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A tall metal cylinder beset by pipes and valves. A solvent tower at the National Carbon Capture Center, a research facility near Birmingham, Alabama Credit: National Carbon Capture Center Carbon ...

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Professor Dorin Patru teaches digital and computer, circuits and systems courses. He joined the department in fall 2002. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Technical ...