WPI Professor Receives CAREER Award to Pursue Groundbreaking Research on Dust Explosions
Although dust buildup is among the most serious and common fire and explosion hazards in a range of industries, little is known about how dust ignites or how dust explosions propagate, according to Ali Rangwala, assistant professor of fire protection engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Rangwala recently received a five-year, $429,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to close this knowledge gap by conducting a groundbreaking scientific study of dust layer ignition and flame propagation in dust clouds. The CAREER Award is the most prestigious NSF award for young faculty members. WPI counts 18 CAREER Award winners among its current faculty. [read full article at EurekAlert!]
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CACI Awarded Prime Position on $900 Million Contract With U.S. Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate
CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI – News) announced today it has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity task order contract to continue its support for the U.S. Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) through the Technical Engineering Support Services (TESS) award. CACI is one of three companies awarded the five-year TESS contract, which has a ceiling value of $900 million. [read full article at Yahoo! Finance]
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