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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. While pursuing his bachelor’s degree, he worked part time as a technician at a university research lab that had a contract with the U.S. government. members’ careers. Gaynor remains active.

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Irradiating the Mail: The Anthrax Attacks of 2001

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Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (AFRRI) was already studying how to render anthrax spores harmless through irradiation prior to the mail attacks of 2001. the letter pictured below, which was sent to the National Postal Museum dated 1 December 2001. As it happens, the. But the Postal Service needed to process approximately.

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ICCT update finds real-world vehicle fuel economy gap continues to widen in Europe to 40%

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Since 2001, the discrepancy between official measurements of vehicle efficiency and actual performance of new cars in everyday driving has more than quadrupled—a discrepancy that now translates into €450 (US$500) per year in extra fuel costs for the average vehicle. Earlier post.). United Kingdom), km77.com

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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As part of the job, in Oghara, Nigeria, then a small fishing village along the Niger River, he collected fares and directed passengers on and off the bus. The presence of oil and gas installations in his village, which is in the oil-producing part of Nigeria, led him to wonder how they worked and how they were remotely controlled.

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Transport minister launches new fuel economy label for used cars

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The scheme was launched to the automotive trade in early August and so far over 1,000 dealers have signed-up with the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) to take part and display the label on cars that they sell. Dealers can choose only to label cars up to two years old, or to label older cars manufactured as far back as 1st March 2001.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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That success can be traced in part to Kim, now an emeritus professor at KAIST. But the industry had yet to mass-produce its own chips beyond basic integrated circuits such as CMOS watch chips, in large part due to a lack of semiconductor specialists. Favorite periodical: TIME magazine. Hero: His father, Kim Byung-Woon.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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Twenty-six editions of his book Digital Speech Processing, Synthesis, and Recognition were published between 1985 and 2001. From 2001 to 2005, he served as president of the International Speech Communication Association. He joined as an analyst and was promoted to head of the Information Sciences Department. He founded Tredennick Inc.,