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DECEMBER 2, 2009

The 2010 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle (PHV) made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Built specifically to support a global demonstration program that begins this month, the Prius PHV is based on the third-generation Prius. Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Demonstration Program Vehicle 002. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 15, 2023

Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, where she served as director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. Better advance technology by including the organization’s global and diverse members effectively and equitably in the process. She earned master’s and doctoral degrees in EE from Caltech.

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APRIL 11, 2019

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH).

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The inset shows ozone trends in Beijing (red) and Los Angeles (blue). Note that ozone in Beijing today is comparable to Los Angeles in the 1990s. —Lin Zhang of Peking University, lead author. Xiao Lu, Jiayun Hong, Lin Zhang, Owen R. Cooper, Martin G. 8b00366.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

ALLEN MEDAL Sponsor: IBM LYDIA KAVRAKI Rice University Houston “For foundational probabilistic algorithms and randomized search methods that have broad impact in robotic motion planning and computational biology.” IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google, LLC MELBA CRAWFORD Purdue University West Lafayette, Ind. IEEE FRANCES E.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

China is responsible for only a small percentage of the annual pollution in the US, but powerful global winds known as “westerlies” can push airborne chemicals across the ocean in days, particularly during the spring, causing dangerous spikes in contaminants. Jintai Lin of Beijing’s Peking University is the paper’s lead author.

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MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. of global ambient PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

Last year, Hertz introduced the addition of CNG vehicles through Hertz On Demand at Oklahoma State University. Hertz also deploys CNG airport buses at its Los Angeles Airport location and rents CNG vehicles in both Italy and the United Kingdom.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

So having this flexibility adds a great value to FPGA,” explains Alexandro Castellanos , an engineering professor at the University of South Florida. Of course, Global ETS is far from the only organization focused on the issue, but the company says it has added several new locations in the past several years and seen a surge in business.

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JULY 21, 2017

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released the draft of their proposed 2017 C lean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update. The strategies also reinforce the ports’ commitment to sustainable operations that maintain and strengthen their competitive position in the global economy. Freight Efficiency.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Management consulting firm Zinnov released its latest study conducted on the Automotive R&D Globalization Landscape, presenting a global engineering R&D analysis on the top 60 automotive companies and how are they leveraging the global R&D ecosystems to improve engineering output and efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Julia Steinberger, University of Klagenfurt.

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JULY 31, 2023

Senior Member Kathleen Kramer JT MacMillan Nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors Kramer is a professor of electrical engineering at the University of San Diego, where she served as director of engineering from 2004 to 2013. He has been a guest lecturer at California State University, the University of California, and Xiamen University.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The winning coalition, headquartered in Los Angeles, California brings together a consortium of nearly 200 partners from across academia, industry, and non-profits to spur advances in smart sensors and digital process controls that can significantly improve the efficiency of US advanced manufacturing. of Virginia; Virginia Tech; U.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California , in Los Angeles. Ferreira's first job, in 1981, was at the Institute of Power Electronics and Electric Drives at Aachen University , in Germany. He left in 1985 to join the Rand Afrikaans University, now part of the University of Johannesburg.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Credit: GE Global Research. GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, recently completed a research project in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories that could significantly affect the design—and thus the noise and power output—of future wind turbine blades. Courtesy: Prof.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

The Mercedes-Benz Research & Development Center in Beijing has therefore been an integral and crucial component of the global R&D network of Daimler AG for more than a decade. In this process, Mercedes-Benz cooperates in, among others, a joint research project with Tsinghua University.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Among the selected projects, General Electric Global Research (GE) will develop cost-competitive next-generation permanent magnets with magnetic energy product of at least 80 MGOe and 80% less rare-earth mineral content. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) (Los Angeles, CA): Thermal Energy Storage with Supercritical Fluids.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2022

That’s what John Hennessy, Stanford professor (and former president) and chairman of Alphabet , told attendees at the Stanford Global Energy Forum , held in-person this month on the Stanford University campus. The global transition in energy will not be trivial; we have to brace for … a 30-year marathon.” Not really.”

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AUGUST 26, 2014

The study was released by the US Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) and was conducted through a cooperative partnership with the Maritime Administration, the University of Delaware and The Rochester Institute of Technology.

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MAY 24, 2024

Since 1991, Europe has been warming at twice the global average, and 23 of the 30 most severe heat waves in Europe since 1950 have occurred since 2000, with five in the last three years, according to the World Meteorological Organization. “The For visitors planning to visit Athens this summer, Ms. Heat insurance?

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The world’s largest contract chip manufacturer credits Mii with helping it maintain technology leadership in the foundry segment of the global semiconductor industry. Mii earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University , and his master’s and Ph.D., Watson Research Center , in Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

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APRIL 4, 2012

In addition, black soot released into the atmosphere is a major factor in global warming. The particles can be inhaled deeply into the lungs and have been linked to health problems similar to those associated with cigarette smoking. Until now, however, there have been little real-world data on the actual performance of ICs.

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MARCH 15, 2012

Under subcontract to Air Products, FuelCell Energy is operating a DFC power plant at an Orange County Sanitation District wastewater treatment facility near Los Angeles. These varied fueling applications provide an opportunity to assess consumer experiences, evaluate product performance and advance product improvements.

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MAY 13, 2022

While he was an engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles , Samueli helped found company in San Jose, Calif., Hei received the 2021 IEEE Founders Medal for “leadership in research, development, and commercialization of broadband communication and networking technology with global impact.”

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APRIL 30, 2023

his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. But when he entered Stanford University later that year, he envisioned a career in mathematics, not computer science. and University College London. universities.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Although viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists have predicted, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, published in the journal Science. Earlier post.).

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JULY 10, 2019

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Instrumentation to Provide Realistic Training Exercises for Radiation Protection at Nuclear Facilities, $750,000 Argon Electronics (UK) LTD, Luton, UK LLNL Composite Sorbents: Enabling Economical Biomethane Production, $500,000 SoCalGas, Los Angeles, Calif. Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

According to Navigant Research, global revenue generated by ride-hailing services is expected to grow to almost $1.2 as well as 600 universities throughout the country. German executives see an increased global interest in using cars as a service, with consumers and fleet managers paying by the minute, hour, and day.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

Black carbon—soot—is a global-warming agent the immediate control of which will slow the demise of Arctic sea ice faster than will control of any other global-warming agent, Jacobson said. The first found that globally-emitted CO 2 increases US air pollution deaths by about 1,000 each year per 1.8 °F, Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

While some neuroscientists and bioethicists support the global campaign, others say Chile is setting a problematic example for the world, and that its rushed regulations haven’t been properly thought through. should set global standards for neurorights, paving the way for nations to pass their own laws. IEEE Spectrum. The entrepreneur.

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MAY 13, 2011

The new report reaffirms that the preponderance of scientific evidence points to human activities—especially the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere—as the most likely cause for most of the global warming that has occurred over the last several decades. —committee vice chair William L.

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AUGUST 7, 2009

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the delivery of $377 million in funding for 46 new multi-million-dollar Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) ( earlier post ) located at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation. Pennsylvania State University. Purdue University.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

With luck, not every electric truck launch will take place amidst a global pandemic, as the Volvo LIGHTS project did. The LIGHTS team had the Volvo VNR Electric tractor assessed by a team at the University of California, Riverside on a heavy-duty dynamometer. Expect the unexpected, plan on delays.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Japanese manufacturer Nissan appears to have set its sights on global domination with the Nissan LEAF, and now it has announced another partnership. The agreement was announced by Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn at the kick-off of the Nissan LEAF Zero-Emission Tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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