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This IEEE Service-Learning Program Is More Popular Than Ever

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Since its founding in 1995 at Purdue University , the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) in IEEE program has been providing nonprofit organizations with technology to improve and deliver services to their community while broadening undergraduate EE students’ hands-on experiences. sustainable development goals.

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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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As a full professor and deputy president of the School of engineering at the University of Bologna in Italy, Metra specializes in design for test and reliability of integrated circuits and systems. He was also responsible for planning the transmission and distribution systems and the maintenance of the Panama Canal power system.

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Investigators Outline Critical Questions in Boeing 737 Max 9 Incident

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The board will also examine a plug that remained intact on the other side of the plane, interview flight crews and passengers, review maintenance records and repair logs, and conduct laboratory analyses of parts from the plane. Jennifer Homendy, the chairwoman of the N.T.S.B., 27 and Dec.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil).

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