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Univ. of Regina researchers propose new enhanced heavy oil recovery process for Western Canada

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A paper on their work is published in the journal Fuel ; the team had earlier presented their work at 2013 SPE Heavy Oil Conference in Calgary in June. Tao Jiang, Fanhua Zeng, Xinfeng Jia, Yongan Gu (2013) A new solvent-based enhanced heavy oil recovery method: Cyclic production with continuous solvent injection. 2013.07.043.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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An active IEEE volunteer, Hodges served in several leadership roles including 2007 vice chair of the IEEE Awards Board and 2011–2012 vice president of the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board. He was largely responsible for moving the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in 1978 from Philadelphia to San Francisco.

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A Non-Engineer’s Journey to IEEE Leadership

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She either waited outside the conference room or helped with tasks such as serving refreshments. She studied information management and computer applications, Jamaican securities, fraud detection, forensic auditing, and supervisory management, earning an associate degree in business administration in 2007. Both are from Jamaica.

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IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

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YCEI will provide seed grants, support postgraduate studies, sponsor conferences and workshops, and foster interdisciplinary research in both science and public policy. An overview of this week’s findings will be presented to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties this December, also in Copenhagen.

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Cummins Westport begins development on new mid-range natural gas engine; production by 2015

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The SEGR technology was introduced with the ISL G in 2007, and was developed to meet 2010 EPA emission requirements. liter ISX12 G, which will start production in 2013, to give our customers a broad range of natural gas engines for on-highway applications. The addition of the ISB6.7 It joins the 8.9-liter

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Maxwell Technologies to participate in EU ElectroGraph program to investigate use of graphene in supercapacitors; first industrial evaluation of graphene in ultracaps at device level

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The research has received funding from the EU’s Seventh Framework Program (FP/2007-2013) under grant agreement Nº266391. Maxwell Technologies SA will receive approximately €325,000 ($437,000) over three years for its part in a multi-party collaboration led by the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.

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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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The probability of an exploratory oil well being successful was 20% in 1949 and just 16% in the late 1960s, but by 2007 that figure had risen to 69%; today it’s around 50%, according to the US Energy Information Administration. For example, our calculations are based on total carbon emissions ranging from 12,744 to 17,407 gigatons of CO 2.

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