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From left: Suku Nair, SMU vice provost for research and chief innovation officer; Chuck Wright, corporate R&D manager at NOV; Dinesh Rajan, associate dean for faculty affairs and curriculum innovation in the Lyle School of Engineering; and Saeed Salehi, principal investigator and Herman Brown Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Lyle. [Photo: SMU]
SMU Gets $19.3M from DOE to Adapt Oil-and-Gas Tech for Critical Minerals Mining
by Sandra Engelland | Sep 16, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy awarded the money to SMU researcher Saeed Salehi for development of what is thought to be the world’s first synthetic mine inside an advanced drilling and sensing test facility.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 16, 2025
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in North Texas on Friday to announce the tech giant’s largest investment in a single state. The multiyear plan will add three Texas data center campuses, increase energy supply to the state’s grid, and train 1,700 electricians as the AI economy scales.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 30, 2025
The Hunt Energy Enterprises spinout—which closed a $7.5 million Pre-Series A funding round in February—said the new plant will commercialize its technology for "a cleaner and more economical battery future" for EV's and energy storage.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 29, 2025
The co-development and project finance agreement will accelerate deployment of Skyven's cutting-edge, "decarbonizing" heat-pump technology at industrial manufacturing facilities, reducing emissions and improving air quality in local communities.
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Mahesh Konduru and the Momentum Technologies leadership team cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the new Carrollton HQ and R& D facility. [Photo: Momentum Technologies]
Momentum Technologies Opens New HQ and R&D Lab in North Texas
by Lance Murray | Oct 23, 2024
The lithium-ion battery recycling company has opened its new HQ and R&D laboratory in Carrollton, with a goal of "advancing critical metals recovery in a way that's both economically sustainable and environmentally responsible." The company is doing that through the use of its proprietary Membrane Solvent Extraction technology.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 1, 2024
SAFFiRE is part of a project supported by the Department of Energy to develop and produce scalable renewable ethanol that can be upgraded into sustainable aviation fuel. It all begins with "corn stover"—a widely available agricultural residue feedstock.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 26, 2024
The Advanced Particle Detectors in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment—better known as DUNE—will be about the size of a seven-story building. UTA physicists will build key components for the project in Arlington.
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Irving-Based Heidelberg Materials Could Get Up to $500M DOE Funding for Cement Plant Decarbonization
by Lance Murray |
Mar 26, 2024
Heidelberg said the project is aimed at advancing decarbonization efforts at its new "state-of-the-art" cement plant in Mitchell, Indiana. The funding will help create "the first full-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage on a cement plant in the U.S.," says CEO Chris Ward.
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Follow the Money: Web3 Infrastructure Startup Raises $66M, Dallas SPAC Set to Take Bus Services Firm Public, Fort Worth VC Raises $4M for Third Fund, and More
by Kevin Cummings | Jun 3, 2022
Plus, stealthy Dallas startup LibLab raises $42M; Fort Worth biotech Sanara raises $15M; UPS Acquires Plano-based Delivery Solutions; Four Seasons in Las Colinas finds new owners; and more North Texas deals.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 1, 2022
As part of a Department of Energy-backed effort, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is investing in SAFFiRE Renewables, a new startup that aims to turn corn waste into sustainable aviation fuel.
Once the product is fully tested, SAFFiRE says about 7.5 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel could be produced by 2040. Southwest CEO Bob Jordan calls the technology "game-changing."
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by Kevin Cummings |
May 23, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 15, 2021
Founded in 2016, Momentum—whose CEO is on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list—is a lithium-ion battery recycling company. It's developed a patented battery recycling technology in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Lab and Halliburton Labs.
The investment will help Momentum build its first two battery recycling plants.
The investment will help Momentum build its first two battery recycling plants.
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Discovery: Work on Crystals Pays off for UTD Grad Student; UTSW Targets Rare Genetic Diseases in Children
by Lance Murray | May 10, 2019
You’ll also find out why the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology has honored a professor at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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