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How Purdue University Commercializes Its Research

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“When I was learning data structures, I began to see things from a different viewpoint—how to make things efficient,” says Lu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and a university faculty scholar at Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , in West Lafayette, Ind.

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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

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Winning an Academy Award is probably not something most engineers ever expect to do. I got into reverse engineering and understanding how computers worked under the hood,” he says. Vanns decided to combine his interests, majoring in computer science and music at Canterbury Christ Church University , in Canterbury, England.

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Opposed-piston engine company Achates Power raises $35.2M in Series C Financing; new industry advisory board

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the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has finalized $35.2 Daniel Hancock, retired vice president, global powertrain engineering, who spent more than four decades at General Motors Co. director of engine research at Southwest Research Institute and 2002 SAE president.

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BMW opens new Shanghai R&D center; focus on human-machine interaction and hardware-software integration

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Today, more than 3,200 designers and engineers, NEV and software specialists are creating leading-edge innovations in close collaboration with Chinese tech players, start-ups, local partners as well as academia. The usability research team consists of designers, software engineers, cognitive psychologists, and more.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. as a software engineer.

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Williams Advanced Engineering’s simulator technology to help in trial of driverless cars

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Williams Advanced Engineering is part of a consortium that has secured government funding from Innovate UK to test driverless cars in the Bristol region. Williams’ expertise in simulation originates in Formula One where the Williams Formula One teams’ drivers have been using sophisticated simulators since 2002.

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SOFC-maker Bloom Energy announces initial strategy for hydrogen market entry; partnership with SK

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These products will be first introduced to the South Korean market in 2021 through an expanded partnership with SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C), an affiliate of SK Group. Since 2002, Bloom has been awarded 19 patents for its solid oxide electrolyzer technology. million hydrogen cars by 2040. —Jason Ahn.

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