In 1989 Dow's materials-engineering center beat out General Electric for the chance to build, using plastics, a riding lawn mower for John Deere.

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"Our initial analysis shows that the general problem of long-term planetary engineering is almost alarmingly feasible, " they say.

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It vied for a contract with General Motors when GM was engineering the Chevy Volt, an electric-gasoline hybrid.

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After an engineering degree from General Motors Institute, Burns spread his wings in the mid-1970s and set out for Berkeley, Calif. in a customized van, backpacking, skiing and getting a Ph.

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At the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), the Director-General will attend the ceremony for five students benefitting from scholarships in environmental engineering, specialized in sanitary engineering within the framework of the agreement between UNESCO-IHE Institute of for Water Education and ANII.

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Gretchen Kalonji, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO, noted that solutions for sustainability should involve the engineering community.

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The Director-General underlined the importance of a better interface between science and policy, and to engineering as one of the pillars of science, innovation and technology.

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When Ceefax launched, it was rumoured that there were only four teletext-capable TV sets in the whole UK - one in the BBC director general's office, one for the director of engineering, one at Kingswood Warren and one in Colin McIntyre's home.

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She chose to study electrical engineering at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Mich. because the paid co-op program helped finance her education.

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