(Fort Collins, CO) — On June 1, a comprehensive study by ASPIRE researchers analyzing the total cost of ownership (TCO) and greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of electric vehicles (EVs) using Direct Current Fast Charging (DCFC), Battery Swapping Stations (BSS), and Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT) was published in Nature Communications. The study — by ASPIRE’s…
The ASPIRE National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) finalized four full-time staff hires over the winter break. These individuals will play a key role in advancing sustainable electrified transportation research and development across transportation planning, marketing and communications, grant and proposal writing, and data analysis and modeling. Several more roles are expected to…
The Utah State Legislature granted the ASPIRE Engineering Research Center at Utah State University $2.1 million in ongoing funding to serve as Uta’s lead research center for strategic planning for electrified transportation. Advancing Self-Sufficiency through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE), a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center, conducts research to pave the way for…
SALT LAKE CITY — April 25, 2023 — Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE — Utah State University) a National Science Foundation funded Engineering Research Center, taking on the nation’s electrified transportation challenges, welcomed today its newest innovation and industry board partner, Hypercraft. A Provo-based technology and EV startup, Hypercraft disrupted the…
The University of Utah has officially joined the Utah State University-based Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification NSF Research Center (ASPIRE) as an affiliated campus partner.
The National Science Foundation ASPIRE Engineering Research Center headquartered at Utah State University recently received funding to accelerate the creation of electrified corridors that will change the nation’s infrastructure as we know it.
Utah State University and the ASPIRE Engineering Research Center will partner with Swiss-based Stadler to develop and test a battery-powered passenger train known as FLIRT. This train will be the first of its kind in North America.
Annual Meeting Dates: Oct. 17-19, 2022 Location: ASPIRE Center in Logan, Utah For more information, please email Angie Griffeth, angie.griffeth@usu.edu, +1.435.797.4949. At the Annual Meeting you will have the opportunity to network and collaborate with other members of the electrification transportation value chain, and will have access to: Information and updates on the transportation electrification industry…
06/09/2022 — Utah State University electrical engineering student Tucker Skinner is the first Aggie to receive a scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. In addition to the scholarship award, Skinner will be attending the foundation’s Innovators Gala in Orlando, Florida, this August and will be paired with an astronaut mentor. Read entire article at usu.edu
05/23/2022 — USU’s faculty and students successfully hosted the public event for all ages on May 19, 2022 at the EVR––recruiting tomorrow’s young engineers and enlisting future EV drivers with wireless power transfer demonstrations, EV test drives, and hands-on fun. Checkout some of the inspired faces.