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Battelle-R&D Magazine forecast predicts 5.2% growth in 2012 global R&D spending to $1.4+T, largely driven by Asian economies; US companies and tech providers to boost energy R&D spending by 23.1% to $6.7B

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Global R&D spending 2011. The Battelle-R&D Magazine annual Global R&D Funding Forecast concludes that global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2% The team from Battelle and R&D Magazine forecast that a 2.1% billion in R&D in 2012, up 3.75% over 2011. Source: 2012 Global R&D Funding Forecast.

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Saifur Rahman is 2022 IEEE President-Elect

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Rahman is the founding editor in chief of the IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is a Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE PES, and has given lectures in more than 30 countries on topics such as the smart grid, energy-efficient buildings, and sensor integration.

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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Our nuclear plant is like a river that meets the ocean, supplying power to the larger electric power grid that provides electricity across North America,” Ansari says. She was inspired by her parents, who worked in biology, and by her reading of physics journals and engineering and science magazines.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. PHEVLERs help support the electric grid. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

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incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric car’s introduction. Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. percent of $1.9 Cleantech Group and Deloitte.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Distinguished Lecturer for IEEE PES, and has given lectures in more than 30 countries on topics such as the smart grid, energy-efficient buildings, and sensor integration. Rahman is the founding editor in chief of the.

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Speech Processing Pioneer Sadaoki Furui Dies at 77

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He was named director of the university’s library in 2009 and became director of the Contents Utilization Center in 2011, when he was named professor emeritus. He wrote Microprocessor Logic Design , a widely used textbook, as well as numerous articles for professional and trade magazines. Burrus Jr.