From Fine Black Powder to Electric Motor: VCU Receives Federal Contract to Design and Develop Permanent Magnets
Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 09:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Virginia Commonwealth University has received a contract totaling $2.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, ARPA-E, to develop and design a new class of permanent magnets to be used in energy-efficient electric car motors or generators.