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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. He is also a PES distinguished lecturer and editor in chief of the Spanish version of the PES Power & Energy Magazine.

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Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. Gaynor was promoted to chief engineer there and relocated his family to Italy, where they lived for seven years. members’ careers. Gaynor remains active.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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And more articles are now submitted from authors in China, India, and Italy than from North America. “We IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine marked the contributions and achievements of the society’s female members and field experts in its June 2016 special issue. We tackled one diversity factor at a time,”.

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Being More Inclusive is Paying Off for This IEEE Society

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And more articles are now submitted from authors in China, India, and Italy than from North America. “We IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine marked the contributions and achievements of the society’s female members and field experts in its June 2016 special issue. We tackled one diversity factor at a time,”.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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To survive, help is needed from Italys Fiat but, as negotiations with the Italian automaker bog down and the two week deadline to hammer out a partnership approaches, the companys future - as well as its aspirations for an electric hot rod - are increasingly in doubt. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. In a test by Car and Driver magazine, the car exploded to 60 mph in 2.0

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