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Johnson Controls donates plug-in electric and all-electric vehicles to Pulaski High School in Milwaukee

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is donating a plug-in electric and all-electric vehicle to the automotive program at Milwaukee Public Schools’ Pulaski High School, creating what is believed to be the first program in the nation to give students dedicated access to this advanced vehicle technology. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Inventor of the First AI System That Could Read Handwriting Dies at 72

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Founder of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society’s Milwaukee Section. Ishii was an active IEEE volunteer who established the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Milwaukee Section. He graduated in 1959 and joined Marquette University , in Milwaukee, as a professor. Burnum IEEE Milwaukee Section Memorial Award.

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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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million grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) MOVE project. and Milwaukee and the Advanced Hydraulics group in Eden Prairie, Minn. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.). The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas.

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Odyne Systems delivers 7 plug-in hybrid work trucks through the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program

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The following have received advanced Odyne hybrid systems under the Wisconsin Clean Transportation Program: Milwaukee County took delivery of four work trucks in December 2011 and January 2012 that will be used throughout Milwaukee County to maintain traffic signals and street lighting. ComEd received a $1.5

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. Milwaukee County. The US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $84.9 1,700,000.

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IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

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Only public libraries in IEEE Region 4 currently are eligible for an SKPL grant. The SKPL committee set up a formal application process for granting money to libraries. The number of libraries applying for SKPL grants has grown. It awarded 15 grants of up to $2,000.

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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 new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process. The grants awarded were in response to RFP-I, a request for proposals the GRI Research Board issued on 25 April 2011. On 30 June, the Research Board awarded 17 grants totaling $1.5 Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station.

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