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TMRC consortium awarded second phase of DOE contract targeting production of mixed rare earth oxides from PA coal waste

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The Texas Mineral Resources consortium objective is to install a self-contained, modular and portable pilot plant at a Jeddo Coal Pennsylvania site, capable of producing 1-3 metric tons of rare earth oxides derived from coal waste material from Pennsylvania anthracite coal. The award value is approximately $1.1

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Toyota Research Institute launches next phase of collaborative research with 13 new academic institutions; more than $75M investment

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These universities join MIT, Stanford and the University of Michigan which have worked with TRI over the last five years to expand the body of research into artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of amplifying the human experience. —Eric Krotkov, TRI Chief Science Officer, who leads the university research program.

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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2019) “The Hestia fossil fuel CO 2 emissions data product for the Los Angeles megacity (Hestia-LA),” Earth Syst. Data , 11, 1309–1335 doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1309-2019. The Los Angeles megacity—the third-largest metropolitan area in the world—occupies 4,850 square miles and houses more than 18.5 million people. Patarasuk, R.,

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DOE to invest $32M in computer design of materials

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Seven projects will be supported, three led by teams at DOE National Laboratories and four by Universities. Funding for the new projects will total $8 million in Fiscal Year 2019. These projects will develop widely applicable open source software utilizing DOE’s current leadership class and future exascale computing facilities.

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Remembering Former IEEE President Ken Laker

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The US $10,000 scholarship is administered by IEEE Educational Activities and is payable over four years of undergraduate university study. In addition to sharing his time and talents with IEEE, he was a professor of electrical engineering for 35 years at the University of Pennsylvania , in Philadelphia. He retired in 2019.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1949 from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore, and earned a Ph.D. Three years later, while working at the IAF, he was named an honorary professor in the University of Freiburg physics department. He joined the University of Illinois in 1977 as a professor. He retired in 2019.

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Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn steps down but will remain until end of 2023

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He worked at Microsoft prior to Tesla, and attended the prestigious Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as Harvard Business School. ” Vaibhav Taneja has been with Tesla since 2017 and has been in his current role since March 2019. Please email me with questions and comments at joey@teslarati.com.

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