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ICECHIP Project

Sector: Education • Location: DeKalb, Illinois, United States

Source: Patch

Project
Under Construction

The ICECHIP project is part of an $11 million National Science Foundation-supported field project aimed at studying hail. It involves outfitting a 2022 Ford F-150 pickup truck, known as the 'Huskie Hail Hunter', to make it hail resistant, contributing to the world's largest coordinated effort to study hail.

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Education, Road
Location
DeKalb, Illinois, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Patch

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The project “ICECHIP Project” is an infrastructure initiative in the Education sector, located in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Patch.

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2026-07-22

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The ICECHIP project is part of an $11 million National Science Foundation-supported field project aimed at studying hail. It involves outfitting a 2022 Ford F-150 pickup truck, known as the 'Huskie Hail Hunter', to make it hail resistant, contributing to the world's largest coordinated effort to study hail.

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United States of America (USA)

State

Illinois

City

DeKalb

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Sector

Education, Road

Article published date

2025-04-26

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