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Why Engineers Still Need the Humanities

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Since last September, Ive been spending seven hours a day, five days a week happily researching the history of women in electrical engineering. So far Ive uncovered the names of more than 200 women who contributed to electrical engineering, the first step in an eventual book project. This is what history research looks like.

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

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Ford Motor Company is mapping out a strategy to address the requirements for personal mobility in the context of the megatrend of increasing global urbanization, both in mature economies as well as in emerging markets. —David Berdish.

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Ford and Intel demonstrate in-car personalization with perceptual computing; Project Mobii

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The joint research project, called Mobile Interior Imaging, or Project Mobii, explores how interior-facing cameras could be integrated with sensor technology and data already generated within and around the vehicle to create a more personalized and seamless interaction between driver and vehicle that transforms the driving experience.

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IEEE Life Members Committee Reconnects With Members

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Life members dues, regional assessments, and society fees are waived, and some conference registration fees are reduced. During the pandemic, fewer life members were attending in-person activities and joining local groups, and donations to the Life Members Fund , which supports several programs, dropped off.

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IEEE WIE Conference Will Explore the Future of Work

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The 2022 IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference is scheduled for 6 and 7 June in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual networking events. The in-person events are to take place at the San Diego Convention Center.

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BMW previews future 7 Series, battery-electric i7

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A few weeks before its world premiere and during the BMW Group Annual Conference, Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for Development, presented a few details about the coming new BMW 7 Series, including the new all-electric BMW i7. This new generation of diesel and gasoline engines offers higher efficiency.

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Oak Ridge researcher developing autonomous intelligent engines capable of real-time calibration based on driver behavior

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Andreas Malikopoulos at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading an effort to enable an automobile engine to function as an autonomous intelligent system capable of learning and realizing its optimal calibration in real-time under different conditions while the driver is driving. Background. transient operation.

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