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John Bardeen’s Terrific Transistorized Music Box

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The Spurlock Museum/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bell Labs used one of the boxes to demonstrate the transistor’s portability. Bardeen brought his box to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, when he joined the faculty in 1951. The other two music boxes went to Bardeen and Brattain. He died in 1991.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. He earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 2007 from Loyola University in Chicago. Two years later he was accepted into the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. MAKING PROSTHETIC LIMBS ACCESSIBLE. and a Ph.D.

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The Portrait Artist

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It’s a rite of passage, a vital part of the process of being selected by IEEE as a Medal of Honor recipient. Perry prefers to meet in person in order to develop a human connection. That rapport lets her subjects open up, giving readers a glimpse of their personalities, motivations, and attitudes. Education: B.A.,

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How Remote Sensing Technologies Increase Food Production

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That was the case for Melba Crawford , who as a teenager couldn’t wait to leave her family’s farm in Illinois to pursue an engineering career. CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. in systems engineering at Ohio State University , in Columbus. I did not want to be an astronaut, because I’m claustrophobic.

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DOE’s Manufacturing Institute to award $35M to support R&D in recycling, reuse and remanufacturing

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The funding opportunity announcement ( FOA ) is part of the Department’s Plastics Innovation Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate innovations in plastics recycling technologies. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Iowa State University, Deere and Company, Green Electronics Council.

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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, thru April

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Here’s a sample of some of the events happening this month: DRIVE Electric: Three Rivers Tribes Chapter Kickoff in Fort McDowell, Scottsdale and Chandler, AZ, a three-part event around Phoenix which will include two drives between the three stages of the event. April 14, 12pm-2pm. Each event has a different assortment of activities (e.g.

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Why These Members Donate to the IEEE Foundation

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The Foundation’s support is made possible, in part, by the gifts from its generous donors. While he was an engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles , Samueli helped found company in San Jose, Calif., I hope that the donations will enhance people’s lives, both professionally and personally.”