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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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She has published extensively (more than 200 papers), and her research has received public and private funding at national and international levels. During his career, he has engaged in projects that affected Panama’s development—as part of the international team working on the electrical interconnection between countries in Central America.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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She was inspired by her parents, who worked in biology, and by her reading of physics journals and engineering and science magazines. student at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock, when she interned at Arkansas Nuclear One. Ansari entered the field of power engineering during her final semester as a Ph.D.

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Celebrating 25 Years of IEEE Women in Engineering

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On International Women’s Day, 8 March, a 12-hour virtual marathon showcased each IEEE region’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Finalists receive a plaque and a ticket to attend this year’s IEEE WIE International Leadership Conference , which is scheduled for 6 and 7 June. The event is available on demand via IEEE.tv.

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World’s first indoor electric car drive-in cinema lands at Farnborough later this year

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This – the first in a series of drive-in events – will be held at Farnborough International, approximately 30 minutes from London Heathrow, and electric car drivers, and passengers alike, are guaranteed a unique cinematic experience. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars.

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DOE BETO seeking input on Optima initiative for co-optimization of fuels and engines

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Instead, the internal combustion engine will continue to be integral to the transportation of people and goods for the foreseeable future. How these new engines perform and how they will be integrated into new vehicle architectures will be the story of personal mobility for this half of the 21 st century. … Optima program overview.

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Stephen Welby: A Man on a Mission

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Leading a global organization that depends on in-person meetings and events has proven especially challenging in recent years. Conflict among countries, trade restrictions, and proliferating international sanctions among nations have created new challenges for IEEE activities, he says. “We

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