Gregory M. Shaver (left foreground), David Snyder (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Gregory M. Shaver (left foreground), David Snyder

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Gregory M. Shaver, from left, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue, and graduate student David Snyder discuss how to modify a commercial diesel engine with a new technology that promises to dramatically reduce oil consumption and the emission of global-warming pollutants. Graduate student Gayatri Adi (background) reviews software algorithms needed for the new technology, called homogeneous charge compression ignition.

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Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger

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