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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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The effect that access to reliable electricity has had on the village is amazing,” says Morgan Kiani , an engineering professor at Texas Christian University , in Fort Worth. The owner told her sales of the products supported the village’s school, which had been destroyed by an earthquake in 2015.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. PHEVLERs help support the electric grid. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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He was the 2014–2015 chair of the IEEE Seoul Section. before joining Texas Instruments in Dallas. He was granted 107 patents in Korea and 46 U.S. In 1969 he was tasked with helping to build transmission lines in Bangladesh that connected the country’s eastern and western electrical grids. in EE in 1990 from Stanford.

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Edith Clarke: Architect of Modern Power Distribution

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From the start of her career at General Electric in 1922, she was determined to develop stable, more reliable power grids. And Clarke succeeded, playing a critical role in the rapid expansion of the North American electric grid during the 1920s and ’30s. Clarke was granted a U.S. She broke down barriers during her life.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

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Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. Fifty-one projects in 39 states will receive a share of the funding.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board?