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This USC Professor is Developing an Artificial Brain

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People have expected great things from Alice Parker , who was raised in a family of distinguished scientists and engineers. And Parker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern California has delivered. It is now available on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki.

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NIST awards $7.4M in grants for additive manufacturing research

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In addition, data will guide development of customized engineered materials tailored to the capabilities of specific AM technologies, eliminating much trial-and-error testing. The ultimate goal is to produce a “3D Quality Certificate” that would index in-process measurements to part geometry and properties.

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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 winning project proposals (by award amount) are: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Georgia: $10,800,000. MARTA anticipates that the power produced by these photovoltaic panels will be sold to Georgia Power under their Distributed Generation Contract Program. The largest PV installation in Georgia. Of that, $26.5

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Oerlikon expands additive manufacturing R&D and production capacity in the US

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Oerlikon is expanding its global additive manufacturing (AM) business with a state-of-the-art R&D and production facility for additively manufactured advanced components in the Charlotte metro area in North Carolina, USA. The addition of the new site in Charlotte brings Oerlikon’s AM network to four locations globally.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Charlotte, NC Aiken, SC. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. Advanced Vehicle Research Center; Auto Exposure LLC; Big Fish Advertising and Public Relations; MotorWeek; Sabre Engineering; Northeast Utilities. State of Colorado State of Georgia Fort Collins, CO Boulder, CO Atlanta, GA. DOE Award ($mil.). Technology.

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