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7 Scholarships Exclusively for Women Studying Engineering

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WIE offers three grants. It awards US $2,500 to an IEEE student member who has completed two years of undergraduate study at an ABET-accredited school in the United States. Louis , and the University of California, Berkeley. IEEE Women in Engineering scholarships. The Frances B. A chosen student receives $1,000.

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CleanFUEL USA Secures $12.9 Million from US DOE for 100+ Propane Refueling Stations

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million in two stimulus grants to CleanFUEL USA to establish more than 100 liquid propane (autogas) refueling stations in major US cities in coordination with CleanFUEL USA partners, including ConocoPhillips. The second phase will target 14 cities (Kansas City, Los Angeles, San Antonio/Austin, Oklahoma City, St.

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Founder of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88

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He authored and edited many technical manuals and was granted several U.S. He enjoyed fishing, studying birds, and collecting limericks, and he volunteered at St. During World War II, he had several assignments in the United States but because he was qualified as a sharpshooter, he eventually was deployed to France and Germany.

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USDA and DOE award $12.2M to 10 research projects to accelerate bioenergy crop production and spur economic impact

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The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and Agriculture (USDA) have awarded 10 grants totaling $12.2 Mockler, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Energy cane (Saccharum complex hybrids) holds great potential as a bioenergy feedstock in the southern United States.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Pake was executive vice chancellor, provost, and professor of physics at Washington University in St. Since MAXC, the center has built prototypes of dozens of hardware and software systems—prototypes that sometimes numbered in the thousands of units. First Steps When Goldman set up PARC, one of his first decisions was to ask George E.

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