Bosch Group gives energy grants to UC Berkeley, Stanford professors

The Bosch Group consists of parent company Robert Bosch GmbH and about 350 subsidiaries all over the world.

Two energy researchers at the University of California, Berkeley? ? University of California, Berkeley Latest from The Business Journals Pac-12, Big Ten dissolve football scheduling dealEast Bay office leasing perks up in slow market Cal hires new admissions director, Amy Jarich Follow this company , got two year grants of up to $150,000 per year from the Bosch Group. A Stanford University? ? Stanford University Latest from The Business Journals Johns Hopkins provost Minor named dean of Stanford medical schoolGeorgia Tech gets .5M to join startup program I-Corps Johns Hopkins joins venture to offer free online courses Follow this company researcher also got one of the seven grants.

Bosch sought proposals from five U.S. universities -- UC Berkeley, Stanford, the California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? ? Massachusetts Institute of Technology Latest from The Business Journals Carleton College tallies M in donations from class reunionMove headquarters to Washington area? Not now, DRC saysWiTricity is charged up about possibilities for its wireless technology Follow this company and the University of Michigan? ? University of Michigan Latest from The Business Journals Georgia Tech gets .5M to join startup program I-Corps Georgia Tech plugs into CourseraNew Marty's Market opens in Strip District Follow this company -- and it got 121 of them.

Locally, the energy research grants will go to:

• Professor Kameshwar Poolla of UC Berkeley for work on improving control and efficiency of smart grid electrical distribution systems.
• Professor Elton Cairns of UC Berkeley for improvements to high-energy lithium/sulfur batteries.
• Professor Roger Howe of Stanford for studies of solid-state devices that covert heat directly into electricity.

The grants come from the Bosch Energy Research Network, or BERN. The Bosch Group consists of parent company Robert Bosch GmbH? ? Robert Bosch GmbH Latest from The Business Journals Chris Kearney: Sharpening the business focus at SPXSPX sells last automotive operations in .15B dealSPX to sell automotive-tool business for .15B Follow this company and about 350 subsidiaries all over the world. Robert Bosch started the engineering giant in 1886 in Stuttgart.

Bosch is based in Gerlingen, near Stuttgart, today. Some of its units make automobile components like brakes and steering mechanisms, while others make industrial products and consumer goods.

Steven E.F. Brown is web editor at the San Francisco Business Times.

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