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US lawmakers demand fracking investigation offshore of California
2013-08-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
California state assembly member Das Williams, along with seven other state legislators, has asked the federal government to investigate reports of oil companies engaging in hydraulic fracturing on California's coastal seabed.
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InternshipMaster ThesisAerodynamic and AeroThermal Investigation of Surface Instruments on Mars
2013-07-26 17:35:55| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Active Space Technologies is an engineering company, focusing on thermal, mechanical and system engineering, as well as on development of instruments, subsystems and technologies for the aerospace and scientific sectors and to other hightechnology focused industries. Active Space Technologies is working for customers such as the European Space Agency ESA, the German Aerospace Center DLR, Selex Galileo, Thales Alenia and various European SMEs. Title Aerodynamic and aerothermal investigation of surface instruments on Mars. Job Description The purpose of the work is to investigate dust devil winds and their interaction with instruments on Mars. This will require interaction with instrument designer and applying aerodynamics knowledge to suggest model optimizations that allow to obtain required stability margins. The main tasks will be performing CFD modeling with data from raw CAD models through post processing results and final report preparation. Additional task may be calculating flow parameters for wind tunnel to create a flow with similar characteristics as on Mars, accounting for its thin atmosphere. Required Experience and skills Major in Aerospace engineeringComputational CFD Strong fundamental knowledge in Aerodynamics and computational methods Previous experience with CAD modeling SolidEdge is preferable Language skills Fluent English written and spoken German language skills would be an asset Desired Experience Previous experience with meshing and CFD modeling using StarCCM or other CFD programs. Background knowledge of Wind Tunnels or equivalent testing facility Nationality Due to existing contractual limitations, the position is open only to Nationals of NATO and EU Countries, Russia, Israel, Switzerland, Tunisia, Australia and New Zealand. Candidates shall NOT have any other nationality than those mentioned here. Application CV and motivation letter to jobs.deactivespacetech.com, with the reference ASTHREVN8302 Deadline 31st August 2013
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Court tells Transocean to stop obstructing Deepwater Horizon investigation
2013-07-25 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Yes, owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, you do have to cooperate with the federal government`s investigation into the 2010 explosion and oil spill. The rest of us would like to see how such disasters could be avoided in the future. That was the message sent by a U.S. Court of Appeals to Transocean, the world`s largest offshore drilling company, ordering it to finally turn over long-sought documents to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). Transocean has been appealing...
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U.S. citizen detained amid Chinese pharma investigation
2013-07-23 14:49:45| Biotech - Topix.net
An American has been detained in connection with investigations sparked by an unfolding corruption scandal in the pharmaceuticals industry in China, a U.S. embassy official said on Tuesday.
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InsideClimate News, Arkansas Times Reach Funding Goal to Conduct Oil Spill Investigation
2013-07-22 11:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: InsideClimate News and the Arkansas Times reached the fundraising target for their innovative reporting collaboration after a three-week campaign. Two reporters will soon be on the ground to investigate the causes and consequences of the Exxon pipeline spill in Mayflower, Ark. that occurred last Mar. 29. The online fundraising effort that raised $26,790 was run on ioby.org, a non-profit crowdfunding platform. About 260 people contributed to the campaign with an average donation of approximately...
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