{"id":2653,"date":"2015-09-30T02:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/ces\/spilla\/?p=2653"},"modified":"2016-02-14T04:17:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T04:17:06","slug":"2653","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/2653\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr. Srikanth Pilla for\u00a0successfully leading a team of researchers in winning <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">$5.81 Million grant<\/span> ($2.25 Million from Department of Energy\u00a0and the rest from private industry) to develop an ultra-lightweight door expected to help automakers in their race to meet federal fuel economy standards.\u00a0The Co-PIs\u00a0include\u00a0Gang Li , Melur\u00a0Ramasubramanian and Paul Venhovens from Clemson and Shridhar Yarlagadda and his team from Center for Composite Materials at the University of Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighted:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/sites\/prod\/files\/2015\/09\/f26\/FY15%20VTO%20Program-wide%20Selection%20Table_0_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">DOE Vehicle Technologies Office<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newsstand.clemson.edu\/mediarelations\/5-81-million-in-automotive-research-to-be-led-by-clemson-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clemson<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/money\/2015\/09\/29\/clemson-team-developing-lightweight-car-doors\/73041688\/\" target=\"_blank\">Greenville News<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentmail.com\/news\/clemson-part-of-58m-auto-research-project_56249277\" target=\"_blank\">Anderson Independent Mail<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gsabusiness.com\/news\/55821-cu-icar-lightweight-door-research-gets-5-8-million\" target=\"_blank\">GSA Business<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.compositesworld.com\/news\/clemson-developing-composite-vehicle-front-door-\" target=\"_blank\">Composites World<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greenvillejournal.com\/local\/4887-clemson-gets-12-5m-in-research-grants.html\" target=\"_blank\">Greenville Journal<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/compositesmanufacturingmagazine.com\/2015\/10\/clemson-researchers-to-develop-lightweight-composite-car-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Composites Manufacturing Magazine<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.charlestonbusiness.com\/news\/55821-cu-icar-lightweight-door-research-gets-5-8-million?rss=0\" target=\"_blank\">Charleston Business Journal<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeccomposites.com\/news\/composites-news\/581m-clemson-led-project-may-lead-fuel-saving-ultra-light-auto-doors\" target=\"_blank\">JEC Composites Magazine<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasticstoday.com\/articles\/carbon-fiber-reinforced-lightweight-car-door-be-developed-clemson-university-20151019a?cid=nl.plas06.20151021\" target=\"_blank\">Plastics Today<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designnews.com\/author.asp?section_id=1386&amp;doc_id=278981&amp;cid=nl.dn14.20151028&amp;dfpPParams=ind_183,industry_auto,kw_25,aid_278981&amp;dfpLayout=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Design News<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pickenssentinel.com\/news\/1462\/5-81m-clemson-led-project-could-lead-to-ultra-light-auto-doors\" target=\"_blank\">Pickens Sentinel<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/altairenlighten.com\/2015\/10\/5-81m-clemson-university-project-may-lead-to-fuel-saving-ultra-light-auto-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\">Altair Enlighten<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/kandktechnical.com\/clemson-university-led-5-81m-project-may-lead-to-ultralight-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\">K &amp; K<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsstand.clemson.edu\/mediarelations\/5-81-million-in-automotive-research-to-be-led-by-clemson-university\/?utm_source=homepage\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2674 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-01-at-10.03.40-PM-300x248.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-01-at-10.03.40-PM-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-01-at-10.03.40-PM.png 969w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2653\" data-postid=\"2653\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2653 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr. Srikanth Pilla for\u00a0successfully leading a team of researchers in winning $5.81 Million grant ($2.25 Million from Department of Energy\u00a0and the rest from private industry) to develop an ultra-lightweight door expected to help automakers in their race to meet federal fuel economy standards.\u00a0The Co-PIs\u00a0include\u00a0Gang Li , Melur\u00a0Ramasubramanian and Paul Venhovens from Clemson and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-standard","no-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2653"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2763,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2653\/revisions\/2763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/spilla\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}