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Sasol-Tata CTL JV Expects to Be In Production in 2018

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Sasol Synfuel, which has entered into a joint venture with Tata Steel to build a US$10-billion, 80,000 barrel per day coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in the Indian state of Orissa ( earlier post ), expects the venture to be operational by 2018. Business Standard. The project is India’s first major CTL project. “In

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Hyundai Motor Group and Seoul National University open joint battery research center; focus on Li-metal and solid-state

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Through consultations and seminars on battery technology, insights and development directions will be discussed, alongside a consultative body that will be formed regularly to share information on global battery industry trends and results. Hyundai Motor will invest KRW 9.5 trillion (US$7.4

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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In the six years he worked in the position, he established a team to better manage external relations and completed fundraising for the engineering department’s Soda Hall , a classroom building. He also served as the 2018–2019 chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Board periodicals committee. He retired as professor emeritus in 1998.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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awarded him its prestigious Ho-Am Prize in 1993 for “building a solid foundation for Korea’s semiconductor industry.” The elder Kim had helped build the company’s first spinning factory, and his engineering savvy and consequent renown impressed his son. “He Chang Hae-Ja. Kyungbang , Korea’s iconic manufacturer of yarns and fabrics.

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Video Friday: Drone in a Cage

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NASA’s InSight lander touched down in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars in November of 2018. This week’s GRASP on Robotics seminar is from Katherine Kuchenbecker at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, on haptics and physical human-robot interaction. “A Dynetics ]. This kite-powered drone is blowing my mind.

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China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount – ET Auto

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RISC-V is free to use and has a simpler outline, often leading to more energy-efficient chips, and users can build atop the framework to suit their needs. Some 1,061 patents involving RISC-V were published in China last year, up from 10 in 2018, Anaqua’s AcclaimIP database shows. While the U.S. ’s 2,018.

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