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Is America’s Electrician Shortage Hurting our Ability To Get Away from Fossil Fuels?

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Simpson, Dallas, TX A shift away from fossil fuels is necessary if we are to mitigate climate change, but a serious electrician shortage in the U.S. A university education is often perceived to be the most desirable route out of high school. See more at E Magazine. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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The Maestro Behind Design-Software Behemoth Synopsys

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For that reason, Electrical Business magazine named him one of the 10 most influential executives in 2002, as well as its 2004 CEO of the Year. in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University , in Dallas, de Geus joined General Electric in Research Triangle Park, N.C. In the early 1980s, while pursuing a Ph.D.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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It took some 30 years of effort by engineers and computer scientists in universities, government laboratories, and corporate research groups, piggybacking on each other’s work, trying new ideas, repeating each other’s mistakes. Computer graphics artist Norm Cox, now of Cox & Hall, Dallas, Texas, was finally hired to redesign the icons.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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A graduate of Stanford University with a master’s degree in business ad­ministration, Ms. The materials-delivery system, designed with the help of engineers recruited from Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, divided small and large parts between receiving doors at the materials distribution center. in Cupertino, Calif.,

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. — Mark - Dallas 21. — Mark - Dallas 25. That will solve these problems, not big government, big auto or big energy.

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