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Terracon Consulting
BUILDING SACRAMENTO’S FUTURE FROM THE GROUND UP
Terracon Consultants, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary firm offering environmental, facilities, geotechnical and materials consulting and engineering services for various industries and markets. This $1+ billion company, with more than 7,000 employees and 180 locations nationwide, is entirely employee-owned, giving every team member a stake in every project.
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M. Neils Engineering, Inc.
CELEBRATING 35 YEARS AND ENVISIONING A BRIGHT FUTURE
M. Neils Engineering, Inc. is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2025, backed by longstanding and loyal team members, new and repeat clients, and prominent and innovative projects. Michael Neils founded this Sacramento-based electrical engineering firm in 1990 with local industry experience that began in the 1970s.
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California Council on Science and Technology
FROM SCIENCE TO SOLUTIONS: CALIFORNIA’S TRUSTED POLICY ADVISOR
The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), a registered nonprofit organization, is the State of California’s ultimate resource for accurate, unbiased science and technology research and findings.
The Power and Potential of Seaweed
From keeping oceans healthy to being used as an alternative to plastics, researchers believe seaweed has a multitude of uses
Nearly 2,000 miles northwest of Sacramento, Matthew Perkins rode a boat out into the Gulf of Alaska and saw nothing but endless potential for growth. “It’s kind of overwhelming how much opportunity there is,” he says. “You’re on the water, snow-capped mountains in the backdrop, you look down and see this incredible biomass growing. It’s literally the bounty of nature.”
The Life-Saving Organ Trail
How new technology is helping transplant centers send and receive organs from great geographic distances
In 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the TransMedics Organ Care System, or OCS device. Known as the “heart in a box,” this device uses normothermic perfusion to pump blood through a removed heart and preserve it for longer periods until it can be transplanted into a new person.
The Way We Work: Lance Hastings
A glimpse into the daily life of the president and CEO of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association
His trick for handling this responsibility? It starts with a coop full of chickens.
AI in Education: Helpful Tool or Sinister Danger?
Most college professors are wary of it, but others embrace it as a learning advantage
All around the world, academic institutions, from the renowned online Khan Academy through to leading research universities, are grappling with the extraordinarily rapid rise of artificial intelligence systems capable of generating human-like responses to complex questions.
Startup of the Month: PowerTechs
Virtual ‘cockpits’ train tomorrow’s workforce in immersive environments
“Using XR technology enables PowerTechs to immerse workers and students in a realistic, simulated environment where their skills can be assessed authentically,” founder Ksenia Solomatina says.
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SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
It was December 1954 when a group of volunteers and members of the Lions Club of America led the charge to establish a nonprofit that would provide services and programs for people who are blind or have low vision. Society for the Blind was formed.
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WESTERN PLACER WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
BUILDING AN INNOVATION LAB TO LAUNCH A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA) is forging the path to a more sustainable future. “We are partnering with the Carlsen Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Sacramento State University to create an Innovation Lab that will help make a local circular economy a reality,” says Emily Hoffman, WPWMA public information officer.