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Iowa study suggests miscanthus would yield more biomass in Iowa soil than originally thought

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Miscanthus, a perennial grass with vast potential to produce biomass, would deliver even better yields than once thought in Iowa, according to research by agronomists at Iowa State University. The paper found that the miscanthus hybrid had low mortality rates when faced with harsh Iowa winters. Nicholas N. Boersma, Emily A.

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

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College of Engineering, in Bangalore An article he cowrote that was based on the report received a 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society Prize Paper Award. in EE at Iowa State University , in Ames. He left Iowa State in 2005 to join Arizona State, where he has served as director of its Power Systems Engineering Research Center.

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

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The Hino M5 EVs are equipped with Sea Electric patented electric truck powertrains that will deliver to GATR EVs that operates in Iowa and Minnesota in the US as part of GATR Truck Centers. Also, read related article: Volvo Trucks unveiled 3 new electric trucks.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Theresa Brunasso, Vickie Ozburn, and Ali H. Her work includes designing and developing RF, microwave, and millimeter wave components and subsystems for the defense and aerospace industries. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and The World Academy of Sciences.

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

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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and partners Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Eck Industries have developed aluminum-cerium (Al-Ce) alloys that are both easier to work with and more heat tolerant than existing products. At an alloy cost of less than $10.00/kg, Resources.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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Sitting in his shirtsleeves at an industrial beige metal desk piled with papers, amid dented bookcases, gym bag in the corner, he does not look like anybody’s definition of a star engineer. This article was first published as “M. George Craford, R&D manager for the optoelectronics division of Hewlett-Packard Co., San Jose, Calif.

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Polystyrene-Biodiesel Blends for Energy Recovery from Waste Plastics

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Researchers at Iowa State University are proposing dissolving waste polystyrene (PS) in biodiesel for use as a diesel engine fuel as a mechanism for energy recovery from the waste plastic. billion tons of commercial and industrial wastes each year that also contains a considerable quantity of plastics. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge.

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