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Tesla boosts its data collection team with hiring ramp for Prototype Vehicle Operators

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In the job’s description, Tesla notes that Prototype Vehicle Operators will be part of its vehicle data collection team.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Illinois Department of Transportation on behalf of seven transit agencies, Illinois: $4,030,000. Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois: $1,500,000. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000. Rock Island Metro, Illinois: $600,000. Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District – CUMTD, Illinois: $450,000.

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DOE Selects 19 Projects to Monitor and Evaluate Geologic CO2 Storage

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Advanced Resources International , Arlington, Va. The model will simulate an injection of 100 million metric tonnes of CO 2 annually at dozens of power plant locations across Indiana and Illinois. DOE share: $853,144; recipient share: $191,151; duration: 36 months). Risk Assessment.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. Arlington). University of Illinois at. technology will yield biomass comprised of 20% oil and can be. transferred into highly productive energy crops such as. Pacific Northwest.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM DAVID KUCK University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign “For pioneering work in vector and parallel computer architecture, software, and compilers that enables many performance-sensitive applications.” IEEE FRANCES E. IEEE DENNIS J.

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