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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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Open Letter by Netherlands Scientists on IPCC and Errors in 2007 Climate Change Report

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These scientists are mainly from universities—including most of the Dutch universities—and research institutes such as in our country the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

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University of Wisconsin Researchers Investigating Dual-Fuel (Gasoline and Diesel) Partially Premixed Combustion for High-Efficiency, Ultra-Low Emission Combustion; 53% Thermal Efficiency

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. SAE 2007-01-0191).

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. He helped found the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering. for 37 years.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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She is also a member at large of the society’s administrative committee and conference treasurer. “I Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. Ruth Dyer was elected to the AdCom in 1999, and served in her first officer role in 2007. Some were recruited from conference attendees.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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She is also a member at large of the society’s administrative committee and conference treasurer. “I Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems at RWTH Aachen University , in Germany. Ruth Dyer was elected to the AdCom in 1999, and served in her first officer role in 2007. Some were recruited from conference attendees.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Ability Hand is available in the United States for patients age 13 or older. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE. and a Ph.D.

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