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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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Since its founding in 1995 at Purdue University , the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE program has been providing nonprofit organizations with technology to improve and deliver services to their community while broadening undergraduate EE students’ hands-on experiences. sustainable development goals.

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AI Is Helping to Stop Animal Poaching and Food Insecurity

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Food waste is a huge problem, and there are a lot of people suffering from food insecurity in Pittsburgh,” Fang says. She eventually changed her major to electrical engineering because, she says, she found it more interesting. Food waste and food insecurity are huge problems around the world, including Pittsburgh. CURRENT WORK.

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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. During its due diligence, with regard to ICO concentrate, Jervois assessed implications at SMP Refinery both for processing (including impurity removal and physical handling constraints) and also waste generation.

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