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IEEE Life Members Committee Reconnects With Members

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During the pandemic, fewer life members were attending in-person activities and joining local groups, and donations to the Life Members Fund , which supports several programs, dropped off. This years conference , Learning Never Stops, is scheduled for 11 to 13 June at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. More than 180 people attended.

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A Knee Injury Launched This VR Pioneer’s Career

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Carolina Cruz-Neira Employer: University of Central Florida Occupation: Computer-science professor Education: Bachelors degree in systems engineering, Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas; masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science, University of Illinois Chicago; Ph.D.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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bp invests in free local electric transit business Freebee

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Freebee’s free-to-the-user trips are financed through local governments as part of municipalities’ public transport networks, and also by private entities such as corporate business parks, hotels and resorts, and university campuses. The expansion is expected to help the business move more than 1 million passengers by the end of the year.

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New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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By water stress, researchers are referring to per capita freshwater availability of less than 450,000 gallons per person per year, but the ways society chooses to store and allocate water will determine whether an actual shortage exits. —Esther Parish.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. Florida Power and Light Company. Binghamton University (State University of New York). University of California, San Diego.

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Study finds unprecedented urbanization and urban expansion in East-Southeast Asia from 2000 to 2010

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—Professor Annemarie Schneider from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, lead author. The population maps were developed by the WorldPop team, led by Andy Tatem at the University of Southampton. This study reveals the opposite, and this could change how officials plan and adapt to urbanization in the future.

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