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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. Vijay Vittal Employer Arizona State University, in Tempe Title Regents professor of electrical, computer, and energy engineering Member grade Life Fellow Alma mater B.M.S. in EE at Iowa State University , in Ames.

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China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would make China 3rd largest ethanol consumer

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Years of government support for corn farmers—paying Chinese corn producers more than twice the international price level until 2016—have left China with a substantial stockpile. From 2004 to 2016, the average annual production growth rate was 16.8%, according to CARD. Source: USDA FAS. Click to enlarge.

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Researchers create graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms

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An international group of physicists led by the University of Arkansas has created an artificial graphene-like structure with transition metal atoms in place of carbon atoms. Graphene, discovered in 2004, is a one-atom-thick sheet of graphite. The U of A-led group published its findings in Physical Review Letters. and Meyers, D.

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TRUE US database shows emissions characteristics of US fleet

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To complement its work on real-world emissions in Europe, TRUE has compiled remote sensing data from the states of Colorado and Virginia and the University of Denver to investigate the emissions of US light-duty vehicles.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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While there, he taught a course on radar at Northeastern University , in Boston. in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. He was the 1990–1991 Division VII director, and he directed the IEEE Foundation from 1999 to 2004. He was a visiting professor in 1983 at McMaster University , in Hamilton, Ont.,

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What Happens When a Happening Place Becomes Too Hot

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There had been an increase, too, in the number of universities in the city — eight now — as well as design and fashion programs run by private institutes. Milanese universities are also increasingly offering courses in English to broaden their international appeal. “Even for the Milanese, it was a rediscovery of their city.”

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INCITE supercomputing grants awarded to 56 projects; sustainable energy to next-gen materials

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The INCITE program issued its first awards in 2004, when three projects received an aggregate five million core hours. Gregory Voth, University of Chicago, received 100 million core hours to investigate charge transport in thin-film ionomers. Today’s collective allocation of 5.8

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