Students on the Solar-Powered Refrigeration Team are using their mechanical engineering Senior Design project to test solutions that could make refrigeration more affordable and sustainable for developing nations.
Colorado State University’s Energy Institute, in collaboration with two corporations -- Cummins Inc. and Woodward Inc. -- have landed a $1.2-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop medium, heavy-duty and on-road natural gas engines for the bigger trucks.
Supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, the researchers will look at making natural gas engines as efficient as diesel engines in the same class.
The study will comprise a multi-factor, retrospective analysis of about 17,000 children in Wisconsin.
A study from Colorado State University finds new promise for biofuels produced from switchgrass, a non-edible native grass.
A new study finds that particle-forming emissions from chemical products are twice as high as those from the transportation sector.
Researchers strategized a method to utilize laser-generated sparks to further advance the field of laser ignition of engines.
Learn more about the Energy Institute with Executive Director Bryan Willson and Associate Director Jeff Muhs Jan. 31.