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Get to Know the IEEE Board of Directors

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He attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville for both his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He joined IEEE while at the university and was president of the IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu honor society’s Gamma Phi chapter. degree in power electronics and industrial controls from Loughborough University of Technology in the U.K.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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Low Cost e-mode GaN HEMT Gate Driver IC: Enables Revolutionary Energy Savings in Variable Speed Drives for Appliance Motors. Infineon Technologies will develop a new, low-cost gate driver integrated circuit (IC) for use with GaN switches, an important component for controlling variable speed electric motors (VSD).

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US DOE Selects 43 Projects for $92M in ARPA-E Funding; 3 on Automotive Power Electronics

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The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.; and Case Western Reserve University.

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DOE NETL selects 12 fossil-fuel power systems projects for funding

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DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). DOE: $749,999 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,499 (20% cost share). Cost: DOE: $749,058 Non-DOE: $187,264 Total: $936,322 (20% cost share). DOE: $750,000 Non-DOE: $187,500 Total: $937,500 (20% cost share). The Ohio State University.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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This project will develop a low-cost, mobile process to treat the total dissolved solids in the flowback water from hydraulic fracturing operations. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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DOE Investing Up to $78M Investment in Two Consortia Targeting Algae-Based and Biomass-Based Bio-Hydrocarbon Fuels and Infrastructure; $1.6M for Ethanol Blends Fueling Infrastructure

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The selected projects consist of leading scientists and engineers from universities, private industry, and government, and will facilitate sharing expertise and technologies. Low-cost one-step syngas to distillates. University of California, Davis; UOP LLC; Virent Energy Systems; and Washington State University.

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DOE awards $45M to 38 advanced transportation technology projects; $3M from the Army

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University of Michigan. The Ohio State University. Arizona State University. Mississippi State University. Johns Hopkins University. The Ohio State University. Michigan State University, Composite Vehicle Research Center. The Pennsylvania State University. Lead organization. Description.