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The LEO Satellite Industry Needs More Engineers

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The IEEE Fellow is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Manitoba , Canada, and past vice president of IEEE Educational Activities. The IEEE senior member is a professor and chair of electronic systems and sensors at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg , in Germany.

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Kyoto University team proposes selective dismantling to increase recycling potential of precious metals from end-of-life vehicles

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Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan are proposing the selective dismantling of certain components from end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) to increase the recycling potential of precious metals (PMs). In the automotive industry, PMs are extensively used in certain components (e.g.

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Aalborg U study finds biogas and biomethane reduce dry biomass consumption by up to 16%

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Replacing dry biomass-derived fuels with biogas and biogas-derived fuels in certain sectors of the energy system can reduce dry biomass consumption by up to 16% when used for power, heat or industrial sectors, according to a new study by researchers By Aalborg University in Denmark. Korberg et al.

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revoLect battery project seeks to replace metal foils with metallized fabric

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As part of the project, the “Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components” (PEM) of RWTH Aachen University is to develop processes for coating the fabric-based current collectors with slurry-based electrode materials. Among other things, the pilot plant for cell production will be adapted to process the novel materials.

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Industrial Light & Magic Engineer Wins a Technical Oscar

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But it was a fitting honor for Jim Vanns , who won a 2023 Technical Achievement Award—commonly referred to as a Technical Oscar—from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work on the high-performance computing systems behind the blockbuster films Gravity (2013) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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European HEFT project seeks lower-cost, more efficient and power-dense PM emotor for EVs

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The consortium of eight European partners in the HEFT project is led by Mondragan University and includes GKN Automotive. The innovations are intended to result in a high-efficient and low-cost solution that will be validated on 2 motor topologies, which will be compared to two main reference automotive IPM commercial motors in Europe (VW ID.3

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Umicore steps up solid-state battery technology development with investment in Blue Current

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The company has its origins at Lawrence Berkeley and Argonne National Laboratories, UC Berkeley and the University of North Carolina. The company refers to this combination of properties together as a “silicon elastic composite” battery. In June 2022, Umicore and Idemitsu Kosan Co.,

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