by NOAA­-sponsored researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, University of Michigan, and again relies on nutrient loading estimates from USGS. Later this year, researchers will measure oxygen levels in both bodies of water.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Institution: Florida State University. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Investigator: Edward J.

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million is coming to 26 government agencies, universities, and electric utilities in Louisiana. million from Louisiana’s share of the national settlement was given to the Department of Transportation and Development and therefore the Department of Agriculture to exchange old diesel equipment and vehicles. Another $7.3

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AUGUST 28, 2010

and scientists and engineers at Columbia University, Iowa State University (ISU) and the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center to support work on production and testing of bio-dispersants that can replace the chemical dispersants currently used for oil spill management. In the paper, BIO cites Dr. P.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

The bulk of the lab and pilot work has been conducted at Louisiana State University. and Louisiana State University Agricultural Center. All forms of sugar performed equally well. Final feasibility studies are targeting optimization of the extraction medium. Optinol is a collaborative venture between SynGest Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

University partners from the states of Washington, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Iowa will lead the projects, which focus in part on developing aviation biofuels from tall grasses, crop residues and forest resources. A team of researchers led by Louisiana State University received $17.2

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AUGUST 28, 2011

Tulane University scientists have identified a novel bacterial strain, dubbed “TU-103,” that produces butanol directly from cellulose. The work was funded in part through a grant the US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded to the coalition of six Louisiana universities that comprise the Clean Power and Energy Research Consortium.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Honolulu, Hawaii; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Nashville, Tennessee are the Top 3 cities with the greatest profile for micromobility to succeed and reduce vehicle trips in the US, according to INRIX. These cities also feature warm climates with minimal topographic variation, providing further support for micromobility.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

The microprojectile tests were performed by a research group at Rice University, led by professor Edwin L. Here, by using a laser-induced projectile impact testing technique, we discover a deformation-induced 9R phase with tens of nanometers in width. —Sichuang Xue. Thomas, a co-author of the open-access Nature Communications paper.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Montana State University. Murray State University. University of Southern Mississippi. University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. Jackson State University. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description. Benjamin Poulter. David White.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Other institutions contributing to the research include Purdue University, Louisiana State University, University of South Carolina, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Oregon State University, and the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, a DOE Office of Science User Facility. —Jennifer Pett-Ridge.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Oklahoma State University. Louisiana State University. University of Houston. Louisiana State University. University of Mississippi. —Kelly Oskvig, program officer for the GRP’s Safer Offshore Energy Systems initiative. The six projects were selected after an external peer-review process.

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JUNE 21, 2009

A team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the University of Michigan is forecasting that the “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be one of the largest on record.

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JULY 19, 2011

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and Virginia Clean Cities (VCC) at James Madison University (JMU) are requesting proposals from fleets in the southeastern US interested in converting eligible gasoline vehicles to run on propane autogas. The application deadline is Friday, 12 August 2011, at 5pm EDT.

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Musser’s original orrery was a hulking machine, standing over 2 meters tall and intended for use in museums and university classrooms. I first stumbled across Musser’s desktop orrery, called the Copernican Planetarium Model 500, during a visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science , at the University of Cambridge.

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JULY 29, 2009

Eugene Turner, of Louisiana State University and Dr. Donald Scavia of the University of Michigan, predicted a larger than normal dead zone area of between 7,450 – 8,456 square miles. Deadzone on July 27, 2009. Credit: LUMCON. Click to enlarge. Earlier this summer, forecast models developed by Dr. R. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 3, 2018

University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Development of the TMS in eastern Louisiana and southwestern Mississippi could significantly impact local communities economically. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. DOE Funding: $1,498,000 Non-DOE Funding: $374,000.

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JULY 2, 2018

Michigan State University researchers will evaluate the benefit of using a new silver-nickel metal system for circuit paste applications. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers will develop electrodes that are inherently more tolerant to chromium and silicon impurities in the SOFC cathode operating environment.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

CIRES is a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder. Methane emissions in the Haynesville shale of eastern Texas/northwestern Louisiana of about 88 tons (176,000 lbs) per hour, or 1.0-2.1% Overall, the team found that methane leaking from gas equipment totaled about 1.1% tons (33,000 lbs) per hour, or 0.18-0.41%

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JULY 21, 2010

co-organizer Dr. Kermit Murray, professor of chemistry at Louisiana State University. The oil spill is a cross-disciplinary problem in which chemistry plays a key role in finding solutions. —co-organizer also of LSU.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

LanzaTech and its partners, The City College of New York (CUNY), Louisiana State University (LSU) and Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) will collaborate to extend LanzaTech’s core fermentation technology to unlock the potential of waste methane gases through novel and smaller-scale bioreactor design.

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JULY 29, 2010

Administered by Virginia Clean Cities at James Madison University, the program will deploy nearly 1,200 propane Autogas vehicles, reducing air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, soot and smog-causing emissions when compared to traditional gasoline vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

University researchers also concluded that many reports of contamination can be traced to above-ground spills or other mishandling of wastewater produced from shale gas drilling, rather than from hydraulic fracturing per se, said Charles “Chip” Groat, an Energy Institute associate director who led the project. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 19, 2011

A group of researchers from the University of Louisiana think that alligator fat may make the perfect substitute for fossil-based fuels. According to the New York Times, scientists at the University say that alligator fat could be a [.]. The latest crazy idea to fuel your car with is one that may make you positively cringe.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge. James Catallo and Thomas Junk.

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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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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Preliminary findings from a study on the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development suggest no direct link to reports of groundwater contamination, according to project leader Dr. Charles ‘Chip’ Groat, of The University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute.

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MAY 24, 2010

A first grant to Louisiana State University will help kick start this work. Where appropriate, the studies may be coordinated with the ongoing natural resources damages assessment. More immediately, a baseline of information for the long term research program is needed.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Texas A&M University will lead the Gulf Coast center—a region anchored in the chemical, oil and gas sectors—and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will lead the Northeast center, where glass, ceramic and microelectronic manufacturing has a strong presence. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Louisiana State U.; Missouri U.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Novolyte serves its global customer base through its manufacturing facilities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Suzhou, China under the Purolyte brand. Novolyte received in 2009 a $20.6-million Novolyte received in 2009 a $20.6-million Both of these awards will be contributed to the joint venture.

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APRIL 19, 2009

The student team from Laval University (Quebec, Canada) took the grand prize in the “Prototype” category at the 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas , held 15-18 April at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, with 2,757.1 The Penn State University team from University Park, Pa. Click to enlarge. miles per gallon (0.085 L/100km).

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JUNE 11, 2010

The projects—located in Louisiana, Texas and Illinois—were initially selected in October 2009 for phase one research and development grants. The project team includes Leucadia Energy, Denbury, General Electric, Haldor Topsoe, Black & Veatch, Turner Industries, and the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Seven universities have picked up a significant funding boost from the US Department of Energy in an effort to investigate the technology needed for turbines using coal-derived synthesis gas and high hydrogen content fuels.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Southern Company, El Paso Exploration & Production, the Geological Survey of Alabama, and the University of Alabama are all participating in the field test, known as the Black Warrior CO 2 Storage Project. The SECARB members began injecting CO 2 at the Alabama test site on 15 June 2010.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Renergie was formed on March 22, 2006 for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (“SABMFs”) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

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