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Algae.Tec and Lufthansa sign MoU to evaluate potential of algae-oil based aviation biofuels

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Algae.Tec was founded in 2008 with offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Perth, Western Australia. In July, Lufthansa launched a six-month biofuel trial on regular scheduled flights—the first airline worldwide to do so.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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He worked at Georgia Power in Atlanta for more than 20 years, and he was a principal research engineer at the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center at Georgia Tech for more than 25 years, becoming NEETRAC's associate director. He also served on its switch gear committee. Mason Lamar Williams III.

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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Constructing such facilities in underdeveloped countries would lower the cost of industrialization while speeding up processes. Georgia Tech freshman studying computer science, created a rip-current detection system that incorporates machine learning. RIP-CURRENT DETECTION SYSTEM. Boglarka Ecsedi, an incoming.

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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The initiative, which funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States. There is a great possibility of linking new technology, a whole range of different sectors, that make up the new mobility industry cluster. —Susan Zielinski.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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Australia, USA. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia. Emesent, Australia. Georgia Institute of Technology. Having excellent partners in Emesent and Georgia Tech and having their full commitment and support is also a strong advantage for us. Team CSIRO Data61. CSIRO Data61.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY Sponsor: IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Co-Recipients: GRAEME CLARK University of Melbourne Australia BLAKE WILSON Duke University Durham, N.C. For contributions to the development of the modern cochlear implant.” IEEE JACK S. IEEE ROBERT N. NOYCE MEDAL Sponsor: Intel Corp.

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