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Worcester Polytechnic Institute | July 29, 2020

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) chemical engineer has received four separate grants totaling more than $2 million to support his research into using yeast and fungi to take on significant genetic engineering challenges. Through his research in synthetic biology, Eric Young, the Leonard P. Kinnicutt Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at WPI, aims to engineer organisms to make it easier to develop numerous products, like medicines, biofuels, and plastics, and increase security by ...

Construction

Businesswire | June 30, 2023

cove.tool, a leading provider of building design and construction software, today announces its partnership with Building Transparency, a nonprofit organization that provides open-access data and tools to foster a better building future, and integration with its Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3). As both companies aim to provide the tools, data, and resources needed to decarbonize the built environment, this partnership is an important milestone for the building i...

Construction

OFFLOADIT | February 03, 2022

OFFLOADIT (www.OFFLOADIT.com) is excited to announce the release of their new OFFLOADIT (OLI) App/Website, available for download from the App Store or on Google Play. This App brings together contractors who are looking to buy or sell their excess materials, machinery, and used equipment. Contractors can upload posts within a few minutes and manage all of their listings — all within the easy-to-use OFFLOADIT App! OFFLOADIT is excited to offer an innovative solution to the c...

Engineering Tech, Construction

National Grid | September 20, 2022

Nexamp, together with National Grid, is addressing increased energy demand at the Coffeen substation in Watertown, New York with the construction of a new solar + storage facility that will eliminate the need for additional transmission lines or substation upgrades through a Non-Wires Alternative (NWA) approach. NWA projects are designed to reduce cost and complexity by using distributed energy resources such as solar + storage rather than relying on more traditional generation and infrastructur...