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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. He was the 1990–1991 Division VII director, and he directed the IEEE Foundation from 1999 to 2004. He was an active volunteer in the IEEE France Section , and in 2004 he helped launch its IEEE Life Members Affinity Group. Behnke served in the U.S.

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10-year study shows how air pollution fosters heart disease; accelerated plaque build-up in arteries

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The MESA Air study was funded in 2004 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The clinics were in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, St. Barbara Hoffmann, a professor of the University of Düsseldorf in Germany, described the study as “ exemplary.” Paul and Winston-Salem.

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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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This summer two NASA research airplanes will fly over the Baltimore-Washington region and northeast Maryland as part of a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space. DISCOVER-AQ instrumentation deployment strategy. Source: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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In 2004 Barroso was tasked with investigating ways to build more efficient data centers. Park decided to switch careers and at night took graduate courses at Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. As Google’s business expanded, its need for infrastructure increased. Seven years later he joined the General Physics Corp.

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