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Hyundai Motor expands partnership with US Government to support further exploration of hydrogen fuel cell technologies

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As part of the partnership, Hyundai will provide the DOE with five NEXO fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) for use in various regions of the country including Washington, DC, to help advance research and development of fuel cell technologies. Hyundai provided its first NEXO SUV to the DOE in 2019.

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IEEE Medal of Honor Goes to Bob Kahn

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He continued to work on the ARPANET and organized the first public demonstration of the network at the 1972 International Conference on Computer Communications , held in Washington, D.C. Kahn has received several recognitions for his work, including the 2004 Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery.

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

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From synchronous machines to fast response power electronics That article was an update of a 2004 article that Vittal coauthored as a member of a joint task force formed by the IEEE Power & Energy Society and CIGRE , an international association of power system professionals, headquartered in Paris.

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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. For his discoveries, Rao received the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. He was nominated in 2013 for a Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions to the International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science. Navy E-2 Hawkeye aircraft.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., 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. Merrill Skolnik First recipient of the IEEE Dennis J.

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Study Concludes A Second Hydrocarbon Boom Threatens the Peruvian Amazon

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A rapid proliferation of oil and gas concessions threatens the Peruvian Amazon, according to a study by a pair of researchers from the Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and the Washington DC-based NGO Save America’s Forests (SAF).

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27 November 2009 - In First "Plug-in Arizona" Outing to Nogales, AZ, " the "Spirit" Made the News with Nogales International

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Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Army in Washington, D.C., he asked. “If

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