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China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would make China 3rd largest ethanol consumer

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Years of government support for corn farmers—paying Chinese corn producers more than twice the international price level until 2016—have left China with a substantial stockpile. To help make use of the excess stock, China in September 2017 announced a plan for nationwide use of E10 gasoline by 2020, up from 11 trial provinces.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. He was part of an IEEE task force that in 2020 issued a report that described how equipment used for storing energy, transferring power over long distances, and integrating renewable energy could impact power system stability.

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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. In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers.

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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. He retired in 2020 as professor emeritus. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard. for 37 years.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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He has received several recognitions including the 2020 IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Leadership Award. Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego , where she served as chair of the EE department and director of engineering from 2004 to 2013.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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IEEE-HKN member, is the recipient of the 2020 IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Leadership Award. University of New Orleans for six years and an adjunct professor for two years. Grosz was also an adjunct engineering professor at Tulane University , also in New Orleans, for two years. Coughlin, who is an. He is on the.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

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Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. Yet in 2020, Byland had to find out secondhand that the company had abandoned the technology and was on the verge of going bankrupt. Terry Byland did not encounter any problems with his 2004 Argus I implant.