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This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

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Richards-Kortum is a professor of bioengineering at Rice University , in Houston, and codirector of the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies , which is developing affordable medical equipment for underresourced hospitals. To help her cause, she and colleague Z.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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She acknowledges she would not have been able to afford to attend Regis without help from IEEE. She earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial systems engineering in 2015 and a master’s in engineering with a concentration in mechatronics in 2017. Her first event was the 2019 PowerAfrica Conference , held in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Increase in US rig count will not cap oil prices

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If prices went too low the LTO operators couldn’t afford to drill, which would shrink supply and cause prices to rise. It contained the outlook for the remainder of 2016, and the IEA’s first stab at 2017 which is in the following chart. If and when prices rose the US rig count would rise and ultimately cause prices to fall again.