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Mexico proposes new heavy-duty vehicle emission standards aligned with Euro VI and EPA 2010

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Mexico’s Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has proposed new heavy-duty vehicle emissions standards, aligned with current standards in place in the rest of North America and in the European Union. The current limit values in Mexico are equivalent to Euro IV or EPA 2004 standards.

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IATA Calls for Government-Industry Alignment on Aviation Emissions; Biofuels May be Certified by 2010

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called for the aviation industry and governments to bring an aligned global approach on aviation carbon emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference to be held this December in Copenhagen. Certification by 2010 or 2011 is a real possibility.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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IEEE IMS has increased its number of women leaders, conference speakers, and editors of its publications. Between 2010 and 2021 the society had between six and nine female voting members in leadership positions, including Ruth Dyer. Ferdinanda Ponci was elected in 2010 as the IEEE Women in Engineering liaison.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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They include the power-normalized cepstral coefficients , which improve the accuracy of speech recognition in environments with disturbances such as additive noise, changes in the signal, multiple speakers, and reverberation. in 2010 and joined Microsoft in Seattle as a software development engineer and speech scientist.

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Honda FCX Clarity fuel cell limousine service comes to Narita Airport

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HySUT was founded in July 2009 with the aim of establishing hydrogen supply infrastructure and to improve hydrogen business environment. HySUT today has 18 companies/associations (including auto industry) carrying on the phase 1 (FY2009-2010) and the phase 2 (FY2011-2015) studies under the name of HySUT.

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The James Webb Space Telescope was a Career-Defining Project for Janet Barth

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She conducted research on radiation environments and their effects on electronic systems. In 2001 she was selected to be project manager for a NASA test bed that aimed to understand how spacecraft are affected by their environment. She got another promotion, in 2010, to chief of the electrical engineering division.

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DNV and KOGAS to cooperate on LNG R&D

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While this is DNV’s second MOU with KOGAS, following the first in 2010 to cooperate on EHSQ (environment, health, safety and quality) issues, DNV is the first international risk management organization in Korea to cooperate with KOGAS on research and development projects in the LNG sector.

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