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			<title><![CDATA[CEEE Director Vikrant Aute Receives Distinguished Service Award]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Aute honored for outstanding service to the Herrick Conferences.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17248</id>
			<semanticurl>ceee-director-vikrant-aute-receives-distinguished-service-award</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17248</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 31, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Vikrant Aute holds a rectangular plaque honoring him for receiving the Dave Tree Distinguished Service Award. He stands between two representatives from the Herrick Conferences.</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dissertation Advances Elastocaloric Cooling Toward Commercialization]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Research demonstrates performance gains and cost reductions through novel architectures and a scalable design.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17243</id>
			<semanticurl>dissertation-advances-elastocaloric-cooling-toward-commercialization</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17243</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 27, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Het Mevada in lab assembling elastocaloric prototype.</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dissertation Introduces Advanced Modeling Methods to Improve Heat Exchanger Design]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Research advances faster, more robust models for simulating dehumidification and frosting in heat exchangers.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17242</id>
			<semanticurl>dissertation-introduces-advanced-modeling-methods-to-improve-heat-exchanger-design</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17242</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jul 24, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>headshot of Suraj Krishnamurti</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[UMD Design Could Boost Cold-Climate Heat Pump Performance]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Study indicates that combining refrigerant injection with thermal energy storage improves cold-climate performance and defrosting capabilities]]></blurb>
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			<id>17200</id>
			<semanticurl>umd-design-could-boost-coldclimate-heat-pump-performance</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17200</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 25, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>CEEE researcher Jangho Yang adjusts the electrical box of the cold-climate heat pump test rig that CEEE is developing.</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dean Graham Reappointed to Second Five-Year Term]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Samuel Graham will serve as the Clark School dean through June 30, 2031.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17203</id>
			<semanticurl>dean-graham-reappointed-to-second-fiveyear-term</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17203</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 24, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>headshot of Dean Samuel Graham</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alchemity receives Build our Future Award from Governor Moore]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Award Supports Innovation Infrastructure Development]]></blurb>
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			<id>17187</id>
			<semanticurl>alchemity-receives-build-our-future-award-from-governor-moore</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17187</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 8, 2026</submitdate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study Shows Dual-Mode &ldquo;Thermal Battery&rdquo; Cuts Peak Heating and Cooling Demand]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Heat pump&ndash;thermal storage could reduce grid overload across U.S. climate zones.
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			<id>17172</id>
			<semanticurl>study-shows-dualmode-ldquothermal-batteryrdquo-cuts-peak-heating-and-cooling-demand</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17172</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 3, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Al-Hussain Othman in front of a computer screen displaying the recent publication</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[Amir Hossein Zabihi Tari Presents at ITherm 2026]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Amir Hossein Zabihi Tari Presents at IEEE ITherm 2026]]></blurb>
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			<id>17177</id>
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			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17177</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 2, 2026</submitdate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UMD Team Advances Method to Boost Compressor Efficiency]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[Near-isothermal compression has the potential to offer more energy-efficient cooling and refrigeration.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17171</id>
			<semanticurl>umd-team-advances-method-to-boost-compressor-efficiency</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17171</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>Jun 1, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Researcher Haopeng Liu with the center’s near-isothermal compressor prototype</alttext>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Framework Could Speed Up Thermal Storage Design and Reduce Time to Market]]></title>
			<blurb><![CDATA[CEEE researchers develop an approach for fast and accurate simulation of latent heat thermal energy storage.]]></blurb>
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			<id>17166</id>
			<semanticurl>new-framework-could-speed-up-thermal-storage-design-and-reduce-time-to-market</semanticurl>
			<absoluteurl>http://www.ceee.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=17166</absoluteurl>
			<submitdate>May 28, 2026</submitdate>
			<alttext>Mylena Menezes standing in the Daikin Energy Innovation Lab, next to equipment for testing latent heat thermal energy storage systems</alttext>
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