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Microsoft announces Imagine Cup 2010 winners, recognizing their innovative technology solutions that address the biggest issues of this generation.

 Atkins, the UK’s largest engineering design consultancy, will be providing strategic support services to Scottish Water to help the company deliver its capital works programme over the next five years. The programme covers the Q&SIIIb regulatory period which has a value of around £2.5 billion and runs from 2010 until 2015.

London, United Kingdom (August, 2010) – AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a contract worth over £60 million by EDF Energy to extend a gas storage facility in Cheshire

LEXINGTON, Massachusetts - BAE Systems will provide Canadian soldiers with thermal weapon sights that improve their situational awareness and survivability.
 

PASADENA, CA (January 28, 2011) – Parsons is pleased to announce that it is serving as associate sponsor of the Oman Construction Summit, which is dedicated to discussion of construction projects and investment opportunities in Oman. The event will take place from January 30 – February 2 at the Grand Hyatt, Muscat, Oman.

David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science, today (Friday 28 January) announced £7.2 million of investment in research that could revolutionise the internet.

London, United Kingdom (31 January 2011) - AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointedby BG Group to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and project management for all of the BG Group facilities in the central North Sea, including Armada, North Everest and Lomond platforms.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) has been awarded a five-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army for an anticipated maximum value of $47 million for the procurement of additional AN/AVR-2A(V) Laser Warning System components. The AN/AVR-2A(V) enhances aircraft survivability by detecting multiple laser aided threats and weapons systems.

Open Source Event Returns to Boston June 26-29 at the Hynes Convention Center

Filtrete Wi-Fi Touch Screen Programmable Thermostat Designed for the Eco-Conscious Home

• First graduating class will join GE’s Energy business in Saudi Arabia; support power generation customers in the Kingdom
• Another Step Forward in Nurturing the next generation of Saudi technical talent
• Supports Saudi Arabia’s goal of local training

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced $1.58 billion for 27 transit projects nationwide that will improve public transportation access for millions of Americans.

The new president of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), Toshio Nishizawa, has vowed to drastically streamline the troubled giant utility firm in a bid to pay damages to victims of the ongoing nuclear crisis at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant.

PASADENA, Calif.— While many hotel rooms, recording studios, and even some homes are built with materials to help absorb or reflect sound, mechanisms to truly control the direction of sound waves are still in their infancy. However, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now created the first tunable acoustic diode-a device that allows acoustic information to travel only in one direction, at controllable frequencies.

• Ford India has sold 71,347 wholesale and export units so far this year, representing year-over-year growth of 45 percent
• The company is investing Rs 4000 crore (approx. USD 1 billion) in India to build vehicle manufacturing and engine plants in Sanand, Gujarat
• The recently launched All-New Fiesta expands Ford’s portfolio and offers a best-in-class experience to customers