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Lithium Americas begins construction at Thacker Pass

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The Federal Court declined to vacate the ROD and ordered the BLM to consider one issue under the mining law relating to the area designated for waste storage and tailings and did not impose any restrictions expected to impact the construction timeline. Earlier post.) Sulfuric Acid Plant. EXP Global Inc.

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Battle Motors acquires Crane Carrier Company; Class 7 and 8 vocational truck electrification

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and Nick Sampson, co-founder of Faraday Future and former head of vehicle engineering at Tesla. Crane Carrier Company (CCC) has been manufacturing commercial vehicles for 75 years and is based in New Philadelphia, Ohio with 180 sales and service dealers throughout North America.

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IEEE’s TryEngineering Summer Institute Provides Hands-On Experiences

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The 10-day camp for students ages 13 to 17 provides an immersive and fun approach to learning about engineering. The teenagers engage in hands-on activities, speak with working engineers, and make field trips to local engineering organizations. In its inaugural year in 2018, 80 students participated; this year 330 attended.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. Hodges became dean of UC Berkeley’s engineering college in 1990.

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Ford to offer new diesel engine option in new Transit van; new Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Cost Calculator

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Ford will bring the all-new Ford Transit commercial van to market with an option for an all-new diesel engine as well as the 3.5L has different environmental ramifications from operating one in Philadelphia. E-Series full-size vans and cutaways are available with flex fuel or CNG/LPG gaseous engine prep package fuel systems.

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SG Preston and IHI E&C partner on portfolio of renewable diesel and jet plants; 5 initial sites, 600M gallons total capacity

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SG Preston, a Philadelphia-based bioenergy company, is partnering with IHI E&C , a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) subsidiary of Japan’s IHI Corporation , to develop and to construct a series of commercial-scale renewable diesel and jet fuel manufacturing plants, initially in the US Midwest and Canada.

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AI and Machine Learning Salaries Drop

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salaries for software engineers with expertise in machine learning, for example, jumped 22 percent in 2019 over 2018, then went up another 3.1 But the biggest growth in salaries came outside these two tech hubs, with Seattle, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Chicago all recording double-digit increases, according to the Dice analysis.