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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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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. She was one of three Georgia women honored in 2008 as part of the ninth annual Women of the Year in Technology Awards. 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? Part of that preparation has focused on rare-earth elements.

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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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The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Ames Transit Agency, Iowa: $1,600,000. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2

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