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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Purdue, Notre Dame get $38.5M for energy research

Chicago Tribune
Associated Press
10:00 AM CDT, August 9, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS - Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame are getting $38.5 million in federal stimulus funds to study and develop new energy technologies.

Purdue will get $20 million to design improved ways of converting biomass to energy, fuels or chemicals. Notre Dame will get $18.5 million to create advanced nuclear energy systems.

The five-year funding comes through the U.S. Department of Energy and is aimed at boosting scientific breakthroughs needed to create a new energy economy for the nation.

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