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August 30, 2022

Steradian’s 4D Imaging Radar Aims to Make Self-Driving Cars Smarter

by Ansys in Engineering, Engineering News

The founders of Steradian Semiconductors saw a technology gap in the marketplace and used their know-how to fill it. Before launching the fabless semiconductor startup in 2016, the founders were working at well-known technology companies designing chipsets for mass-market radio technologies including Bluetooth, GPS, LTE cellular, and wireless LAN. They discovered that radars could be […]

August 18, 2022

Building a Fleet of Personal EVs in Kenya

by peter fairley in Engineering, Engineering News

Electric vehicles are gaining in popularity around the world, especially with the high cost of fuel. But some of the current EV models aren’t a good fit for owners who can’t wait around for hours for their batteries to charge, such as taxi drivers, delivery people, and ride-hailing services. One startup trying to solve this […]

July 27, 2022

Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

by kathy pretz in Engineering, Engineering News

Jack Dongarra’s dream job growing up was to teach science at a public high school in Chicago. “I was pretty good in math and science, but I wasn’t a particularly good student,” Dongarra says, laughing. After he graduated high school, there was only one university he wanted to attend: Chicago State. That’s because, he says, […]

July 14, 2022

This Startup Builds USVs That Collect Data About Oceans

by Nick Walker in Engineering, Engineering News

Because most of the ocean’s vast area is far from land, it can be dangerous and expensive for crewed vessels to conduct research expeditions. This spurred Julie Angus to cofound the startup Open Ocean Robotics to design, build, and operate oceangoing uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) drones. She is the company’s CEO. “Our planet’s oceans are […]

July 12, 2022

A Guide to the 2023 National Electrical Safety Code

by The IEEE Standards Association in Engineering, Engineering News

Since 1914, the National Electrical Safety Code has been a go-to standard for electric and telecom utility companies. The code is updated every five years. The 2023 edition, scheduled to be released on 1 August, becomes effective on 1 February. The NESC updates better protect workers, the public, and facilities during the installation, operation, and […]

July 11, 2022

What’s the Tech Background of an Autonomous-Vehicle Engineer?

by tekla s. perry in Engineering, Engineering News

Cruise, the San-Francisco–based designer and operator of all-electric self-driving cars, employs nearly 2,000 engineers, including somewhere between 300 and 900 engineers with Ph.D. degrees. They work in hardware and software. They specialize in AI, security, and safety. And though, indeed, some have robotics, automation, or automotive backgrounds, many don’t. Instead, they come from an incredibly […]

July 5, 2022

This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked

by joanna goodrich in Engineering, Engineering News

Shoppers are seeing more and more empty shelves, as stores around the world struggle to keep products stocked. The situation is the result of supply-chain issues caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic. The product-unavailability rate increased from 5 percent to 15 percent during the past three years, according to the Consumer Brands Association. To […]

June 14, 2022

IEEE Education Week Offered Hundreds of Learning Opportunities

by Angelique Parashis in Engineering, Engineering News

IEEE members across the globe came together to celebrate the first-ever IEEE Education Week from 4 to 8 April. The weeklong celebration highlighted educational opportunities provided by IEEE and its many organizational units. More than 60 IEEE operating units, regions, sections, and technical societies offered live events, virtual resources, special offers, and a daily online […]

June 14, 2022

This VC Is Betting Big on Flying Taxis and Scooters

by Angelique Parashis in Engineering, Engineering News

Adam Grosser wants to improve transportationof people, goods, and energy. That’s why the chairman and managing partner of the early-stage venture capital fund UP Partners is investing in several mobility projects. They include Beta Technologies’ electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) urban transportation aircraft, Quincus’s operating system for supply-chain and logistics providers, and Teleo’s teleoperation platform for mining, […]

June 7, 2022

This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

by kathy pretz in Engineering, Engineering News

Many IEEE members credit a parent or a teacher for encouraging them to pursue an engineering career, but for Erol Gelenbe it was his next-door neighbor in his hometown of Ankara, Turkey. Egbert Adriaan Kreiken, a professor of astronomy at Ankara University, convinced the teenager that electronics engineering was going to be the “next big […]

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