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How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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Their groundbreaking research, conducted at the University of Utah , in Salt Lake City, and at their company, Evans and Sutherland , helped jump-start the computer graphics industry. A ceremony was held at the university on 24 March to recognize the computer graphics and visualization techniques with an IEEE Milestone.

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Engineering Students Innovate Accessibility Technology

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The competition challenged university students around the world to use their engineering skills to help with accessibility issues. EPICS is a grant-based program for IEEE Educational Activities that funds service learning projects for university and high school students. John McCauley.

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Toyota Mobility Foundation and partners to launch Rama4 project to ease traffic congestion in Bangkok

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The Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and its Thai partners in the Ministry of Transport, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Metropolitan Police Bureau, Chulalongkorn University and Grab Thailand will launch a project to ease traffic congestion on Rama4 Road. It will be known as the “Rama4 Model.”.

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Maine awarded the US’s first floating offshore wind research lease

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The research conducted will evaluate floating offshore wind’s compatibility with existing ocean uses and assess its potential effects on the environment, supply chains, and job creation. million grant from the US Department of Energy. UMaine’s floating platform, known as VolturnUS, was recently awarded a $12.5 Get started here.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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“Energy is something we take for granted, because we just plug things into the wall, and it feels as inevitable as air. Personalized health care could revolutionize traditional medical practice,” Gao says. Solar won’t work for nocturnal animals or creatures in low-light environments. milliwatts. Batteries die before animals do.

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By Strouse is now a math professor at the Institut de Matheématique at the University of Bordeaux, in France. She has been granted 38 U.S. She became Goldsmith’s role model and friend.

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Portable sensors enable monitoring of pollution on smart phones; inferring pollution maps with greater granularity

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Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego have built a portable pollution sensors that transmit transmit their air quality readings to smart phones, allowing users to monitor air quality in real time. million grant from the National Science Foundation. Boxes represent pollution reading locations during that window.

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