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UC San Diego hires top robotics expert to lead Contextual Robotics Institute

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Christensen is a leader in the setting of national policy for the field of robotics and has testified before Congress on the subject. In addition to the 300+ journal articles and conference papers, Christensen has published more than 30 book chapters and at least 15 books (as editor or co-editor).

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BMW launches ParkNow mobile parking service; more details on DriveNow electric car-sharing service

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DriveNow, which launched in June in San Francisco, is a flexible, premium car-sharing program offering the opportunity to drive the battery-electric BMW ActiveE. After registering online or in-person, customers can locate and book an available car using the DriveNow web site or mobile app.

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Integrating traffic simulation and propulsion modeling to estimate EV range for drivers

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A team at Ford Research and Advanced Engineering has explored the integration of traffic simulation and vehicle propulsion modeling to estimate energy consumption—and hence range—for battery electric vehicles (BEV) to better assist BEV owners in route planning. Pina et al.

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AMAA 2009 Focuses on Smart Systems for Safety, Sustainability and Comfort

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The two-day scientific and technical conference this year is placing a major focus on microsystems and ICT technologies enabling the “Green Car”, particularly the electric vehicle. Topics to be addressed in the conference include: Road and Passenger Safety. Hybrid and All-Electric Traction. Driver Assistance.

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ArcelorMittal develops two steel solutions to reduce weight of pickups; exploring applications in PHEVs

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On 23 September 2014, Ivan Viaux, Research Engineer at ArcelorMittal Global R&D, will explain at the Aachen Body Engineering Days 2014 conference how ArcelorMittal steels can help carmakers to reduce the weight of their plugged-in hybrid electrical vehicles (PHEV) without additional cost through the PHEV S-in motion project.

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Oak Ridge researcher developing autonomous intelligent engines capable of real-time calibration based on driver behavior

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His body of work on on the underlying the theory and algorithms for this this extends back several years to his 2008 doctoral thesis at the University of Michigan (subsequently published as a book: Real-time, self-learning identification and stochastic optimal control of advanced powertrain systems ). Malikopoulos, A.A. Malikopoulos, A.A.,

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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the John Bardeen professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana , and the creator of the first LEDs. He had invested several years in that research when Holonyak, a pioneer in visible lasers and light-emitting diodes, left his position at General Electric Co. But moving back to St.

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