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Sustainable Weather Balloon Wins Student a $10,000 Scholarship

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The cost of replacing them adds up. Amon Schumann, a senior at the Robert-Havemann-Gymnasium school, in Berlin, has invented eco-friendly, cost-effective solutions. The scholarship is administered on behalf of IEEE Educational Activities and is payable over four years of undergraduate university study.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We recently took a look at a brand-new local iteration run by the local auto club, but using software developed and being used by many others. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. The service allows members to avoid the fixed costs of car ownership as well as parking charges, fuel costs, or recurring annual fees.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He has a 34-year career as a journalist, advertiser, marketer, publicist, event planner, teacher, and fundraiser for-profit and not-for-profit organizations including Motorola, Business Marketing Association, and Michigan State University. He has served on boards, consulted with associations, and written business plans.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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Director, Manufacturing Research Center, Western Michigan University. Assistant Professor, Michigan State University. One of the questions posed by Gray to the panel was what the enablers are for advancing battery technology to Generation 2 or Generation 3 (an exercise GM is currently undertaking with the Volt) to bring the cost down.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines. The cost of performing a calculation on a PC dropped so much that it was often significantly cheaper to use a little machine than a mainframe. in modern European history from Florida State University. At IBM plants in San Diego, Endicott, N.Y,

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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In their commentary, Andreas Goldthau (Royal Holloway University of London), Kirsten Westphal (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)), Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines) & Michael Bradshaw (University of Warwick) present four geopolitical scenarios to illustrate how varied the transition could be by 2030.

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