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U.S. Tech Salaries Grow, But Not For Everyone

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The median income for tech professionals hit US $154,443 in 2020, up from $148,500 in 2019. That's particularly good news for engineers this year, considering that inflation-adjusted salaries were basically flat in 2019 compared with 2018. A Good Time for Broadcast Engineers The gains weren't spread equally, of course.

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Volkswagen’s new Touareg to offer two PHEV variants

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Volkswagen’s updated Touareg SUV will launch in five powertrain versions: a turbocharged gasoline engine, two turbodiesel engines and two plug-in hybrids. liter V6 engine. The latest generation continues a long tradition of Touareg R models with high-tech features and customized equip- ment. All use a 3.0-liter

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DOE awards Virginia Tech $3M for EV charging cybersecurity project

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Virginia Tech a $3 million grant for research on electric vehicle charging infrastructure cybersecurity as part of a larger $80 million investment by the department on advanced technologies research ( earlier post ). Ralph Northam signed the 2018-20 budget that includes $25 million for CCI.

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Ford Europe bringing 48V mild hybrid tech to Tourneo van; new diesel engines

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liter EcoBlue diesel engines, new 48V EcoBlue mild Hybrid powertrains; and driver assistance technologies including Active Park Assist in the enhanced Ford Tourneo Custom people-mover from mid-2019. To reduce friction within the engine, new steel pistons feature a slimmer skirt design than the out-going cast-aluminium design.

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Toyota says diesels aren’t dead, might pair with hybrid tech

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Diesel engines may still have a future at Toyota, in some markets at least. For Toyota, this seems like a turnaround versus nearly a decade ago, when it said that is was essentially stopping investment on diesel engines, and would soon stop selling them in Europe. Porsche announced the end in 2018, for example. In the U.S.,

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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A professor of artificial intelligence, he says he is passionate about teaching the next generation of tech leaders. encouraged him to apply for a software engineering job there. He left Microsoft in Seattle where he had worked for three years as a software development engineer and speech scientist.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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Sharma, a semiconductor engineer, was instrumental in organizing the meeting for the Tokyo-based company. Sharma worked for several years as an RF engineer in the semiconductor industry before joining Renesas in 2021. While building his radio, he says, he fell in love with engineering. “I After all, that is the motto of IEEE.”

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