The cost of materials currently contributes only a small fraction to the overall cost of structural components in use in military applications. The cost factor and current rapid advances in materials ...

Even though retired lithium-ion batteries often retain up to 80% of their capacity, significant economic value and climate ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) announced on October 19, 2022, the release of a report finding that life cycle assessments (LCA) of transportation fuels are ...

As EVs continue to reshape the transportation industry, understanding the journey of an EV battery—from its creation to its eventual recycling—has never been more important. The life cycle of these ...

There are a number of federal and state policies that aim to reduce GHG emissions from transportation. This section briefly reviews those policies, with notes on their similarities, differences, or ...

Mechanical fatigue is a wily old engineering adversary. It seeps slowly into parts, weakening structurally sound components ...