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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. The IEEE Utah Section sponsored the nomination. IEEE Milestone Dedication: Utah Computer Graphics youtu.be thesis in 1963 at MIT.

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Utah Transits Authority adding 5 battery-electric New Flyer buses to fleet

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UTA and the University of Utah received a $5.4-million million Low-No grant from the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase five New Flyer battery-electric buses. Three of these will be used on route 2 in Salt Lake City and two that will serve the University of Utah campus (also in Salt Lake City). Earlier post.)

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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Background.

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Michigan Tech receives $2.5M ARPA-E MINER award for carbon storage and extraction of critical minerals from mine tailings

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The DOE awarded grants to develop rapid carbon mineralization and critical mineral extraction technology to 16 projects nationwide, totaling $39 million. Michigan Tech’s project is the only one in the state to receive funding from Mining Innovations for Negative Emissions Resource Recovery (MINER).

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Study finds coal trains add significant amount of PM2.5 pollution in urban areas

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The move prompted lawsuits in federal and state courts from three companies and Utah, all of which argued it was unconstitutional. The authors released a full report last week to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) with additional measurements of coal and petroleum coke (a byproduct of oil refining). —Ostro et al.

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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Cindy Wilcox, co-founder and president of Marine BioEnergy, estimates that it would take a Utah-sized patch of ocean to make enough kelp biofuel to replace 10% of the liquid petroleum consumed annually in the United States. One Utah would take up only 0.13% of the total Pacific Ocean. Navarrete, Diane Y. Kim, Cindy Wilcox, Daniel C.

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How to Take Advantage of EV Charging Incentives for Fleets

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Grants – Lump sums of money for specific purposes that you do not have to repay. Commercial EV Charging Grants and Incentives There are local, state, and federal rebates and incentives available for EV charging at qualifying businesses across the United States. Technology and market readiness resources.

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