Posts by Lisa McDonald
Toyota to launch Li-ion Prius in ’11
According to a Reuters story, Toyota will launch Prius hybrid minivans using lithium-ion batteries early next year. A lithium-ion battery…
Read MoreNIST offers $25M in TIP funding for advanced materials scale-up, modeling and production
NIST just announced that it is accepting proposals for its 2010 Technology Innovation Program that will provide $25 million in…
Read MoreCeramic fill cooling tower provides efficient, durable air conditioning at university
Architects and engineers working at Armstrong American State University in Savannah, Ga., have installed an aesthetically pleasing ceramic water-cooling tower…
Read More2011 ‘Solar Decathlon’ building, materials innovation contest names student teams
The DOE just release the names of the 20 teams (some from multiple schools) who will be competing in next…
Read MoreSuperior heat transfer ability of graphene-on-substrate demonstrated
Those engineering electronic devices always have had to factor in the use of special materials that can conduct heat away…
Read MoreEarth Day
Earth Day 2010 Help Celebrate Earth Day 2010 with ACerS. Share your experience, comments or stories about how materials are…
Read MoreOhio’s first ‘solar highway’ to be created
According to a State of Ohio press release, the Ohio Department of Transportation is partnering with the University of Toledo…
Read MoreChina’s construction moving ahead on CEFR ‘fast-neutron’ nuclear reactor
I just came across an interesting article from Nuclear Engineering International magazine from January indicating that China has broken ground…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Jim Marra on using ceramic and glass materials to treat and stabilize nuclear and other hazardous wastes
[Image above] Credit: ACerS; YouTube Jim Marra, an advisory engineer in the Materials Science and Technology Directorate of the Savannah…
Read MoreGrid-locking turbines to combat intermittency
The New York Times reported that researchers have proposed connecting wind farms with underground transmission lines in order to keep…
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