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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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The IEEE member is an electrical design engineer at Arkansas Nuclear One , in Russellville. The pressurized-water plant provides electricity to the majority of the state’s businesses and residents and to customers beyond Arkansas. student at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, when she interned at Arkansas Nuclear One.

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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

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The project includes participation from eight additional institutions: the Air Force Research Laboratory, Boeing Research and Technology, General Electric Global Research, The Ohio State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arkansas, the University of Dayton Research Institute, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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NRC Report Quantifies Anticipated Effects and Impacts of Global Warming, Per Degree of Change

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A new report from the National Research Council quantifies , per degree of warming, several anticipated effects and impacts of global warming, including changes in streamflow, wildfires, crop productivity, extreme hot summers, and sea level rise. Anticipated impacts. In addition, warming of 1 °C to 2 °C (1.8 °F Warming of 3 °C (5.4 °F)

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NOAA: Warmest Global Ocean Surface Temperatures on Record for July

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The combined average global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2009 ranked fifth-warmest since world-wide records began in 1880. The global ocean surface temperature for July 2009 was the warmest on record, 1.06 °F (0.59 °C) above the 20 th century average of 61.5 °F C), and tied with 2003 as the ninth-warmest July on record.

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Ford using rice hull-reinforced plastic in F-150s

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—John Viera, Ford global director of sustainability and vehicle environmental matters. The rice hulls are sourced from farms in Arkansas and will replace a talc-based reinforcement in a polypropylene composite made by RheTech, a Whitmore Lake, Mich.-based based automotive supplier.

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New Research Alliance to Promote Low-Impact Drilling Technologies

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The University/National Laboratories Alliance, established as part of the Environmentally Friendly Drilling (EFD) Program , will fund and transfer new technologies specifically targeted for use in environmentally sensitive areas that are currently off limits to drilling and production. University of Arkansas. University of Colorado.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

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Expanding EVA’s partnership opportunities to include auto parts businesses. I would add value to the EVA by bringing the same momentum I've brought the state of Arkansas. Assisted the state of Arkansas in the roll out of the FMAC, AEVIDP, & founded AEVO. What is your most effective contribution toward the adoption of EVs?