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2024 Annual Meeting: A Week of Innovation, Collaboration, & Connection
ByKat Webb October 8, 2024

September 23-26, 2024 The 2024 ASPIRE Annual Meeting provided us the opportunity to come together and share groundbreaking advancements, insightful discussions, and meaningful connections. From showcasing the latest in electrified transportation technology to collaborative brainstorming sessions, attendees from across our 10-university consortium came together to drive progress. The week concluded with a refreshing outdoor retreat,…

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ASPIRE Research Center Adds Full-time Staff
ByBjorn January 9, 2024

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…

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NSF ASPIRE Research Center Granted $2.1 Million in Ongoing Funding
ByLuciana Calvo June 6, 2023

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…

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ASPIRE Welcomes EV Powertrain Manufacturer Hypercraft As Industry And Innovation Board (IIB) Partner
Byalvaro Garcia April 25, 2023

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…

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University of Utah joins Utah State University-based ASPIRE Center
Byalvaro Garcia March 13, 2023

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.

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ASPIRE Receives Funding for Electrified Transportation Projects
Byalvaro Garcia March 13, 2023

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.

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