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IEEE Women in Engineering Membership on the Rise

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After a two-year absence, the event is scheduled to be held on 15 and 16 May in San Jose, Calif. I really wanted to inspire women to build their capacity using their technical knowledge and professional skills to be a startup founder, Shahnaz says. This years event is scheduled to be held from 6 to 8 November in Arlington, Va.

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Henry Samueli and the Rise of Digital Broadband

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During the term, each student was expected to build a crystal radio from a kit, using a single crystal and an antenna wound on a toilet paper tube. Bored with the prospect, Samueli asked his teacher if, instead, he could build a five-tube short-wave radio he had read about in a Heathkit catalog. The first Ph.D. Atlanta, Ga.;

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2025 IEEE Medal of Honor Awarded to Broadcom’s Henry Samueli

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After publishing their research, they decided to commercialize their product and in 1991 founded Broadcom in San Jose, Calif. He served in that position until 2018, two years after the company merged with semiconductor manufacturer Avago Technologies, also of San Jose. Today Samueli is chairman of the companys board.

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World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

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Design and build energy-efficient, low-carbon-impact buildings, green smart cities, and intelligent, greener transportation systems. This years event is scheduled for 19 and 20 August in San Jose, Calif. Renewable energy innovations. Enrich and expand solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal energy generation and utilization.

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Building materials recycler switches fleet to Neste renewable diesel

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Our environmental track record and continual efforts to help our customers build more sustainable communities played a major role in our decision to use renewable diesel in our fleet. Western States Oil, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is the exclusive distributor of Neste MY Renewable Diesel to Argent Materials.

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Bosch and Daimler: San Jose to become pilot city for automated on-demand ride-hailing service; SAE Level 4/5

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Bosch and Daimler announced that San Jose, the third biggest city in California, is planned to be the pilot city for trials, targeted to begin during the second half of 2019, of the highly and fully automated driving (SAE Level 4/5) on-demand ride-hailing service recently announced by the two companies. Earlier post.)

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San Jose/Tesla deal announcement Wed.

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The NY Times is reporting that Wednesday morning will see the announcement of a deal that will see Tesla's second electric car, the sedan, built in San Jose. On Wednesday morning, the company will announce a deal to lease 89 acres of land in San Jose, Calif.

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