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WASHINGTON — Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Administrator, Karen S. Evans, announced that President Donald J. Trump made additional disaster assistance available to the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians Tribal Nation to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Hilary from August 19-21, 2023.

The President authorized the federal cost-share for FEMA’s Public Assistance program to be increased from 75% to 90%. The major disaster declaration made federal funding available through FEMA’s Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation programs.         

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Manufacturing Faculty Position

Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science

Overview

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is currently seeking exceptionally qualified candidates for a 9-month tenure-track faculty position (003755) at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with expertise and research interests in precision engineering for advanced manufacturing systems, and an expected start date of August 2026. Specific areas of interest include, but are not limited to: precision mechatronics and controls for machine design and intelligent manufacturing systems, precision metrology for micro/nanoscale structures such as semiconductors, quantum devices, packaging, and bio-interfaces, fast in-situ metrology and inspection techniques with special interest in optical-based approaches for extreme environments (high temperature, high radiation fields, zero gravity, etc.), and AI-enabled metrology, control, and manufacturing for autonomous and sustainable systems.

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science (MEES) is

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WASHINGTON — FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available to the state of Kansas to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding from July 17-22, 2025.

Public Assistance federal funding is available to the state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe storms, straight-line winds, and flooding in Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Hodgeman, Logan, Morris, Ottawa, Rawlins, Saline, Stevens, Sumner and Wyandotte counties.

Catherine R. Sanders has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal recovery operations in the affected area. Additional designations may be made at a later date if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further assessments.

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The Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Energy Devices (SDU CAPE), part of the Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), invites applications for a 3-year PhD position within the R2-D2 project: “Robotic Research platform and automated Device Doctor for Perovskite Solar Cells”. The position is available from April 15, 2026, and the specific start date will be agreed with the successful candidate. 

About the Project

As a PhD fellow, you will become part of the SDU CAPE research center at the Mads Clausen Institute, SDU, where we focus on designing, developing, and bringing forward new sustainable solar energy conversion and storage technologies, in particular new thin film solar cells and modules. Working as a PhD fellow, you will focus on developing a robotic research platform and an automated ‘Device Doctor’ for perovskite solar cells. The goal is to combine high-throughput experimentation, machine

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