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Transphorm to demonstrate 99% efficiency power switching with a 1200V GaN power transistor at ISPSD 2022

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Our 1200-volt GaN FET will enable excellent performance with greater designability and cost effectiveness than SiC solutions. The 1200V GaN device delivers greater than 99%$ efficiency and performs well against a leading SiC MOSFET of similar on-resistance. We see this as an important milestone for the GaN power electronics industry.

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Wrightspeed partners with AxleTech on heavy-duty electric drive

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Wrightspeed’s GTD (Geared Traction Drive) pairs with a custom axle from AxleTech International, designed to accommodate Wrightspeed’s super duty final drive gear. The custom axle-outfitted GTD unit is featured in the Mack Trucks booth at the WasteExpo conference in Nevada this week.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Twenty-one years later, in 2015, the IEEE member founded Psyonic , which designs and builds advanced, affordable artificial limbs. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Akhtar is the CEO. The startup, headquartered in Champaign, Ill., and a Ph.D.

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Toyota Research Institute launches next phase of collaborative research with 13 new academic institutions; more than $75M investment

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University of Illinois. The projects generated several awards for published papers at leading conferences including the CVPR 2018 Best Paper, an ICRA 2019 Finalist Best Paper, the ICRA 2019 Best Paper, and the 2020 IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Best Paper Award. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Princeton University.

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Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

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For 16 weeks he worked with a group of researchers designing and developing EISPACK , a package of Fortran routines that compute the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices—calculations common in scientific computing. He has won many awards at the conference for his papers. a nearby U.S. Entrepreneurial Spirit.

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. I was interested in the design and operation of airplanes and spacecraft.” Although it was designed for a life of 18 months, the mission operated successfully for 16 years.

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How to Get Started with EV Charging for Hotels and Resorts

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This type of charging would likely be found at retailers, truck stops, and roadside convenience stores , where EV drivers will exit the highway for a meal or rest stop before continuing their journey. Conversely, destination charging is needed at a traveler’s final destination, such as a hotel, resort, or conference center.