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DOE to award $9M to promote consensus on future fossil energy technologies

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy will award $9 million over five years to organizations to assist it in building domestic and international consensus on future fossil energy technologies ( DE-FOA-0001111 ). International Oil and Natural Gas. Carbon Capture and Storage and Clean Energy Systems.

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Celebrating 25 Years of IEEE Women in Engineering

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To mark its 25th anniversary, the group is planning competitions, panels, seminars, and other events this year. The IEEE senior member, who is a physics professor at the University of Manchester , England, is overseeing the anniversary celebrations. It also works to inspire girls to pursue a career in engineering.

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The LEO Satellite Industry Needs More Engineers

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The IEEE Fellow is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Manitoba , Canada, and past vice president of IEEE Educational Activities. The IEEE senior member is a professor and chair of electronic systems and sensors at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg , in Germany.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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BirdLife International Tokyo. Conservation International Japan. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University. Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development. Suita Environment Learning association for the Future (SELF). Nature Specialist Club to nurture future generations.

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NASA testing new boundary layer ingesting (BLI) propulsor; 4-8% fuel burn savings over current advanced engines

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MIT and NASA engineers earlier proposed the D8 Series as one future aircraft design concept that uses boundary layer ingestion. NASA is testing the propulsor, designed by United Technologies Research Center with research conducted by Virginia Polytechnic and State University, in its 8' x 6' Wind Tunnel at NASA Glenn in Cleveland, Ohio.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) assumed top posts in the industry as well as coveted positions teaching or researching semiconductors at universities and government institutes. He studied at Seoul National University and then at Columbia University, in New York City, where he earned his doctorate under.

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ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

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The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, DC, released a report assessing and comparing the fuel efficiency of airlines serving the US domestic market in 2010. Zeinali et al. Click to enlarge. It employs a new methodology, developed by a team of researchers (Zou et al. )

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