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BMW’s GM of battery cell technology joins Wildcat Discovery’s board

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Dr. Lamp received his MSc in physics from the Technical University of Munich in 1989. After a short period as project leader for fuel cell systems at Webasto Thermo Systems International GmbH, he joined BMW AG in 2001 as a development engineer for fuel cell systems. In 1993, he obtained his PhD in general physics.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., as a software engineer.

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University of Wisconsin Researchers Investigating Dual-Fuel (Gasoline and Diesel) Partially Premixed Combustion for High-Efficiency, Ultra-Low Emission Combustion; 53% Thermal Efficiency

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin, led by Dr. Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. Click to enlarge.

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Hackenberg resigns from Audi Board of Management

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After graduating in mechanical engineering at Aachen RWTH University, Ulrich Hackenberg was employed as an assistant at the Institute for Motor Transport from 1978 until 1985. There, he was head of the Body Development department and additionally responsible as of late 1998 for Concept Development.

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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. Stanley Whittingham , who created the lithium-ion concept, and Akira Yoshino , who developed the anode chemistry that was used in Sony’s first lithium-ion battery.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars.

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Video-Game Engineer Sushama Chakraverty Answered the Call of Duty

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Back in 2001, she spotted a poster on her professor’s door advertising for an internship, and she applied without knowing the company she’d be working for. She left India to pursue a master’s degree in computer science at the University of Maryland , Baltimore County. It turned out to be Atari , the legendary video-game company.

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