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Fitting It All In: Keys to Mastering Work-Life Balance

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This article is part of our exclusive career advice series in partnership with the I EEE Technology and Engineering Management Society. With technological advancement and changing societal expectations, the concept of work-life balance has become an elusive goal for many, particularly within the engineering community.

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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

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What we need is something called cozy futurism, a concept I first encountered while reading a blog post by software engineer Jose Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente. Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color.

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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. While the general design of SONYC and FloodNet sensor networks build upon the same basic concept of sensor networks, they are based on two different types of sensor technologies.

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Overcoming Systemic Racism Through System Engineering

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Several states have enacted laws that ban, or would appear to ban, discussing the concept in public schools and colleges, and even private workplaces. But racial-equity consultant Tynesia Boyea-Robinson uses the term with an engineer’s precision. She attended Duke University ’s Pratt School of Engineering , in Durham, N.C.,

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

At the end of this article, Prof. By reducing wind resistance and weight, the company’s engineers effectively are reducing the amount of work an electric engine will have to perform to get the car up to driving speeds, which in turn conserves battery power.&#. by: Michael Kanellos.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

For fleet operators, concepts like demand charges and charging management software are entirely new. This article appeared in Issue 62: Oct-Dec 2022. However, these higher energy costs can often be managed through a sophisticated EV service platform for smart charging. Stay tuned. Subscribe here. million of Cap-and-Trade money.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

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On 26 January 1926, select members of the Royal Institution gathered at Baird’s lab in London’s Soho neighborhood to witness the broadcast of a small but clearly defined image of a ventriloquist dummy’s face, sent from the televisor’s electromechanical transmitter to its receiver. But Baird earned his spot in history with the televisor.

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