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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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The US Department of Energy (DOE), General Motors and MathWorks launched the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge, the latest DOE-sponsored Advanced Vehicle Technology Competition ( AVTC ), revealed the 12 competing universities and named the Chevrolet Blazer as the vehicle platform selected for the competition. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

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IEEE’s Honor Society Gave This Boston University Student Tools to Succeed

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As a member of the Kappa Sigma chapter at Boston University , he learned leadership and communications skills while accepting different roles. Greene participated in several of the society’s student leadership conferences, where he was a presenter and keynote speaker.

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The Engineer Behind Samsung’s Speech Recognition Software

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He recently left Samsung to continue his work in the field at Korea University , in Seoul, leading the school’s speech and language processing laboratory. The model was commercialized in 2019 and is now part of Samsung’s Galaxy phone. It suppresses the effects of background noise by using statistics to estimate characteristics.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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Thanks to a scholarship from IEEE Smart Village , she is now getting that education through the master’s degree program in development practice from Regis University , in Denver. After she graduated, she continued her membership and started volunteering for IEEE Smart Village in 2019. It teaches leadership and other soft skills.

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

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Alma mater: University of Maryland in College Park. Barth initially attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, to pursue a degree in biology, but she soon realized that it wasn’t a good fit for her. She transferred to the University of Maryland in College Park, and changed her major to applied mathematics.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. Currently, he reviews technical documents for conferences, prizes, and international publications.

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Update on IEEE’s Diversity and Inclusion Efforts

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The establishment of the standing committee by the IEEE Board of Directors follows IEEE’s long-standing commitment to maintaining an environment in which all are welcome to collaborate, to contribute to the community, to support the growth of the profession and professional colleagues, and to advance technology for the benefit of humanity.

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