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Meet the Members Running for 2024 IEEE President-Elect

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Before starting his company, Fujii was vice president at Northrop Grumman’s engineering division in San Diego. The ad hoc committee envisioned scenarios to gain a global perspective of what the world might look like in 2050 and beyond and what potential futures might mean for IEEE. which designs critical systems.

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Kathleen Kramer is 2024 IEEE President-Elect

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Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, where she served as director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. Better advance technology by including the organization’s global and diverse members effectively and equitably in the process.

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President-Elect Candidates On Their Plans for the Future

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Senior Member Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, where she served as director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. As director she provided academic leadership over its engineering programs.

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Learn About the Candidates Running for 2023 President-Elect

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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. She has held several leadership positions in the IEEE San Diego Section , including chair, secretary, and treasurer.

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FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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The 92 retrofitted hybrid vehicles will be placed into service in California, primarily in the Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco metropolitan areas. John Formisano, vice president, Global Vehicles, FedEx Express.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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At IBM plants in San Diego, Endicott, N.Y, In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75 The deal ensured that IBM's global customers had familiar support while providing a stable flow of maintenance revenue to IBM for five years. and Poughkeepsie, N.Y., IEEE Spectrum.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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