June 20,
2008 — IUPUI has received a $200,000 award from Rolls-Royce Corporation to continue the design and testing of the next generation of aircraft engines, with a goal of creating cleaner, more efficient, and powerful engines. This is in addition to prior awards in 2006 and 2007 totaling approximately $380,000. The wave rotor combustion turbine engines could cut fuel usage and CO2 emissions in aircraft by 20 percent or more over traditional gas turbine engines being used today. They could also help make hypersonic flight to orbit more feasible.
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