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  2. Iowa State University - Wikipedia

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    Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States.Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the nation's first designated land-grant institutions when the Iowa Legislature accepted the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act on September ...

  3. Duane Arnold Energy Center - Wikipedia

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    The Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC) was Iowa's only nuclear power plant. It is located on a 500-acre (200 ha) site on the west bank of the Cedar River, two miles (3.2 km) north-northeast of Palo, Iowa, USA, or eight miles (13 km) northwest of Cedar Rapids. DAEC entered operation in February 1975.

  4. Troy Davis (running back) - Wikipedia

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    He played college football for the Iowa State Cyclones, finishing as a finalist for the Heisman Trophy. Davis twice earned consensus All-American honors and was the first and one of only two NCAA Division I-A running backs to rush for over 2,000 yards in back-to-back seasons.

  5. List of power stations in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Iowa, sorted by type and name. In 2021, Iowa had a total summer capacity of 21,771 MW through all of its power plants, and in 2022 Iowa had a net generation of 71,316 GWh. [ 2 ]

  6. Ames, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    Iowa State has produced a number of astronauts, scientists, Nobel laureates, [33] and Pulitzer Prize winners. [34] Until 1945 it was known as the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The university is a member of the American Association of Universities and the Big 12 Conference. Memorial Union, Iowa State College, 1940

  7. Fourth Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Industry 4.0 inspired Innovation 4.0, a move toward digitisation for academia and research and development. [88] In 2017, the £81M Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) at the University of Liverpool opened as a center for computer aided materials science, [ 89 ] where robotic formulation, [ 90 ] data capture and modelling are being integrated ...

  8. Manhattan Project - Wikipedia

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    Manhattan District From top to bottom, left to right: Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor K-25, the primary uranium enrichment site The Hanford B Reactor used for plutonium production The Gadget implosion device at Los Alamos Alsos soldiers dismantle the Haigerloch pile of the German nuclear weapons program The Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

  9. Cedar Falls, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    [4] Because of the availability of water power, Cedar Falls developed as a milling and industrial center prior to the Civil War. The establishment of the Civil War Soldiers' Orphans Home in Cedar Falls changed the direction in which the city developed when, following the war, it became the first building on the campus of the Iowa State Normal ...