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Bosch and Weichai Power boost efficiency of Weichai truck diesel engines from 46% to 50%

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Bosch and Weichai Power have increased the efficiency of Weichai truck diesel engines from their current level of roughly 46% to 50%. Even though the diesel engine is nearly 130 years old, its development continues. Bosch and Weichai launched their joint development project in September 2018. liters displacement.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. Hodges became dean of UC Berkeley’s engineering college in 1990.

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ICCT paper suggests new supersonic aircraft unlikely to comply with existing environmental standards for subsonic aircraft

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A noise assessment concludesd that emerging SSTs are likely to fail current (2018) and perhaps even historical (2006) landing and takeoff noise standards. The ICCT team contacted Boom for information about the design and performance characteristics of its aircraft. Modeled NO x and CO 2 performance of SST aircraft by configuration.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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The IEEE Board of Directors shapes the future direction of IEEE and is committed to ensuring IEEE remains a strong and vibrant organization—serving the needs of its members and the engineering and technology community worldwide—while fulfilling the IEEE mission of advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.

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BMW Brilliance Automotive opens battery factory in Shenyang; 3rd battery factory in BMW Group production network

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The modular design of the high-voltage batteries also forms the basis for a wide variety of electric drive variants. The Shenyang location, with its Dadong and Tiexi automotive plants and engine plant with light-metal foundry, plays an important role in the BMW Group’s global production network. Shenyang production facility.

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SpaceX’s first NASA astronauts to receive Space Medal of Honor for Dragon test flight

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Just 11 went to living astronauts, while the other 17 were awarded posthumously: to the three NASA astronauts killed in the 1967 Apollo 1 accident and the 14 astronauts killed in the Space Shuttle’s 1986 Challenger disaster and 2003 Columbia disaster. SpaceX) Behnken and Hurley were assigned to Dragon Demo-2 in 2018.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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There he led network management research and helped design Italy’s first electronic exchange and data network. In 2003 he was promoted to director of long-term research at the lab, focusing on technology’s evolution and its potential impact. And then there was his passion for training knowledge engineers.

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