Sentences with phrase «by city engineers»

Students at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, Mass. were trained by city engineers to do scientific energy audits of city buildings.

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«Our sole objective was to hire the most talented scientists and engineers to help lead the company and our cities to a driverless future,» he said in a statement (as reported by the Times.)

There will be 40 million mega cities (cities with 10 million or more people) in the world by 2030, up from 28 million cities in 2015, according to engineering consulting company CH2M.

For example, the city's eastern edge is dominated by Propak Systems, which next year marks 40 years of being based in Airdrie, making the city a hub for engineering, fabrication and construction services.

By LAURA LOREK Publisher of Silicon Hills News Engineers are becoming the new farmers, according to Robyn Metcalfe, founder, and director of Food + City at the University of Texas at Austin.

Many whites, chastened by the apparent failures of 1960s - style social engineering but genuinely concerned about the tragedy unfolding in our inner cities, are reluctant to engage the issue.

They're from middle - class families — Felder's father is a mechanical engineer, Vettori's a lieutenant in the Austrian army — and when the two have spare time, they often relax by hopping into a Volkswagen bus and driving off to Italy for some surfing or to a major city where they can check out the latest rock bands.

The Eerie poetry that small girls chant (or compose) as they skip rope and the strange rhythmical games involving hand clapping or bouncing balls that children improvise on city streets have been recorded by an imaginative sound engineer named Tony Schwartz, in what the New York Times the other day called the most original piece of work ever put on records.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has warned that the city could lose 35 feet of lakefront a year to erosion unless it restores seawalls damaged by record high Lake Michigan water levels.

That partnership could slash the project's price tag by at least $ 1 million, and maybe more, by using city and Park District expertise and capital equipment to do much of the engineering and construction.

«This is clearly a statewide corruption scandal engineered by the Mayor of New York City.

In a recent meeting with the Advance, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said the department has been talking to the city Economic Development Corporation and expects that transportation engineer Sam Schwartz, hired by Wheel CEO Rich Marin, will help them address traffic problems that will come with the retail complex and wheel.

By Sean Ryan Contrary to concerns raised by the Coalition to Save the Hoan, Milwaukee officials are not trying to delay re-decking of the Hoan Bridge, said the city engineeBy Sean Ryan Contrary to concerns raised by the Coalition to Save the Hoan, Milwaukee officials are not trying to delay re-decking of the Hoan Bridge, said the city engineeby the Coalition to Save the Hoan, Milwaukee officials are not trying to delay re-decking of the Hoan Bridge, said the city engineer.

But while the chamber has closed, Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership of New York City, said the Israeli tech community is well - represented in New York City by the country's consul general and the Technion Institute, which has partnered with Cornell University to build a new graduate engineering school on Roosevelt Island.

A subterranean survey taken by former city planner and civil engineer Bob Pritchard some 35 years ago concluded that it would take upwards of $ 50 million to modernize the system.

Physics lessons can be taught by qualified engineers, history lessons can be taught by former lawyers and maths teachers can be former City high - fliers who have chosen to change their careers; they are not prevented from teaching in these schools because they do not have a certain teaching qualification.

In addition, the city sampled homes owned by public works employees, a parking enforcement officer and a senior engineer.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — The city Department of Investigation — which is led by the treasurer of Mayor Bill de Blasio's 2013 campaign — has opened a probe into a de Blasio fundraiser and his two engineering firms whose employees donated nearly $ 40,000 to the mayor's last campaign and transition committee, DNAinfo New York has learned.

They claim the move was engineered by the Queens Democratic Party to hurt Monserrate in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary for the City Council.

Funds will also be used to increase reliability between Albany and New York City, by modernizing signals and advance necessary engineering and environmental work for the future replacement of the Livingston Avenue Bridge over the Hudson River between Rensselaer and Albany.

Proposed by Garden City developer Vincent Polimeni, who already has invested $ 250,000 in a detailed engineering study of the tunnel's feasibility, the plan envisions an underground link across the Sound that would connect highway to highway, starting where Route 135 dead - ends just north of the Long Island Expressway and ending at the junction of I - 95 and I - 287, near Rye.

At issue in their latest fight is Move NY, a plan engineered by former city traffic commissioner (Gridlock) Sam Schwartz that entails placing tolls on the East River bridges and 60th Street in Manhattan to raise money for mass transit.

The $ 3,733 was part of a $ 4,829 contribution made by William J. Rugg Sr., former president of Krehbiel Associates, a Town of Tonawanda engineering firm that performed a substantial amount of work for the City of North Tonawanda when Maziarz served as city clerk before being elected county clCity of North Tonawanda when Maziarz served as city clerk before being elected county clcity clerk before being elected county clerk.

That move was championed by Republican leadership and the Texas Public Utility Commission and has opened the possibility for renewables as a substantial part of the energy portfolios for multiple cities, said Thomas Edgar, a professor of engineering and chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.

We have the engineering ability to create radiation - shielded cities by going underground.

«You get more bang for your buck» by combining tDCS with conventional training, contends Marom Bikson, a professor of biomedical engineering at the City College of New York.

Lukas Dow, a cancer biologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, and colleagues investigated Apc's role by genetically engineering mice with a kind of Apc on / off switch.

Now, a team led by microbiologist Tim Kunkel of The Rockefeller University in New York City has shown that at least two crops — lettuce and tobacco — can be engineered without using antibiotic resistance genes.

Engineers may gauge a city's physical resilience by the strain a levee can bear.

In California — which is plagued by drought — and in the Middle East — it is no longer possible to supply water to major cities without desalinating it,» says Søren Hvilshøj, Global Market Director, Water from consulting engineers, Ramboll.

«What we want to do is enable smart cities and fabrics where everyday objects in outdoor environments — whether it's posters or street signs or even the shirt you're wearing — can «talk» to you by sending information to your phone or car,» said lead faculty and UW assistant professor of computer science and engineering Shyam Gollakota.

As part of the broader Generating Genius program, Richards facilitated and hosted a school challenge at ICL that paired pupils from inner city schools and Eton College, the prestigious public school, to help them understand different approaches to learning by solving science and engineering - based challenges together.

On 19 October 1918, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) was founded in New York City by five organizations: the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (now IEEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers (AIMME), and the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM).

More were soon discovered, and 122 nonsense conference papers were ultimately retracted by Springer, the academic publishing giant based in Heidelberg, Germany, and by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, based in New York City.

Researchers led by Dr. Debra Auguste, associate professor, biomedical engineering, in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York, have identified a molecule that could lead to developing treatment for one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer.

No surprise, all these plots — whether engineered by villains or heroes — rehearse imperial fantasies at the expense of African tribespeople (no cities in this Africa, just impoverished villages and the occasional marketplace), whose lives are ruined by the intruders» shenanigans, whether environmental, biological, or cultural.

It's another (read: fantastic) day in the life of Spider - Man as he slingshots his way through tight corridors lined with looming edifices and over the heads of captivated (and conveniently placed) on - lookers — plucking children, police officers, even a desperately lonely and low - level OsCorp engineer named Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) out of harm's way as an out - of - control tanker truck carrying plutonium samples and driven by a crazed Aleksei Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti) smashes through the city.

In the capitol city, rookie Minister of Mining Laurence Golborne (Rodrigo Santoro, 300), persuades the President Sebastián Piñera (Bob Gunton, 24, Daredevil)-RRB- that the government should be seen to be trying to help and heads off to the mine — where he makes a negative impression on the sister of one of the miners before his efforts lead to a team of rescuers led by chief engineer Andre Sougarret (Gabriel Byrne, In Treatment, Vikings).

An electrical engineer by day, they noticed a problem: there should be no way for the city to generate power.

A teachers» contract adopted last year, which was engineered by Gov. Roy Romer, established «collaborative - decisionmaking» committees at each of the city's 110 schools and gave them broad authority over instructional and curriculum issues, faculty selection, and other matters.

Co-organised by local companies and City of Lincoln Council Spark aims to inspire and ignite interest in engineering among the young looking to their future career as well as further a sense of pride within the sector, which includes world beating businesses in the county, as well with the wider community.

Led by Domenic Grignano, the school's ever - energized, ever - focused technology facilitator / systems engineer, laptop use has become a way of life at the inner - city school.

Over a thousand high school, undergraduate and graduate students are served each year by the Center's programs, which include Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math / Science, two College Prep Centers located in the Rochester City School District, the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program and the Xerox Scholars program for engineering students.

Prioritising cabin space and packaging by moving the engine rearwards, Renault's engineers hope to not only emulate the innovation that was brought to the sector by the original 1992 car, but also improve city manoeuvrability and interior space.

The Chevrolet City Express is a badge engineered Nissan NV200 for the American and Canadian markets produced by the American automaker Chevrolet.

In reality, GM engineers have been able to increase the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid's around town fuel efficiency by almost 25 percent, as it checks in at 20 - mpg city (highway is rated at 23 - mpg).

Energy delivered by a slightly reformulated 24 - kwh Li - ion battery is the same this year, but Nissan's engineers upped range and miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) to 115 combined, 129 city, and 102 highway thanks to what we call the Apollo 13 treatment.

«Chrysler brand embodies Detroit style, and our new 200S and 300S Alloy Editions are a perfect meld of our engineering innovation and craftsmanship, forged with cutting - edge colors and materials inspired by the Motor City's ingenuity and creativity,» said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands of FCA North America.

«Chrysler brand embodies Detroit style, and our new 200S and 300S Alloy Editions are a perfect meld of our engineering innovation and craftsmanship, forged with cutting - edge colors and materials inspired by the Motor City's ingenuity and creativity,» said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands — Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT, FCA — North America.

Thanks to a collaboration across city agencies, engineers, a «carrier hotel» and others, Amazon's newest building is heated by recycling excess energy from a neighboring data center.