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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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One month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group of more than 100 makers from all over Ukraine manufactured and supplied a number of 3D-printed products to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Territorial Defense Force, and the Air Forces. For security reasons, this group does not disclose most of their work.

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Study finds methane emissions from coal mines ~50% higher than previously thought

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Kholod is a scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a partnership between PNNL and the University of Maryland where researchers explore the interactions between human, energy and environmental systems. Ukraine reported that all its mines abandoned that year were flooded. —Nazar Kholod.

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Satellite Signal Jamming Reaches New Lows

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 put Ukrainian communications in a literal jam: Just before the invasion, Russian hackers knocked out Viasat satellite ground receivers across Europe. University research groups are also launching tiny, standardized cube satellites (CubeSats) into LEO for research and demonstration purposes.

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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The IEEE member is an electrical design engineer at Arkansas Nuclear One , in Russellville. A day in the life of an electrical design engineer Since childhood, Ansari says, she knew that she wanted to work in physics or in power engineering. Ansari entered the field of power engineering during her final semester as a Ph.D.

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The Portrait Artist

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Only a handful of engineering luminaries know what it feels like to get “The Call” from IEEE Spectrum senior editor Tekla S. She was first assigned the task of profiling some of the most influential and consequential engineers of the last quarter century in 1995, starting with the MOH recipient Lotfi A. Education: B.A.,

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Portable Life-Support Device Provides Critical Care in Conflict and Disaster Zones

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His research at Toronto’s University Health Network has made major breakthroughs in understanding the absorption and use of oxygen by the body. In 2004, together with other physicians and engineers, he created a company to develop solutions based on his innovations. Joe Fisher is devoted to the light side of human ingenuity, medicine.

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Oil Drum Licenses On-Board Hydrogen Generator for Baltic States

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University of Kent (UK) spin-off Oil Drum Ltd , has signed a licensing deal with UAB Hydro2 that will enable its on-board hydrogen generator technology to be manufactured, sold and installed in the Baltic States. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Hydrogen Production Vehicle Systems. It is also developing an opportunity in Russia.

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