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Sea Oryx. The Sea Oryx () is a lightweight, infrared homing short-range air defense system developed for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. Based on the TC-1L surface-to-air missile, it is designed to defend against anti-ship missiles, helicopters, and low flying fixed-wing jet airplanes. It is reported to have strong similarities to the American/German RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile and uses components of the Sky Sword I air-to-air missile.

Development
A concept model was displayed in 2015 as a TC-1 modified with an imaging infrared seeker, folding control surfaces, free-rolling tailfins, a more-powerful rocket motor, and a trainable launcher with either eight or sixteen all up rounds and a FLIR sensor on its left-hand side.  

The design was finalized in 2017, which saw the missile's aft section enlarged in diameter to accommodate more rocket fuel and its four rolling tailfins replaced with eight smaller, fixed ones.  The launchers have also evolved into two more-distinct variants: one that is integrated into the ship's central combat management system (as well as being completely reliant on it for targeting information) and has a capacity of 24 missiles but no onboard sensors, and an "autonomous" version that houses only twelve missiles but has its own rotating search/tracking radar and FLIR/Electro-Optical sensor, along the same concept as the SeaRAM system.

In 2021 a Sea Oryx system was tested aboard the test ship ROCS Kao Hsiung.

Variants

Land based
During the 2019 Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition, NCSIST presented a concept video showing the Sea Oryx system mounted on a truck defending Taiwan's AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS early warning radar against a Chinese cruise missile attack.

See also 
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
FL-3000N
Sea Wolf missile
Umkhonto missile
Antelope air defence system

External links 
 Manufacturer's videos:

References 

Taiwan
Naval surface-to-air missiles
Close-in weapon systems
21st-century surface-to-air missiles
Military equipment introduced in the 2010s
MBB Bo 115. The Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 115 was a prototype light, twin-engine, attack helicopter developed by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm of Ottobrunn, Germany, powered by two Allison 250-C20 turboshafts, and 8 anti-tank missiles. It was based on the mechanical elements of the MBB Bo 105.

See also

References

German military utility aircraft
Bo 105
Attack helicopters
German helicopters
Twin-turbine helicopters
Pritchard Park. Pritchard Park is a  former Superfund environmental cleanup site on the shore of Bainbridge Island's Eagle Harbor in Washington state.

The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial is within the park.

History
The Pacific Creosoting Company, later known as Wyckoff Company, occupied the site until the 1980s, and supported the community of Creosote. Government agencies estimate that  of creosote still remain in the ground at the site, after more than $100 million in environmental remediation.

Acquisition of the property was made by a partnership including Bainbridge Island Land Trust, Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Park and Recreation District, the City of Bainbridge Island, the Suquamish Tribe, the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, and The Trust for Public Land. Purchase by City of Bainbridge Island was completed in early 2006.

Naming
The park is named for Congressman and Lieutenant Governor of Washington Joel Pritchard.

References

Sources

External links

Parks in Kitsap County, Washington
Bainbridge Island, Washington
Otto Baumbach. Otto Baumbach (1882-1966) was the glassblower who built part of the apparatus used by Ernest Rutherford and colleagues in the famous Gold foil experiment. In fact, this experiment has been referred to as the Rutherford-Royds-Baumbach experiment:

It was Baumbach's ability to blow, "fine tubes very uniform in thickness." which led to him being key to Rutherford's work. In fact, such was Baumbach's skill that he was involved in many important experiments and acknowledged on some of the associated publications.

Career 
Baumbach started working at the University of Manchester at some time in the early 1900s and certainly before 1905 when an article, published in May that year, stated:

He had an independent business selling glassware and building equipment. He supplied Robert Falcon Scott with sample tubes for his 1910 Terra Nova Antarctic Expedition.

After the First World War, he began trading as J.C.Cowlishaw and this business was incorporated in 1925 and continued until it was officially wound-up in 1982.

Personal life 
Gottlob Otto Baumbach was born on 10 September 1882 in Niederwilligen, Germany. He studied at the Thüringische Landesfachschule für Glasinstrumententechnik in Ilmenau (Thuringia School for Glass Instrument Technology).

He died in 1966, at the age of 84, in Alkrington, UK.

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Aquamog. An aquamog is a machine for removing weeds growing over a body of water. It is an aquatic vessel that can remove weeds that float on the water's surface and can block up waterways. It also scoops up surface level algae on bodies of water. It has a long, extendable, arm attached to the operators cabin, attached to a solid base that can traverse many water conditions. An aquamog was used in 2018 for removing water primrose from North Lake in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.  A newspaper photo shows a machine similar to a backhoe on very wide crawlers.

Aquatic Environments, a Concord, California contractor, used an aquamog to scoop up muck at the Palace of Fine Arts lagoon, in a project expected to take 26 days.

History and Creation 
The aquamog was invented in the beginning of the 1980s by the aforementioned Aquatic Environments (AU) company. Jim Nevrela, an engineer on the project, chose the name aquamog from the multi-purpose vehicle Unimog produced by Mercedes-Benz. The first model of the aquamog was created from an aquatic weed harvester, as a trial to see if the concept could function mechanically and for its desired purpose.

See also 
 Aquatic weed harvester

References 

Pest control
Agricultural machinery
Heavy equipment
David Mba. David Mba is the vice chancellor of Birmingham City University, UK. He was awarded the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Ludwig Mond Prize in 2010 for his contributions to the chemical industry. He serves on the advisory board of the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK).

Education 
Mba studied aerospace engineering at the University of Hertfordshire. He joined Cranfield University for his doctoral studies where he was awarded a PhD in 1998 for research supervised by R. H. Bannister.

Career and research
Mba was awarded the Lord King Norton Gold medal for his thesis. He joined Cranfield University as a lecturer in 2001. Here he led Turbo-machinery group. Mba was made the Dean of School of Engineering at London South Bank University in 2014. He serves on the advisory board of the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE-UK). He collaborated with AFBE-UK to try and improve the representation of black and minority ethnic engineers London South Bank University. He was made the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Computing and Engineering at De Montfort University in August 2017. He works on the gearbox of helicopters and ways to monitor their health. On the 18 July 2023, Birmingham City University announced Mba's appointment as new Vice-Chancellor, replacing Philip Plowden

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British aerospace engineers
Alumni of Cranfield University
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences
MIT EAD Airframe Version 2. The EAD Airframe Version 2, or V2, is a small American unmanned aircraft.  It has been described as 'solid state', as there are no moving parts in the propulsion system; all thrust is powered by the phenomenon known as ion wind. It is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics by engineer Steven Barrett (associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics) and others.

It is claimed to be the first ion-propelled airplane. Tethered ion-propelled aircraft without wings have existed since the 1960s. These had ground-based high-voltage power supplied to the aircraft via a wire.

Design and development
The aircraft is a flying wing made of very light materials, including carbon-fiber, shrink-wrap plastic, balsa wood, polystyrene, and Kevlar. It has a very wide open frame serving as a fuselage, in and below which thin wires are strung horizontally. The aircraft weighs just over  and has a wingspan of .

The MIT engineers were able fine tune the aircraft to find the best design and power requirement by employing a technique known as geometric programming.

It can fly at around .

Propulsion
The aircraft is an example of an ionocraft, which is powered by an ionic wind generated through controlled electrical discharge.

The fuselage contains a stack of 54 lithium-polymer batteries. With the aid of a power supply unit these deliver a minimum of 20,000 volts of electrical potential, producing enough corona discharge (EMF) to propel the aircraft. Air at the front of the wing is ionized by an electrical field near thin filaments of wire called emitters. Elsewhere on the airframe, collectors attract these positively charged ions. As the ions travel toward the collectors, they collide with air molecules. Energy is transferred from the ions to the air molecules, thereby producing air flow; the thrust propels the aircraft forwards, fast enough to gain flying speed, with the conventional wings providing aerodynamic lift.

Operational history
The aircraft has flown at least eleven times, in the duPont Athletic Center, an indoor gymnasium on the MIT campus. The flight distances have been constrained by the  long space within the gymnasium, and the aircraft normally flies about  off the ground.

References

External links
 MIT website page showing video of aircraft in flight

2010s United States experimental aircraft
Unmanned aerial vehicles of the United States
Workswell. Workswell is a Czech company specializing in the development and production of thermal cameras and infrared imaging systems. The company was founded in 2010 and operates as a European manufacturer in this field.

Workswell was founded by Adam Švestka (CEO) and Jan Kovář (CTO), who continue to lead the company. The company focuses on developing thermal imaging technologies that are utilized in various industries, including industrial automation, agriculture, healthcare, security, and fire prevention.

Workswell develops specialized thermal cameras for drones, industrial applications, and gas emission measurement. Among the company's main products are the WIRIS Enterprise, SAFETIS EV, and WEOM thermal camera core.

Workswell's products are used in a wide range of applications. In industrial automation, thermal cameras are used to monitor and control production processes, while in agriculture, they help monitor the health of crops and soil. In healthcare, thermal imaging systems are used for fever screening, which is important for detecting febrile illnesses. In fire prevention, thermal imaging cameras play a role in the early detection of fires. In security, Workswell's systems are used for detecting people and objects in challenging conditions.

The company continues to focus on the development of new technologies and solutions in the field of thermal imaging. Their motto is "Innovation in Every Frame."

The company's customers include ČEZ, RWE, Bosch, Honeywell, Tesco, Heineken, Kofola, IKEA, Net4Gas, Semikron, ArcelorMittal, Vítkovice power engineering etc., among others.

One of the founders, Jan Kovář, received a prestigious award at the first Young Blood Awards 2023 for his contributions to thermographic technology.

Additionally, in a survey by Hospodářské noviny, the company received three awards in 2018:

 Company of the Year in Prague, an award they also won in 2015
 Responsible Company of the Year
 Economically Most Successful Company

For more information about the company and its products, visit Workswell.eu

References 

Article contains translated text from Workswell on the Czech Wikipedia retrieved on 23 November 2018.

External links 
Homepage

Technology companies of the Czech Republic
Unmanned aerial vehicles of the Czech Republic
Technology companies established in 2010
Czech companies established in 2010
Measurement
Seibu 001 series. The , also known as "Laview", is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on limited express services in the Tokyo area of Japan. They will replace the 10000 series EMUs currently in service on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line and Chichibu Line.

Design
The trains are designed by Kazuyo Sejima, and feature large windows and a rounded front end with an oval windscreen.

Based on the concept of "a new train that no one has ever seen before," it was designed based on the following design concepts.

A limited express that blends softly into the landscape in the city and nature
A limited express like a living room where everyone can relax
A limited express that creates new value and becomes a destination, not just a means of transportation

Formation
The trains consist of eight cars per set.

Interior
Seating accommodation consists of 2+2 seating, with power outlets at all seats. The interior also features wheelchair spaces and a ladies’ powder room. Free WiFi is provided in all cars.

History
Seven sets were ordered as a replacement for the New Red Arrow EMUs. The first set was presented to reporters at Kotesashi depot on 14 February 2019. The 001 series entered revenue service on 16 March 2019.

In 2020, the train type received the Blue Ribbon Award.

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Electric multiple units of Japan
001 series
Train-related introductions in 2019
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan
John B. Cooper. John B. Cooper is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who most recently served as the Air Force deputy chief of staff for logistics, engineering and force protection.  During his 35-year career, he served in various assignments involving munitions, aircraft maintenance and logistics.

He was commissioned in 1983 through the Air Force ROTC program at The Citadel, his early assignments included munitions maintenance officer at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and Plattsburgh AFB, New York then service as an aircraft maintenance officer at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.  He served as an assignments officer and executive officer at the Air Force Personnel Center then commanded logistics and maintenance squadrons with the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina.  After a staff tour at Air Combat Command Headquarters, he was the deputy commander of the 3d Maintenance Group at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska and commander of the 16th Maintenance Group at Hurlburt Field then advanced to director of logistics for Air Force Special Operations Command.

His general officer assignments include commander of the 309th Maintenance Wing at Hill AFB, Utah; director of logistics, installations and mission support for Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; director of logistics on the Air Staff at the Pentagon and director of logistics for Air Combat Command.  He assumed his most recent position in May 2015 and retired in August, 2018.

He is a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and Air War College, holds a master's degree in business management from Webster University and completed senior management courses at The University of Virginia, Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  His military awards include the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster and Meritorious Service Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters.

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
United States Air Force generals
The Citadel alumni
Air Command and Staff College alumni
Air War College alumni
Webster University alumni
Elevador da Ribeira. The Elevador da Ribeira or Elevador da Lada is a public elevator in Porto, Portugal. It connects the neighbourhood of  (at no. 66 of Largo dos Arcos da Ribeira, near the Dom Luís I Bridge) to the middle of the slope of Barredo, by means of a vertical lift and a footbridge.

It was designed by the architect António Moura, and its inauguration on 13 April 1994 was attended by President Mário Soares and other dignitaries.

The lift is open from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 20:00.

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Buildings and structures in Porto
Transport infrastructure in Porto
Individual elevators
Transport infrastructure completed in 1994
1994 establishments in Portugal
Natalie Enright Jerger. Natalie Dana Enright Jerger (née Enright) is an American computer scientist known for research in computer science including computer architecture and interconnection networks.

Education and career
Jerger was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and attended Kent Place School. She received a BS in computer engineering from Purdue University in 2002, and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Computer Architecture.

She joined the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2009 as an Assistant Professor.  She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2014 and to Professor in 2017, becoming the Percy Edward Hart Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Enright Jerger co-chairs the ACM Council on Diversity and Inclusion. In 2023, she was promoted as Director of the Division of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto.

Honours and awards
2014: Young Engineer Medal from Professional Engineers Ontario.
2015: CRA-W Anita Borg Early Career Award (BECA). 2015 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship.
2018: Named an ACM Distinguished Member. 
2019: Canada Research Chair in Computer Architecture.
2019: University of Toronto McLean Award.
2021: Elected as an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to networks-on-chip for many-core architectures".

Personal life
Enright Jerger is the grand-daughter of professional baseball player Tony Lupien, the great-granddaughter of Ulysses J. Lupien and cousin of professional wrestler and actor John Cena.

References

External links
 University of Toronto: Natalie Enright Jerger, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 

American women computer scientists
American computer scientists
Living people
Kent Place School alumni
Purdue University College of Engineering alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Plainfield, New Jersey
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni
Fellows of the IEEE
21st-century American women
Ed Donovan (engine builder). Ed Donovan (1928–1989), commonly called "The Mole" (or "Pachy"), was an American racing engine and parts builder.

Donovan developed the first all-aluminum-block hemi designed specifically for Top Fuel drag racing.

He was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2003.

Early life 
Ed Donovan was born 1928 in Los Angeles. He was fascinated with engines from an early age.

While working for Offenhauser, Donovan became involved in drag racing, before branching out on his own.

Engine builder 
Donovan's company, Donovan Engineering, was started in 1957. He supplied top racers, including "Dyno Don" Nicholson. Donovan, along with Leo Goossen, built the first two-disk racing clutch, the first titanium valves (for which Nicholson was his first customer), and other gear.

In 1964, he built the "vaunted" Donovan Engineering Special, hiring Tom McEwen (who Donovan nicknamed "Mongoose") to drive it.

Donovan is best known for his  hemi, introduced in 1971. He copied the Chrysler , which he admired, but tried to eliminate its flaws. He developed the aluminum hemi to overcome the tendency of  Chryslers, then used by Top Fuel racers (many of them friends and customers of his), to crack their iron blocks. The first driver to use the Donovan hemi (fresh out of the milling machine) was "Kansas John" Wiebe, at the 1971 NHRA Super Nationals, where Wiebe very nearly won Top Fuel.

In 1977, Donovan persuaded "Big Daddy" Don Garlits to switch from the 426 hemi he had been using for the last thirteen years to the , offering (in Garlits' words) “an engine deal I couldn't refuse”.

Donovan also built the only aluminum-block aftermarket copy of the  small-block Chevy to successfully finish the Indianapolis 500. He also copied the  and  big-blocks.

Donovan made little money on his developments, despite the fact the aluminum hemi becoming the effective standard drag racing engine for a generation.

Personal life 
Donovan was famously generous, always paying restaurant bills, and was willing to give his employees ("his boys") even the very shirt off his back. He also demonstrated fierce loyalty.

In addition, he was a music lover, gourmet chef, and wine connoisseur of fine wine.

His sense of humor was quirky; he once claimed to hate the name Joe, listing examples such as Paisano, Hrudka, and Mondello.

Donovan was 61 when he died of cancer.

He was posthumously inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2003.

Notes

Sources 
Obituary. Hot Rod, September 1989, pp. 132–133.

External links 
NHRA.com (Don Garlits using the Donovan hemi)
NHRA.com (Mike Dunn using the Donovan hemi)
Donovan Engines website
Jalopy Journal discussion of the Donovan

Dragster drivers
American automotive engineers
20th-century American businesspeople
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1989 deaths
American automotive pioneers
Deaths from cancer in the United States
People from Los Angeles
Racing drivers from Los Angeles
Engineers from California
Donovan hemi. The Donovan hemi is an American Top Fuel drag racing engine, designed and built by Ed Donovan and first appearing in 1971. In the 1970s, it was the most popular engine in Top Fuel dragsters.

History 
Donovan developed the  hemi-head V8 to overcome the tendency of  Chryslers, then used by Top Fuel racers (many of them friends and customers of his), to crack their iron blocks.

He copied the , which he admired, but tried to eliminate its deficiencies. Donovan milled all the internal oil and water passages, and (unlike the stock 392) sleeved the block with chrome-moly cylinder liners, which were stronger as well as easy to replace. Donovan also enlarged the supports for the main bearings, which Chrysler would do with the B-block. Cast from aluminium rather than iron, the engine weighed under  bare, compared to  for the Chrysler. Because it closely followed the Chrysler's specification, many hot rodding parts would fit it; only the bore was different, being  larger, at  (same as the  Chevrolet. 

Donovan completed work on the engine in 1970, and first sold it in 1971; the first driver to use a Donovan hemi was "Kansas John" Wiebe, at the 1971 NHRA Super Nationals, where Wiebe very nearly won Top Fuel. By 1972, it was commonplace in Top Fuel dragsters, and Altereds would also use it. In 1977, Donovan persuaded "Big Daddy" Don Garlits to switch from the 426 hemi he had been using for the last thirteen years to the , offering (in Garlits' words), “an engine deal I couldn’t refuse”.

References

External links 
Donovan Engines website
Jalopy Journal discussion of the Donovan

V8 engines
Drag racing
Mikoyan MiG-2000. Mikoyan MiG-2000 was a project by Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG for a liquid ramjet single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane, explored in the 1990s. It was envisioned to have a takeoff weight of 300 tons and deliver a 9-ton payload on a 200 km low Earth orbit. The plane lost a competition to the Tupolev Tu-2000. Similar to Rockwell X-30.

References

External links
 SPACE TRANSPORT: Tupolev Tu-2000 Hyperplane – Russia

Mikoyan aircraft
Delta-wing aircraft
Scramjet-powered aircraft
Spaceplanes
Hypersonic aircraft
Single-stage-to-orbit
Abandoned civil aircraft projects