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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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Since its founding in 1995 at Purdue University , the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE program has been providing nonprofit organizations with technology to improve and deliver services to their community while broadening undergraduate EE students’ hands-on experiences. sustainable development goals.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams was granted 27 U.S. He was an active member of the IEEE Magnetics Society and received its 2007 Johnson Storage Device Technology Award. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. He was granted 15 patents. patents during his time at IBM. Jan Abraham "Braham" Ferreira.

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IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

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Speaking at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change (ISCCC), which opened today in Copenhagen, Yale University president Richard Levin announced that the university’s new Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) will be led by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002.

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Maxwell Technologies to participate in EU ElectroGraph program to investigate use of graphene in supercapacitors; first industrial evaluation of graphene in ultracaps at device level

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The research has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement Nº266391. The University of Exeter. The University of Nottingham. For vehicle applications, it is desirable to have devices with high energy density, high power density, long cycle and shelf life, and low cost.

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UW-Madison engineer collaborating with entrepreneur on 6-cycle, external combustion engine; could be up to 30% more efficient than standard diesel

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The pair has received $850,000 in grants to support the fabrication and testing of a prototype of the K6 engine; Shedd says he expects to have a prototype running by late fall or early winter. Shedd (2007) Continuous Combustion General Purpose Engine System (SAE 2007-32-0010). Kashmerick and Timothy A.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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But extending it to handle multiple networks—whose reliability couldn’t be taken for granted—was a different story. But now, Cerf sat alone in the lobby of San Francisco’s Jack Tar Hotel , on a break from a computing conference. and University College London. universities. And the problem was on his mind.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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