UC Davis Awarded 5 more years with Automotive Research within the DOE GATE Program, September 2005
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the selection of eight universities that will receive $4.7 million to be Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Centers of Excellence. The goal of GATE is to train a future workforce of automotive engineering professionals to overcome technology barriers preventing the development and production of cost-effective, high-efficiency vehicles for the U.S. market.
Award recipients will receive funds to support graduate fellowships and to establish and/or upgrade and expand course study work and laboratory work to support a graduate engineering degree with a focus or certificate in a critical automotive technology area. The universities will share 20% of the cost under these grants.
The University of California-Davis will integrate the existing Fuel Cell and Hybrid Vehicle GATE Centers into a single research and education center, develop a curriculum in Fuel Cell Hydrogen Hybrid vehicles, and continue to support fellowships and industry collaboration.
Plug-In Hybrid Center at UC Davis, December 2006