WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory announced that it expects to award up to eight cooperative agreements for the University Turbine Systems Research Program. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program encompasses a portfolio of gas turbine-focused university projects, which address a wide variety of technical topics (including combustion, aerodynamics/heat transfer,  more ST