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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the University of Maine have developed a novel four-step process for high-yield, economic production of jet and diesel fuel-range alkanes from hemicellulose hydrolysates derived from northeastern hardwood trees. Source: Xing et al. Click to enlarge. —Xing et al.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Researchers at the University of Houston, with their colleagues at Boston College, have created a new thermoelectric material—germanium-doped magnesium stannide (Mg 2 Sn 0.75 Ge 0.25 )—intended to generate electric power from waste heat with greater efficiency and higher output power than currently available materials.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

During his time at MIT, Penfield developed a course that made the second law of thermodynamics—which states that the more energy is transferred or transformed, the more of it is wasted—accessible to first-year students. in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Vienna. Ferdo Ivanek. Life Fellow, 98, died 2 October.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The realization, which will benefit also from the collaboration with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), of technologies and devices for the capture and temporary storage of part of CO 2 produced by internal combustion engines. 20% of the Fiat Doblò fleet will be powered by methane.

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JULY 31, 2015

Many travelers’ and commuters’ transportation choices waste significant amounts of energy due to traffic complications, convenience and variability in transportation styles and preferences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. University of Maryland at College Park. Mobility Electronic Market for Optimized Travel (MeMOT).

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JULY 9, 2022

Fuzzy theory is wrong, wrong, and pernicious,” said William Kahan, a highly regarded professor of computer sciences and mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. Kalman in 1972, who is now a professor at Florida State University in Tallahassee. The denunciations were sometimes extreme. But Zadeh never wavered.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Professor George Miley of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and director of its Fusion Studies Lab, reported on progress toward a “cold fusion battery”—a small power unit that uses a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) (i.e., Vysotskii is a scientist with Kiev National Shevchenko University in Kiev, Ukraine.

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MAY 15, 2021

These fermentation processes create carbon as a byproduct, with some processes wasting more than 1/3 of this carbon as CO 2 emissions. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stanford University. University of Delaware. Acetate as a Platform for Carbon-Negative Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals - $3,421,197.10.

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MARCH 27, 2015

liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. Working in conjunction with Daimler Advanced Engineering, the team developed an innovative organic Rankine cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery (WHR) system that converts a portion of the exhaust heat into usable energy. Powertrain.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Process intensification breakthroughs can dramatically shrink the footprint of equipment needed on a crowded factory floor or eliminate waste by using the raw input materials more efficiently. Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Michigan Tech Rail Transportation Program; Michigan Technological U.; Missouri U. West Virginia U.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

In 2007, Vorbeck signed a worldwide license agreement with Princeton University for a patented method from the the Aksay Labs for manufacturing graphene at commercial scale. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is now kicking off a second year of “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator.”.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Ribeiro, all from Purdue University. The project “Lignin Deconstruction for the Production of Liquid Fuels” (0937657) will be led by Rodney Andrews, with collaboration from researchers Mark Crocker, Seth DeBolt, Mark Meier, and Samuel Morton, all from the University of Kentucky. Stikeleather, all from North Carolina State University.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

gas-fueled school buses and solid waste collection vehicles and develop a. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. University, North. University of Central. The Pennsylvania Partnership for Promoting Natural Gas Vehicles project. Gas Technology.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina. Columbia University. A123 Systems, Rutgers University). of Georgia).

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste. University. University.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

University of Maryland. The University of Maryland will leverage a newly invented, ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) method to perform fast exploration of new environmental-thermal barrier coatings (ETBCs) for 1300 °C (2372 °F)-capable refractory alloys for harsh turbine environments. University of Virginia.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Researchers led by a team at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a unique and inexpensive nanoparticle catalyst that allows a solid-oxide fuel cell to convert logistic liquid fuels such as gasoline to electricity without stalling out during the electrochemical process.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. University.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois). Watertown, Massachusetts). Newton, Massachusetts). Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. Newton, Massachusetts). Framatome Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia). Beam Suntory, Inc.

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MARCH 23, 2019

Heat exchangers are critical to efficient thermal energy use in a variety of applications, including electricity generation, nuclear reactors, transportation, petrochemical plants, waste heat recovery, and many more. HITEMMP projects include: Michigan State University. Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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JUNE 12, 2012

The University of Utah Salt Lake is collaborating on the project, which will develop a process that sprays iron ore directly into the furnace chamber and uses natural gas, hydrogen, or syngas as a reducing. Collaborators include Duke University and Veolia, Inc. Collaborators include Purdue University; Georgia Institute of.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will develop a paradigm shifting new all-liquid metal grid scale battery for low cost, large scale storage of electrical energy. Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., Biomass Energy (5 projects). ENERGY STORAGE.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently granted a biofuels startup company, Anellotech , exclusive global rights to the university’s catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) technology developed by chemical engineer and UMass Amherst faculty member George Huber for producing renewable biogasoline and other biohydrocarbon fuels.

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JUNE 4, 2022

Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. And unlike university research laboratories, PARC had one unifying vision: it would develop “the architecture of information.” Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Laser printers.

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DECEMBER 27, 2021

Peter Rubin/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University/NASA. 16 Psyche is about as wide as Massachusetts and has metal-like density. Lindy Elkins-Tanton of Arizona State University leads the Psyche mission’s scientific team. JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University/NASA. Metal miners of the future may one day. stake claims on it.

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JANUARY 12, 2012

A team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by George Huber, has developed a new bifunctional catalyst (Ga/ZSM-5) that displays increased selectivity for the production of aromatic compounds during the catalytic fast pyrolysis ( earlier post ) of biomass. Credit: Cheng et al. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Representatives Henry A.

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