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Astra ‘Rocket 3’ nosecone dooms first Florida launch attempt

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Unfortunately, while liftoff and booster ascent appeared to be more or less perfect, Rocket 3’s payload fairing failed to separate, triggering a series of events that caused its upper stage to enter an uncontrolled and unrecoverable spin after burning for just a few seconds. On Thursday, February 10th, Astra Space’s Rocket 3.3

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University of South Florida Spinout Targeting FT Jet Fuel from Biomass with New Catalyst and Process

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A spinout from work at the University of South Florida is developing a new Fischer-Tropsch-based (FT) process to produce hydrocarbon transportation fuels—initially jet fuel—from biomass. The team subsequently placed as finalists at the event. Instead of using an iron catalyst as in conventional FT systems, COSI Catalysts Inc.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Institution: Florida State University. Lead Institution: Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Lead Investigator: Edward J.

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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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NDEW wrap-up (Part II)

Electric Auto Association

Amazing NDEW Events around the country! NDEW event in Thornburg, Virginia. Last month, we highlighted National Drive Electric Week events in the Southwest, the far Northwest, and the lower Northwest. Our chapter also hosted a smaller event on Spetember 25 with 12 cars on display.” NDEW event in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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A First: An AI System Has Been Named An Inventor

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Abbott, a physician as well as a lawyer, is a professor of law and health sciences at the University of Surrey’s School of Law. He also is an adjunct assistant professor at the Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, and he wrote The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Our first two ride & drives, in 2014 and 2015, were the largest NDEW events held in the area west of the Mississippi, south of St. Louis, and north of Florida. The chapter scheduled pre-events that stretched for nearly 3 weeks before NDEW began. We started off with a bang,” recalled Erb. The reason for the instant success?