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This Engineer Promotes Innovation-Based Projects in Uganda

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Ever since Lwanga Herbert was a youngster growing up in Kampala, Uganda, he wanted to create technology to improve his community. When he understood the impact his work had, he was inspired to pursue engineering as a career. “I The devices were recognized by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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The society also has expanded its chapters to other parts of the world. Ferdinanda Ponci was elected in 2010 as the IEEE Women in Engineering liaison. The society also has increased membership in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia. Its hard work in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has paid off.

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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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She eventually changed her major to electrical engineering because, she says, she found it more interesting. More trials were conducted in Uganda in 2016 in collaboration with the Queen Elizabeth National Park ’s Wildlife Conservation Society and in China in 2017 and 2019 with the World Wildlife Foundation. Fang earned her Ph.D.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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Consumer solutions Without a doubt, the biggest steps to helping consumers adopt EVs are government-backed programs like tax credits for EVs, funding for EV charging infrastructure expansion, enacting bans on internal combustion engines, and setting goals for EV adoption. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5

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Jervois to acquire SMP nickel & cobalt refinery in Brazil; concentrate from Idaho for refining, cobalt metal back to US

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Jervois currently is a cobalt company with nickel and copper exposure, with mining assets in Idaho, Uganda, and Australia. M3 Engineering (M3) based in Tucson, Arizona, prepared capital and operating cost estimates to BFS level of accuracy (+/- 15%). million with operating costs of approximately US$1.00/lb lb of contained cobalt.

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