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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

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and received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1957 from Rutgers University there. He was accepted, and the academy sponsored his postgraduate studies at Iowa State University , in Ames. He was granted his first U.S. that develops lightweight electric drive systems for military and civilian use.

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Physics Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer Dies at 95

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Kroemer was professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara , when he died. Kroemer taught electrical engineering at the University of Colorado , Boulder, from 1968 to 1976 before joining UCSB , where he led the university’s semiconductor research program. Vladimir G.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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Goodenough, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin , authored more than 800 technical papers during his career. He and his colleagues were recently granted a U.S. Following World War II, he pursued a doctorate in physics at the University of Chicago.

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Celebrating the Life of Columbia Professor Stephen Unger

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From Bell Labs to Columbia Unger received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1952 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York, now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering. In 1982 the committee was granted society status as the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer Jacob Ziv

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Ziv’s scientific contributions “changed forever the way we store, process, and transfer information,” the Technion’s president, physicist Uri Sivan , wrote in a tribute to Ziv. “He He chaired the Israeli Council for Higher Education planning and grants committee from 1985 to 1991, for example.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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↓ ↑ report 16 Vlad 10:25AM (4/10/2009) I dont think that home-charging is even a question and that it will be universally available soon. If every car accepts 2 or 4 or 6 of these universal packs then true economies of scale can kick in in their manufacture. Analyse their business models thoroughly!