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The City of Spartanburg Joins ASPIRE’s Industry and Innovation Board
The ASPIRE Research Center is excited to announce the City of Spartanburg as the newest Industry and Innovation (IIB) Member! The ASPIRE Research Center is proud to announce The City of Spartanburg as the newest member of its Industry and Innovation Board (IIB). This partnership expands ASPIRE’s collaboration with municipalities and supports a shared commitment…
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May ’26 ASPIRE Student Section
Congrats to Our Spring Graduates! Bachelor’s: Jaden Anderson, USURyan Austin, USUMackay Baugh, USUEthan Black, USUZac Bradley, USUJarron Conover, USUJacob Cordon, USUBrooklyn Danner, USUSpencer Daines, USUKaton Fox, USUKatelyn Hendrix, USUCameron Hill, USUSpencer Hoehl, CUBKayleigh Kearsley, USUCayden Leary, USUKarisma Leung, CUBMichael Martinez, USUZac Maughan, USUJoshua Merrel, USUJT Miller, USUEthan Moser, USUHiep Nguyen, USULucy Peterson, USUBrittany Piquet, USUBridger…
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Presentations that Power Tomorrow: ASPIRE Researchers’ Experience at IEEE Conferences
ASPIRE researchers showed up and showed out at the recent Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conferences. Between the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC) in San Antonio, Texas, and the Green Technologies (GreenTech) Conference in Boulder, Colorado, eight papers were presented with three being given Best Presentation Paper Awards. Graduate research assistant, Abdullah Al Mehadi, and Best Presentation Paper…
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Lessons Learned: Researcher Collaboration from Start to Finish
As the saying goes, many hands make light work and at ASPIRE, engineers and researchers are taking it to heart. The combined effort to build a fast-charging semi-truck is moving towards the pilot phase and Mechanical Engineering Research Assistant Mackay Baugh has been part of it every step of the way. “The main things that I work on are the mechanical side of the systems, the design,” Baugh said….
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‘There’s Never Enough Parking:’ ASPIRE Student Investigates the Truthfulness of This Adage
Improving transportation and effectively developing and improving current systems requires a multi-disciplinary approach, which is what ASPIRE is all about — collaboratively taking a wholistic approach to improving transportation and electrifying the future. This is something Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Cameron Hill has discovered with his recently presented research project. “As someone interested in improving communities,…
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Discovering Efficient Materials: An ASPIRE Student’s Steps Towards In-Motion Charging
Imagine driving an electric vehicle down the interstate, and as you drive, your car is simultaneously charging. You continue on, able to go further than ever before, without having to worry about where to stop to fill up with gas or charge your car. This is the dream that researchers at ASPIRE are developing into a…
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