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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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Researchers from Michigan State University have been awarded $2.5 2005) Wave Rotors Technology and Applications (The 11 th International Conference on Vibration Engineering Timisoara, Romania, September 27 - 30, 2005). Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. Source: MSU.

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3-year, $75.7M eRamp power electronics research project launches at Infineon

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In Germany, the Technical University of Dresden and West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau are also participating in research. The Project eRamp is co-funded by grants from ENIAC Joint Undertaking and from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia und the UK. Manufacturing Power Electronics'

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Airbus and TAROM launch project to establish sustainable bio-kerosene jet fuel value-chain

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CCE and BIOTEHGEN are implementing various camelina placement trials at different locations in Romania, with the purpose of assessing sustainability of different production models and soil types, including contaminated soil and uncultivated land, in order to identify the best techniques and genetic material.

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Clariant concludes testing of conversion of miscanthus biomass into lignocellulosic sugars and ethanol

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The consortium consists of 22 partners from universities, the agricultural sector and the industry. In the fall of last year, Clariant broke ground on its greenfield first-of-its-kind full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, the southwestern region of Romania.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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There, d elegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, and Romania finalized an ambitious plan: to generate up to 6 gigawatts of clean energy in the Caucasus region, run the electricity through a cable along the bottom of the Black Sea, and deliver it to Europe. GW the country currently generates. What great power will support it?

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DAF Putting LF Hybrid Truck Into Production; Eaton Hybrid System

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As part of PACCAR’s international hybrid program, the DAF LF Hybrid truck was developed in close collaboration with Eaton, Eindhoven University of Technology and Leyland Trucks Ltd, also a PACCAR company. DAF is the market leader in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary.

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Zinnov: automotive witnessing highest disruption among all industries; ~$6B invested in start-ups in FY 2015

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This has given way to the new age paradigm of innovation fabric, with global companies now leveraging the larger ecosystem of start-ups, universities, technology leaders from other verticals and engineering service providers. With ~$6 billion invested in automotive start-ups in FY 2015, new companies are booming.

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