USU project receives Department of Energy grant research.

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Logan--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (USU) a $3 million grant to develop technology that could dramatically improve the battery performance of electric vehicles.

The $3.070,051 award is part of $43 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy announced in August.

"To be among just 12 lead organizations selected for an award is a high honor," says Regan Zane, a USTAR professor of computer and electrical engineering at USU and principal investigator for the project. "Through this three-year program we'll develop cell-level...