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UTA study indicates air contamination near fracking sites result of operational inefficiencies, not inherent to the extraction process

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A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself.

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DOE FCTO selects 11 fuel cell incubator projects for up to $10M in awards; exploring alkaline exchange membrane FCs

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Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine. University of Delaware. University of New Mexico. Géraldine Merle, Matthias Wessling, Kitty Nijmeijer (2011) “Anion exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells: A review,” Journal of Membrane Science Volume 377, Issues 1–2, Pages 1-35, doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.04.043.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

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The IEEE Fellow was a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington for more than 40 years. He founded the university’s Energy Systems Research Center in 1968 and served as its director until he retired in 2003. He joined UTA—then known as Arlington State College—in 1962 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering.

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GM workers at Flint factory voted against new UAW contract

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Workers at major GM plants including its Arlington, Texas assembly plant and its Fort Wayne, Indiana truck factory will vote in the weeks ahead. University of Michigan professor Erik Gordon thinks chances are low for GM to go much higher. Watch below to see UAW President Shawn Fain’s Wednesday ratification update.

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