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New Resource for University Educators

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The COVID-19 pandemic forced colleges and universities to close classrooms and shift to remote learning, prompting instructors to adapt their curricula and teaching style. As schools reopen this year using in-person, hybrid, and remote learning models, it has become crucial for teachers to adjust. Teaching remotely. Academic integrity.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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Teen Creates App To Identify Nutrient Deficiencies

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His father suggested he think about ikigai , a Japanese concept referring to something that gives a person a sense of purpose. He presented his app at last year’s IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Reality during an event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Web Services. The app starts with a photo of a nail taken by a user.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Cecilia Metra, Eduardo Palacio, and Enrique Tejera. As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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When the photo was reprinted in Eliza Strickland’s October 2021 article “The Turbulent Past and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence,” in IEEE Spectrum , the caption identified six people, plus one “unknown.” So who was this unknown person? The Minsky Family Between Solomonoff and Shannon is the unknown person.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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Thanks to a scholarship from IEEE Smart Village , she is now getting that education through the master’s degree program in development practice from Regis University , in Denver. She also got involved in organizing conferences in Africa. Her first event was the 2019 PowerAfrica Conference , held in Abuja, Nigeria.

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IEEE Young Professionals Take On Climate Change

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It holds networking events, provides educational resources, and publishes career-related articles on its blog. The task force collaborates on organizing virtual and in-person events with IEEE groups including Women in Engineering and external organizations such as the International Renewable Energy Agency.