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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture. in systems engineering at Ohio State University , in Columbus.

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Canada’s ATS objectives to manage the battery gather when it comes automation

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ATS has delivered greater than 110 battery meeting methods to shoppers international, with maximum of its early orders coming from Europe ahead of the hot shift to North The usa. ATS has six production crops in Canada and employs about 1,400 population. Everything changes,” he stated. Rising battery industry has added to this tally.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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The long-term goal of the LM3I Institute will be to expand the market for and create new consumers of products and systems that utilize new, lightweight, high?performing There are significant challenges for new lightweight and modern metals to reach widespread commercial production. ThermoCalc; TIMET; Trumpf, Inc.;

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Ford Testing Intelligent System for Plug-in Vehicle to Grid Communication to Manage Charging

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The first of the specially equipped plug-in hybrids has been delivered to American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. Magna International, the supplier jointly developing the Ford Focus battery electric vehicle passenger car for 2011. US Department of Energy. Southern California Edison.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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FTA awards almost $16.6M to coordinate fuel cell bus research

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Johnson City, NY; Chicago Transit Authority; Air Products Inc., CTE will coordinate outreach and communications of fuel cell buses through international and national workgroups, fuel cell bus website, and worldwide report on demonstrations. Partners: CALSTART, Pasadena, CA; El Dorado Inc., Riverside, CA; Ballard Power Systems Inc.,

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Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

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Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. Initially the cells will be produced at the supplier’s production facility in France, but the system will be assembled in the United States.

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