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Leslie Doggett Industries’ car retail arm expands in Texas

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Leslie Doggett Industries contains companies promoting, renting or supporting commercial apparatus, car and brightness vans, in addition to freeway and vocation vans and trailers. The corporate in 2018 purchased its first auto retail dealership, the previous Lone Celebrity Ford in Houston, up to now owned via Sonic Car Inc.

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ExxonMobil planning hydrogen production, carbon capture and storage at Baytown complex; 1B cfd of blue hydrogen

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ExxonMobil is planning a hydrogen production plant and one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage projects at its integrated refining and petrochemical site at Baytown, Texas, supporting efforts to reduce emissions from company operations and local industry. million tons per year.

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Researchers say cubic boron arsenide best semiconductor material yet found

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Now, a team of researchers at MIT, the University of Houston, and other institutions have shown that cubic boron arsenide overcomes these two limitations of silicon as a semiconductor material. Furthermore, silicon is not very good at conducting heat, which is why overheating issues and expensive cooling systems are common in computers.

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IEEE’s TryEngineering Summer Institute Provides Hands-On Experiences

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In its inaugural year in 2018, 80 students participated; this year 330 attended. Three locations, one common goal This year, the TryEngineering Summer Institute was held at the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia; Rice University , in Houston; and the University of San Diego.

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US/China team develops robust, stable Ni/Fe OER catalyst for water-splitting at low overpotentials

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A team from the University of Houston and Hunan Normal University in China has developed an active and durable oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalyst for water splitting that meets commercial crtieria for current densities at low overpotentials. volt” Energy & Environmental Science doi: 10.1039/C8EE00927A.

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Attendance at IEEE’s STEM Summer Camp Breaks Records

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First offered in 2018, the summer camp program gives teens an opportunity to explore a variety of engineering disciplines through hands-on design challenges, field trips, industry speakers, and more. This year’s behind-the-scenes tours included Boeing , Leonardo Helicopters , LaGuardia Airport , Space Center Houston , and Qualcomm.

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USC Professor’s Simulation Software Teaches Systems Engineering Topics

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For that and other “pioneering contributions to model-based systems engineering, education, and industrial impact using interdisciplinary approaches,” Madni received this year’s IEEE Simon Ramo Medal. Kennedy at Rice University , in Houston. From NASA to teaching at USC Madni, who grew up in Mumbai, became captivated by the U.S.

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