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BMW providing 10 pre-owned i3 EVs to UC Davis for 18 months

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We’re moving toward a transportation system of reduced personal car ownership. This is one slice of conditioning the market, users and institutions like this university to think along those lines. —Simon Euringer, vice president of the BMW Group Technology Office USA. —ITS-Davis Director Dan Sperling.

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A Novel IEEE Workshop Showcases Jamaica’s Engineering Community

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The section held a first-of-its-kind workshop in January at the University of Technology in Kingston. Students and members met with IEEE leaders, government officials, university professors, and industry executives. Students from several local schools and universities participated in the event. IEEE Member Juleen Gentles.

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Video Friday: FridgeBot

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Telexistence ] It would be a lot easier to build a drone if you didn't have to worry about take-offs or landings, and DARPA's Gremlins program has been making tangible progress towards midair drone recovery.

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From Introvert to IEEE Influencer

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He has penned several research papers and is the author of an IEEE-USA book. Kalra says he found his voice in 2016 after becoming a member of the IEEE student branch at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Dwarka, Delhi. In addition, he is the new editor of the IEEE IC Vaani , the India Council newsletter.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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The two had been exchanging ideas in person and via email and reviewing the work of others who were trying to solve similar issues. his best friend, Steve Crocker , wrangled permission for the two to occasionally use a Bendix G-15 computer at the University of California, Los Angeles. It was weird, but I was mesmerized.”

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. Ohio State University. Iowa State University. University of Pittsburgh. Penn State University Park.

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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We couldn’t afford to pay [US] $350 to buy a machine at that time, so we had to build our own,” he says. After he was discharged, he continued his education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After he was discharged, he continued his education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Paul, Minn. government.

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