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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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White was the first American chair of the International Conference on Large High-Voltage Electric Systems. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. He retired from there in 1992.

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DOE awarding $22 million for algal fuel and biomass feedstock supply chain projects

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Moniz was speaking at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Biomass 2013 conference. One of the largest costs for the advanced biofuels industry comes from harvesting its raw material or feedstock and delivering it from the field or forest to a biorefinery. Nearly $16.5

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Toyota CSRC launches new research tracks on autonomous & connected vehicle technologies; 11 projects with 8 institutions

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Since its launch in 2011, CSRC launched and completed 44 research projects with 23 partner universities, publishing more than 200 papers and presenting at multiple industry conferences. University of Iowa – National Advanced Driving Simulator. University of Iowa – National Advanced Driving Simulator.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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Her work includes designing and developing RF, microwave, and millimeter wave components and subsystems for the defense and aerospace industries. Brunasso has presented papers at the IEEE International Microwave Symposium , the IEEE Radar Conference , and the IEEE Ultra-Wideband Conference. He is a member of the U.S.

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GM and Stellantis Back Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnet

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For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? I call it the perversity of nature,” jokes Matthew Kramer , Distinguished Scientist at Ames National Laboratory , in Iowa.

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The Unsung Inventor Who Chased the LED Rainbow

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Sitting in his shirtsleeves at an industrial beige metal desk piled with papers, amid dented bookcases, gym bag in the corner, he does not look like anybody’s definition of a star engineer. No more fancy office and private conference room; at HP Craford gets only “a cubby, a tin desk, and a tin chair.”. San Jose, Calif. And, he told.

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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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Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts. TIGGER will fund the labor portion of the project only. Material is being financed and procured through the New York Power Authority. Delaware Transit Corporation, Delaware: $1,500,000.

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