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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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This article features IEEE Board of Directors members Cecilia Metra, Eduardo Palacio, and Enrique Tejera. 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.

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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The study was led by University of Delaware’s James Corbett, and included an international team of researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York and Energy and Environmental Research Associates. reduction of childhood asthma globally. Reduction in annual PM 2.5

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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For the first time, IEEE members from China, Ethiopia, Hungary, Italy, Panama, and Thailand submitted proposals. According to the report, more than 100 partnerships were formed with local organizations such as hospitals, nonprofits, and universities because of projects funded by the committee.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. — Goodbye 2. — Tony 11. April 17, 2009 3:47 pm Link 1.

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