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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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After the war, he joined American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, as an assistant engineer. He worked in managerial positions in New York, Ohio, and Virginia, then became AEP's chief executive in 1976 and served in that role until he retired in 1991. While there, he suggested the company build more accurate calibration systems.

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Paige's AI Diagnostic Tech is Revolutionizing Cancer Diagnosis

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But his desire to understand how the human brain works led him to switch from physics to electrical engineering and ultimately to pursue signal processing at the University of Vermont. AI is a mix of psychology, engineering, computer science, and a little bit of philosophy. All of this eventually led me to AI," Grady says. "AI

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How to Get Started with EV Charging for Hotels and Resorts

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Mostly served by Direct Current Fast Chargers (DCFCs) which can typically charge a fully-electric vehicle in under an hour, on-the-go charging can be compared to stopping at the gas station to fill up an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Whittingham, a young British chemist, joined the quest at Exxon Research and Engineering in New Jersey in the fall of 1972. No one at Asahi Chemical knew how to build production batteries at commercial scale, nor did the company own the coating or winding equipment needed to manufacture batteries.

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Stephen Welby: A Man on a Mission

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assistant secretary of defense for research and engineering. Alma mater: The Cooper Union, New York, N.Y. Welby visiting IEEE's server room in its offices in Piscataway, New Jersey. About Stephen Welby. Employer: IEEE. Title: Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer. Member grade: Fellow. Brad Trent.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. System improvements include high performance fluorescent lighting, LED exit signs, retrofitting existing pole lights; and installing occupancy sensors for private offices, conference rooms and bathrooms. Minneapolis-St.

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This Nobel Laureate Paved the Way for High-Intensity Lasers

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Additionally, she is a true role model to legions of engineers around the world. Donna is a true role model to legions of engineers around the world. It wasn’t until Strickland and Mourou attended the 1984 International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena that they found the solution. None of her experiments worked, however.

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