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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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After graduating, he joined Collins Radio—now Collins Aerospace —headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. During his career, he designed 14 patented electromechanical filters. He also wrote Mechanical Filters in Electronics , the first book in a series about the design, fabrication, and uses of filters.

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New efficient hybrid optimization control method for diesel engine emissions and performance

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Researchers at Iowa State have developed a new hybrid optimization control method to improve diesel engine emissions and performance. Furthermore, the variable devices identified above would appear in the as-built condition of an engine, not its original design parameters, which could easily number into the hundreds.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. will develop a commercially viable process for the production of bio-butanol, an advanced biofuel, from seaweed (macroalgae). Scaling and Commercialization of Algae Harvesting Technologies. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $9,000,000).

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