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DOE selects 15 projects for $32M to advance lower-cost fusion concepts; ARPA-E BETHE

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These projects will work to develop timely, commercially viable fusion energy, with the goal to increase the number and performance levels of lower-cost fusion concepts. Winning BETHE projects are: Category A: Development of Lower-Cost Concepts. University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Earlier post.)

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ABS provides first approval in principle for floating Rankine cycle renewable energy plant

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Marine classification society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. ABS reviewed the design for an extended 30-year facility on-station life.

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Video-Game Engineer Sushama Chakraverty Answered the Call of Duty

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Patil College of Engineering; Master’s degree in computer science, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County In addition to Atari, she’s worked at smaller gaming companies, as well as the leading development studio Ubisoft in Montreal and Toronto, where she contributed to major titles like Assassin’s Creed 2 , Watchdogs Legion , and Far Cry 4.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. air defense system.

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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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He received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1949 from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore, and earned a Ph.D. Together with physicist Armin Zastrow, he pioneered the concept of agrivoltaics —the use of land for both agriculture and solar energy generation. in physical chemistry from Princeton. Sauer served in the U.S.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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One way teachers are trying to help students grasp difficult concepts is through virtual-reality technology. In the chemistry module on acids and bases, for example, students are shown a computer-generated version of a wastewater-treatment plant in Baltimore, and they try to make chemically contaminated water safe to drink.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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He and his staff developed concepts for wideband shipboard air-surveillance radar with reduced susceptibility to electronic countermeasures; self-defense radar; and space-borne radar for detecting ships. in engineering from Johns Hopkins University , in Baltimore. In 1965 he became superintendent of the radar division at the U.S.

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