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Arizona State Students Develop a Solar-Powered Air Filtration System

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A team of students from the Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University is helping to improve the air quality for nomadic communities in Mongolia. A drought in Mongolia has led to food shortages, prompting the nomads to migrate to the Ger district in the capital of Ulaanbaatar, one of the world’s most polluted cities.

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8 development banks commit to provide more than $175B to scale up support for sustainable transport

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and seven other multilateral development banks (MDBs) are committing to provide more than $175 billion of loans and grants for transport in developing countries over the next decade. The ADB made the announcement on behalf of the MDBs at the Rio + 20 event in Rio de Janeiro.

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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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Funding for the program came from a seed grant through the IEEE New Initiatives Committee. Arizona State University students created a solar-powered air filtration system for nomadic people in Mongolia. “By Together they founded EPICS in IEEE as an IEEE Educational Activities program. This year the program marks its 15th anniversary.

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