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TotheGraduateCouncil:IamsubmittingherewithadissertationwrittenbyJamesA.Calcagno,IIIentitled“EvaluationofHeavy-DutyDieselVehicleEmissionsdur..
Worldwide, all countries have been facing the crisis of climate change problem. They have been addressing this issue by focusing on implementing green energy innovation initiatives and promoting a sustainable future through environmental sustainability. In this research study, we focus on examining the ...
Sue Marty, The Dow Chemical Company; Shyamal Peddada, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Gail Prins, University of Illinois at Chicago; Justin Teeguarden, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Rochelle Tyl, RTI International; John Vandenbergh, North Carolina State University; and R...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are widely promoted as clean alternatives to conventional vehicles for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ground transportation. However, the battery undergoes a sophisticated degradation process during EV operations and its effects on EV energy consumption and GHG emissio...
This chapter was completed at the beginning of April 2020 (and some information may have changed since then). As mentioned in Chaps. 1 and 6 in this book, epidemics are major geopo
Two of the goals of the Penn State FutureTruck project were to reduce the emissions of the hybrid electric Ford Explorer to ULEV or lower, and improve the fuel economy by 25% over the stock vehicle. The hybrid electric vehicle system is powered with a 103kW 2.5L Detroit Diesel engine whic...
At the National Center for Vehicle Emissions Control and Safety, a 2002 Volkswagen Golf TDi modified to run on straight Canola oil produced emissions below standards set by the US Environmental Protection Agency.Modified golf passes emissions tests At the National Center fo...
More than 168,000 migrants have come to New York City since the summer of 2022, straining the city’s resources and services. Illinois, Colorado and Massachusetts are among the other states where lawmakers are struggling to deal with a deluge of migrants, many of them dispatched north on bus...
Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets in Progress, Attainment, andMaintenance State Implementation Plans for Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide; CaliforniaAlexis Strauss