Guiding the way to a more sustainable energy future

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released an alarming report this October about what it would take to cap rising global temperatures at 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Hitting this target has motivated countries to start developing and executing plans for decarbonization of their power generation and energy matrix, as well as other options, such as removing CO2 out of the atmosphere itself.

Larry Snyder publishes book of puzzles

Dr. Larry Snyder, a professor of industrial and systems engineering at Lehigh University, has recently published a book entitled "The Opex Analytics Weekly Puzzle: A Collection of Puzzles Using Math, Operations Research, Computer Science, Probability and Logic."
 
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Making “smart” safe—when every millisecond matters

A driver behind the wheel of a luxury sedan spills a cup of hot coffee and, in a moment of distraction, suddenly faces a life-shattering crash.

But in a split second—cue the dramatic pause—the vehicle’s automatic breaking or crash avoidance technology engages the car’s brakes. A time-critical intervention that avoids the tragedy altogether.

Making cities smarter

The mention of smart cities may bring to mind visions of a sparkling future metropolis, churning smoothly and silently: gleaming monorails gliding by with nary a whisper, walkways whisking pedestrians to their destinations, wireless and instant access to information on demand, and lights brightening and dimming on cue as you enter or leave a room.

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