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Remembering LED Pioneer Nick Holonyak

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holds a part of a stoplight that utilizes a newer LED designed by his students. Holonyak left GE in 1963 to become a professor of electrical and computer engineering and researcher at his alma mater, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Pioneering research at the University of Illinois. Nick Holonyak, Jr.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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He went on to earn a master's degree in computer science in 2008, also from Loyola. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He reported that he felt as though a part of him had come back thanks to the prosthesis. and a Ph.D.

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Why These Members Donate to the IEEE Foundation

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The Foundation’s support is made possible, in part, by the gifts from its generous donors. As part of the original pioneering index fund team at Wells Fargo Advisors , she introduced and managed the first international index fund. The IEEE Life Fellow, who served as 2008 IEEE president, has been a member ever since.

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Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

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He received US $1 million as part of the award, which is known as the Nobel Prize of computing. After graduating from Chicago State in 1972 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, Dongarra went on to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at the Illinois Institute of Technology , also in Chicago. Entrepreneurial Spirit.

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U.S. Battery Makers Power Up

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LA Times, December 20, 2008. December 20, 2008 U.S. The alliance took its message to Congress this week, as staffers from at least four House members from Illinois took part in a conference call with the group. Tags: EV News Production News Inside Track. Battery Makers Work to Power Up.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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The good news is that positive things ARE happening and our efforts are starting to make a difference. To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. NO PURCHASE!

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