GE's Developing Health Program Provides Grant Money and Skilled Volunteers to Help Area Non-Profits Expand their Reach
CHICAGO -- Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Bechara Choucair gathered with employees and leadership from GE today at Howard Brown Health Center to celebrate the accomplishments of five non-profit organizations and the efforts of several outstanding volunteers one year into a two-year, $1.25 million grant program awarded by the GE Foundation in 2011.
Grant supports GE's continuing efforts to help underserved patients
DALLAS, TEXAS -- In an effort to increase Americans' access to quality healthcare, the GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of GE, has awarded $500,000 in grants to two Dallas community health care centers: Los Barrios Unidos Community Clinic and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Clinic.
Focus of ARPA-E project to develop a smart, miniaturized sensing system that predicts battery behavior and enables a smarter battery management system to extend its life
Using sensing data and analytics to extend car battery life illustrates future benefits of product development in the "Industrial Internet"
GE prototype delivers higher power density, acceleration, and energy efficiency in a smaller frame at a lower cost
Motor extends the range of electric vehicles and reduces fuel consumption on hybrids
Motor has almost twice the temperature tolerance of conventional hybrid-electric motors and does not require a separate cooling system
Goal of ARPA-E project to achieve 10X reduction in station costs and cut re-fueling time for Natural Gas (NG) vehicles from a whole work day to under one hour
Developing unique approach to re-fueling that would replace more expensive and complex compressor technologies used today
Initial focus will be on re-fueling stations for fleet vehicles, with an eye to passenger vehicles in the future
