Public Policy Prof. @RITtigers, WILL Chair @univ_lille & @USA4EE President-Elect. (Gone fishin' on Bluesky/Fediverse - Don't expect any content here...)
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My twitter handle reminds me: A successful climate/energy transition is like eating an elephant - you just do it one little bite at a time.
The scary thing about all this AI stuff basically boils down to this: When you tell it "Don't think of an elephant", it actually does not think of an elephant.
My department (Public Policy) has a tenure-track faculty search. Topical focus is open, but we are especially interested in anyone with health or cybersecurity policy or anything that complements our existing strengths.
Please share & send me any questions. Link below in thread.
A few details: our department is Public Policy, with a tilt towards Sci/Tech Policy. We have great connections across campus (Engineering, CompSci, Science, Sustainability) and a large and growing MS program. We need help managing our growth!
Note that the search is on the early side - we will start reviewing candidates on 15 September. For the full posting, you have to search the job number (8119BR) on the RIT job application site: careers.rit.edu/faculty
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really might need to consider having a moment in every movie where the cast looks directly into the camera to slowly and clearly articulate the major themes.
Japan is seeing the rapid spread of work clothes that aim to protect against heat. The fans attached to the clothes suck outside air, evaporating sweat, thereby releasing heat through vaporization and cooling the body
[read more: buff.ly/44Uh9zT]
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Putin, defender of the faith
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The CEO of OpenAI hoping a movie about the man who made the literal worst thing on earth would inspire kids to be scientists tells you everything you need to know about OpenAI
Happy "I'm on vacation until 25 August and will reply to your email after that" season to European academics.
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1/Today I am thrilled to announce, after years of work, our team @fervoenergy has developed a major advancement in geothermal, proven it at the field scale, and is set to deliver commercial next-gen geothermal decades ahead of schedule. THREAD. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Ooof. A tough but fair look at the numbers on CCUS. CCUS really works, but you have to want it to work to see it realized. If it is just a Macguffin to deter alternatives, then you end up with nothing.
This is an interesting one: putting batteries into railcars so that you could use them as stationary storage or drive them around as a form of electricity transmission. While it would be a bet against large-scale new transmission, that isn't a terrible bet to take.
.@phadkeamol and team explore the potential role that rail-based mobile energy storage could play in providing back-up to the US electricity grid. go.nature.com/3XQTNJi
In France, EDF is advertising visits to clean electricity facilities at the start of the summer vacation period, leading the animated ad with nuclear (and brags that EDF is the most visited company in France).
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The median global income is about $8/day.
