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

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The IEEE Life Fellow is credited with working out how best to isolate parts of the power grid to prevent the entire grid from going down. 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.

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SEA Electric got massive order for 1,150 new electric trucks

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SEA Electric got massive order for 1,150 new electric trucks. SEA Electric an Australian-founded and California-based Global transport innovator company has received a massive order for 1,150 electric trucks which is said to be the largest in its history.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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This article was first published as “M. the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. Appearances are deceiving. George Craford.” It appeared in the February 1995 issue of IEEE Spectrum. A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore.

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New aluminum-cerium alloys could boost rare earth production; improved energy efficiency of engines

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ORNL scientists Zach Sims, Michael McGuire and Orlando Rios, along with colleagues from Eck, LLNL and Ames Laboratory in Iowa, discuss the technical and economic possibilities for aluminum–cerium alloys in an article in JOM , a publication of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society. At an alloy cost of less than $10.00/kg,

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Always Break Yolks: The Joy of Microwave Cooking

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As I write this month’s article, my house is a noisy, dusty construction zone. Although I’m happy to be rid of some of the disastrous 1960s design missteps—seriously, only one electrical receptacle in the entire kitchen?—I It would take a while for the microwave oven to evolve into the countertop version we all know today.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Driving that timeline is the shift to electric vehicles, which the Administration wants to account for 50 percent of all new cars sold by 2030.

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