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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

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Universal Hydrogen has flown a 40-passenger regional airliner using hydrogen fuel cell propulsion. In this first test flight, one of the airplane’s turbine engines was replaced with Universal Hydrogen’s fuel cell-electric, megawatt-class powertrain. The other remained a conventional engine for safety of flight.

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Top 5 electric vehicles books you must read

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Top 5 electric vehicles books you must read. Today in this article we have bought some best electric vehicles books for you to read and gain more knowledge about electric vehicles. Let us now look for the Top 5 electric vehicles books that you must read. . Top 5 electric vehicles books. Electric and Hybrid Vehicles.

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Study suggests lithium and cobalt for batteries may face supply risks by 2050

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Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons. Lithium and cobalt are fundamental components of present lithium-ion batteries. Resources. Buchholz, M.

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Education Week Spotlights Programs for Students and Professionals

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EDT IEEE President and CEO Saifur Rahman kicks off Education Week with a session on how the organization can serve as a vital connection between policymakers and the engineering and technology communities in bringing technological solutions to meet the universal challenge of climate change.

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

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Explaining how blockchain and aerodynamics work One of the winners was IEEE Member Carolyn Sher-DeCusatis , who teaches software engineering at Western Governors University , in Salt Lake City. I think having diverse representation in media, like books, comics, and graphic novels, will help bring more kids into STEM,” she says.

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From Introvert to IEEE Influencer

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He has penned several research papers and is the author of an IEEE-USA book. Kalra says he found his voice in 2016 after becoming a member of the IEEE student branch at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Dwarka, Delhi. In his first semester, he created a program to speed up checking out books from the university’s library.

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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

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When a Nimble is deployed, users can conduct video and voice chats, stream videos, share files, build and run e-learning courses and websites, create shared spreadsheets and documents, read e-books, play games, and more, completely offline. “If IEEE Announces First Winners of Connecting the Unconnected Challenge, a New Competition Providing.