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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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University of Texas at Arlington for more than 50 years. Kunsan National University , in Korea; Miicevic is an assistant professor of telecommunications and IT at the University of Belgrade , in Serbia; and Bojkovi? is a professor of electrical engineering, also at the University of Belgrade. Education and Early Career.

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LanzaTech receives $3M contract from FAA for alcohol-to-jet project; one of 8 awards worth total of $7.7M

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These alcohols are then converted, using technology from LanzaTech’s partner Swedish Biofuels, to jet fuel that is fully equivalent to petroleum jet fuel, or that can be blended with petroleum. Michigan Technological University will assess the life cycle benefits of the integration process. Earlier post.). Source: FAA.

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Foss Maritime and Aspin Kemp receive US patent for hybrid marine propulsion and energy management system used in harbor tugs

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Foss built the first hybrid tugboat, Carolyn Dorothy , and has successfully converted a second vessel, Campbell Foss , to a hybrid at its shipyard in Rainier, Oregon. T he Hybrid Solution; Power And Reliability In A Green Package (Foss and AKA presentation at 2012 Greening the Research Fleet workshop at Duke University.).

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SGL Group is development partner for GDLs in high-performance fuel cells in the automotive sector

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The GDL in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell provides a steady supply of gas to the catalyst layers, which are located on both sides of the ion exchange membrane and which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electrical energy and water. W/cm 2 at 0.6 CNRS Montpellier, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., 2011.12.148.

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The James Webb Space Telescope was a Career-Defining Project for Janet Barth

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Alma mater: University of Maryland in College Park. Barth initially attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, to pursue a degree in biology, but she soon realized that it wasn’t a good fit for her. She transferred to the University of Maryland in College Park, and changed her major to applied mathematics.

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Japan researchers proposing novel method for powering on-road EVs

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Masahiro Hanazawa at Toyota Central R&D Labs and Takashi Ohira at Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech) are proposing a novel solution for powering EVs capable of running unlimited distances without being hampered by battery limitations. The RF voltage is applied to a balanced metal track embedded under the surface of the road.

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U Michigan team boosting efficiency of thermoelectric materials; potential of reaching 15-20% efficiency could result in practical applications

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Skutterudites are one of several promising novel thermoelectrics—materials that convert a heat differential to electricity—that have been developed and pursued for more than a decade, notes Ctirad Uher, co-author of the PRL paper and author of a chapter on Skutterudite-based thermoelectrics in the 2006 Thermoelectrics Handbook.

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