omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Catholijn Jonker. Catholijn M. Jonker (born 1967) is a Dutch computer scientist whose research in artificial intelligence has included studies of computational trust and automated negotiation in multi-agent systems and human-agent teams, and the use of mathematical logic to formalize concepts of consciousness and emotion. She is a professor at the Delft University of Technology and Leiden University.

Education and career
Jonker was born in 1967; her mother was feminist author Ineke Jonker de Putter (1934–2011). After secondary school at Ashram College, a Catholic school in Alphen aan den Rijn, Jonker studied computer science at Utrecht University, earning a master's degree in 1990. She completed a Ph.D. through Utrecht University in 1994. Her dissertation, Constraints and Negations in Logic Programming, was jointly promoted by Dirk van Dalen and Jan van Leeuwen.

After working as a researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 1994 to 2004, she became a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen in 2004, and then moved to the Delft University of Technology in 2006. In 2017 she added a second affiliation as a professor at Leiden University, where she is currently a part-time professor in the department of media and interaction.

She was president of the Dutch National Network of Women Professors (LNVH) from 2013 to 2016.

Recognition
Jonker was the founding chair of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, serving as chair from 2005 to 2006 and as a member from 2005 to 2010. She was elected to the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen in 2005, to the Academia Europaea in 2013, and as a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence in 2015.

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Home page

1967 births
Living people
Dutch computer scientists
Dutch women computer scientists
Utrecht University alumni
Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen
Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology
Academic staff of Leiden University
Members of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
Members of Academia Europaea
Fellows of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence
Culemborg railway bridge. The Culemborg railway bridge (Dutch: Kuilenburgse spoorbrug) is a tied-arch bridge in the Netherlands over the Lek, on the Utrecht–Boxtel railway.

It held two records at the beginning: being the first important truss bridge with semi-parabolic arch and the railway-only one with the longest span in the world until 1878.

Description

Semi-parabolic truss bridge (1868 - 1982) 
For long time the construction of a bridge upon the Lek and other Dutch rivers was hindered by various difficulties, including ice melting.

The decision to build a bridge upon the Lek river was eventually taken in 1863 and the architect Gerrit van Diesen was put at the head of the project.

After five years, the bridge was completed and opened, together with the near railway station: it was the first great rail bridge with a semi-parabolic arch and the first important one to use the now-defined steel.

At the beginning it had only one rail, but after nearly 20 years a second one was added.

Tied-arch bridge (since 1983) 
At the beginning of the 1980s the old bridge was not suitable anymore for the increasing traffic in the zone, resulting in more fatigue, and the south part of it was developing some rust.

References

See also 
 Culemborg railway station
 List of railway bridges and viaducts

Railway bridges in the Netherlands
Bridges completed in 1868
Bridges completed in 1983
Culemborg
Heck Field. Heck Field, also known as Jacobs Well Airfield  is a small airfield in Norwell, on the northern outskirts of the City of Gold Coast, in Queensland. The privately owned and operated facility serves as a base for the Gold Coast Sports Flying Club and provides facilities for flight training and recreational aviation.

Airport facilities and operations
Heck Field has two runways, with crushed gravel over grass surfaces measuring  long by  wide on runway 10/28 and   by  for runway 18/36, suitable for  light-sport category aircraft. It is restricted to single-engine general aviation types and operates only during daylight hours. As an uncontrolled airport with a low volume of traffic, pilots are required to communicate via a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) shared with nearby Southport Airport to safely co-ordinate arrivals and departures.  The Jacobs Well VOR radio-navigation aid was located approximately  north-west of the airfield prior to its decommissioning in May 2016.

In addition to the Gold Coast Sports Flying Club, tenants at Heck Field include the Australian Pacific Aviation flight school and formerly Foxbat Australia, the Australian dealer for Aeroprakt aircraft (now based at Albury Airport in New South Wales). The airfield has been used as a filming location, with scenes from movies including San Andreas and Dora and the Lost City of Gold shot here.

See also
 List of airports in Queensland

References

Airports in Queensland
RA-Aus Approved Flight Training Facilities
Buildings and structures on the Gold Coast, Queensland
Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer. Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer or MAGGIE is a proposed compact, autonomous, fixed wing, vertical take-off/landing (VTOL), electric aircraft powered by solar energy. It is designed to operate on Mars. Range with a fully charged battery would be  at an altitude of 1,000 meters. The aircraft features solar cells on its wings and fuselage. The total range per Martian year would be  – more than twice the circumference of Mars. Mars' atmosphere density is 6.35 mbar, 160x thinner than Earth's atmosphere at 1013.2 mbar. During the southern winter, the global atmospheric pressure on Mars is 25% lower than during summer, because some atmospheric  freezes on the Martian polar ice caps. MAGGIE has a cruise lift coefficient CL of 3.5, nearly an order of magnitude higher than conventional subsonic aircraft, to overcome the low density of the Martian atmosphere. MAGGIE's cruise Mach number is 0.25. Mach speed on Mars is  at "sea level", so cruising speed would be around  at elevation.

In January 2024, MAGGIE was one of thirteen proposals approved for Phase 1 funding by the NIAC.

Missions

 Study Martian core dynamo origin and timing from the weak magnetic fields found in the large impact basins.
 Investigate the source of methane signals detected by the Tunable Laser Spectrometer on the Mars Science Laboratory in Gale crater.
 Map subsurface water ice at high resolution in the mid-latitudes.

See also
 Ingenuity helicopter
 Google Earth / Google Mars
 Mars aircraft
 NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
 Solar-powered aircraft
 Mars Piloted Orbital Station

References

 
Mars
Mars
Proposed spacecraft
Exploration of Mars
Astronautics

NASA programs
Futures studies organizations
Susana Vinga. Susana Vinga is currently associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico/Universidade de Lisboa (IST/ULisboa) at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) and the Dept. of Bioengineering (DBE). She is a Senior Researcher at INESC-ID in the Information and Decision Support Systems lab. She received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (1999) and a PhD in Biology/Bioinformatics at ITQB/Univ. Nova de Lisboa (2005). Before this position, she was Principal Investigator (Investigador FCT) at IDMEC. Susana was part of the Board of Directors at INESC-ID between 2021 and 2023 and is a Senior Editorial Board Member of BMC Bioinformatics, a top journal in Mathematical and Computational Biology, PLoS ONE, and Genes.

She has successfully coordinated as Principal Investigator several national projects and participated in several national and European projects as a team member and work package leader in the areas of Biotechnology and Computational Biology. Since January 2021, she is the PI of the European H2020 Twinning project OLISSIPO - Fostering Computational Biology Research and Innovation in Lisbon, which aims to strengthen INESC-ID/IST research profile in Computational Biology. By promoting several training activities in this area, OLISSIPO contributed to leverage the skills of Early-Stage Researchers in Portugal and around Europe.

Publications 
She has published in high-impact journals, achieving a Google h-index=29 with more than 4355 citations. Among main achievements in the development of methods for Genomics, she coined the area of  alignment-free biological sequence analysis and comparison in a review, which is one of the most cited paper in Portugal in Computer Science. Susana wrote a book chapter on Biological sequence analysis by vector-valued functions.

In 2021, she integrated the Stanford’s list of the World’s top 2% most-cited researchers in 2021 via Elsevier. The same achievement was repeated in 2023.

Awards 
In 2010, she was granted the Young Research Award of the Technical University of Lisbon, and in 2017 and 2022, she was awarded the Scientific Award from Universidade de Lisboa/CGD in the area of Computer Science and Engineering for the impact of her publications.

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Living people
20th-century births
Year of birth missing (living people)
Bioinformaticians
Portuguese computer scientists
Women bioinformaticians
Portuguese women computer scientists
Corine Mathonière. Corine Mathonière (born 3 May 1968) is a French chemist and Professor at the University of Bordeaux. She is part of the Molecular Materials and Magnetism team, who look to use modular molecular materials to assemble into various architectures. She was appointed to the Ordre des Palmes académiques in 2010.

Early life and education 
Mathonière was born in Montluçon. She attended Paris-Sud University, where she majored in chemistry. Her doctorate involved using optical spectroscopy to understand polynuclear compounds, and comparing light-matter interactions with their quantum properties. She moved to the Royal Institution where she worked alongside Peter Day on iron(III) compounds. Her research considered the development of new bimetallic compounds with novel magnetic properties. She identified a family or iron(III) compounds that comprise two-dimensional honeycomb networks, some of which behaved as ferrimagnets and some of which exhibit antiferromagnetism.

Research and career 
In 1994 Mathonière was appointed to the University of Bordeaux as an associate professor. She completed her habilitation on photomagnetism by electron transfer in molecular compounds, and was promoted to full Professor in 2010. That year she was appointed a Chevalière dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques.

Her research considers molecular magnetism, spin crossover molecules, and coordination chemistry.

Select publications

References 

French women chemists
1968 births
Living people
People from Montluçon
Paris-Sud University alumni
20th-century French chemists
21st-century French chemists
2024 El Carmen de Atrato landslide. On 12 January 2024, a large landslide occurred in El Carmen de Atrato, Colombia, killing at least 37 people and injuring at least 35 others.

Background
Despite a drought, Colombia has experienced heavy rains. In the days before the landslide, significant rainfall had occurred in the Chocó region.

References

2024 disasters in Colombia
January 2024 events in Colombia
Landslides in 2024
Landslides in Colombia
Chocó Department
2-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane. 2-Chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142) is a haloalkane and a hydrochlorofluorocarbon.  It is produced as a byproduct of the production of 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b).  According to a 2022 report by the WMO and other agencies, it has an ODP of 0.019 and a 100-year GWP of 189.

References

Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
 Haloalkanes
Huang Hsien-chou. Huang Hsien-chou (; born 28 February 1959) is a Taiwanese engineer and politician. He served in the Legislative Yuan from 1999 to 2002.

Education
Huang attended three primary schools, Chengkung, Lishin, and Kaungfu, graduated from the  and the Provincial Taichung First High School, all in his native Taichung, before enrolling at National Taiwan University, where he studied agricultural engineering. In 1985, Huang earned a master's degree in engineering management from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Career
Huang was employed by the Taiwan Provincial Government as an engineer and consultant, and served on the second convocation of the National Assembly. He was also a member of Taichung's urban development association, as well as the agricultural and hydraulic affairs association, and an evaluator for the Construction and Planning Agency, a division of the Ministry of the Interior. He held lectureships at Tunghai University and the China College of Engineering and Commerce.

In 1998, Huang was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a Kuomintang representative of Taichung City, and also served the Legislative Yuan's Sci-tech and Information Committee as member and convenor. In September 2001, he published the results of a review into the use of hands-free mobile phone accessories, such as earpieces. Huang lost reelection in December 2001. That same year, he had also participated in primaries to determine the Kuomintang's candidate for the Taichung mayoralty, a position that would be contested during the local elections.

During a press conference on 2 January 2002, Huang claimed that he had been kidnapped between 27 and 31 December 2001, and that his captors drugged, restrained, and stole NT$800,000 from him. Tsai Hsiang-chun led the investigation into the case, which involved escort Chan Hui-hua, businessman Yu Hung-tsan, and later, Chan's brother Chan Fu-shun. Chan Hui-hua claimed that Huang hired her and other women for a sadomasochistic sex party at the Grand Hyatt Taipei, and Chan Fu-shun stated that he had watched Huang take marijuana and MDMA. Chan Hui-hua and Yu Hung-tsan were indicted in April 2001, and Huang made his first testimony to the Taipei District Court that June. Legal proceedings lasted five years, and ended with the Supreme Court sentencing Chan Hui-hua to seven years and six months imprisonment and Yu Hung-tsan to seven years imprisonment.

Personal life
Huang Hsien-chou is married to Wang Liang-yue. His sister Huang Chiao-ling was killed by a drunk driver in 2012. Another sister, , has served on the Taichung City Council. His nephew is Sean Liao.

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1959 births
Living people
Taichung Members of the Legislative Yuan
20th-century Taiwanese engineers
Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Members of the 4th Legislative Yuan
National Taiwan University alumni
Rabaable. Rabaable () is a town located in Nugal region, Puntland, It is situated in the northeastern part of Somalia. Rabaable is a rural area with a growth population, and it is known for its agricultural land and proximity to outdoor recreational opportunities, typical of many communities in Garowe.

Overview 
There is ongoing project of Laac-dheere Rabaable Highway in Nugal region, funded by Puntland Highway Authority, spans a length of 14km., with a Road Construction budget of $2,100,000, is being implemented by the contractor company Kebarco. Currently, the progress stands at 68%.

There is also Barwaaqo project, implemented by the World Bank for Rural Resilience in Somalia, focuses on enhancing water, agriculture, and environmental services in the country's drylands. It aims to improve water storage through cost-effective, small-scale technologies such as sand dams. These structures help protect communities and resources from flash floods and enable water storage to sustain rural areas during dry seasons, exemplified by the success of the Rabaable dam in providing water throughout the dry season after a brief rain shower.

Geography 
Rabaable is located in the Garowe District in the southern part of Nugal region. Rabaable is approximately 26 km south of Garowe the capital of Puntland. Part of Somalia 800 km north of Mogadishu, the capital of the country.

The administrative seat of the wider district. Other nearby towns include Burtinle (94 km) Galkayo (204 km) and Kalabeyr (15 km).

Climate 
The climate of Rabaable is characterized by intense heat, with an average temperature of 28 °C. The hottest month is April, reaching 32 °C, while the coolest is January, with temperatures around 26 °C. The average annual rainfall is 305 millimeters, with the wettest month being October, receiving 80 millimeters of rain, and the driest is December, with only 1 millimeter.

Demographics 
Rabaable had a population ranging from 10000 to 50000 residents. It was not easily accessible due to its remote location. Bosaso served as a nearby market for this town. The area was under the jurisdiction of the Puntland Government. It featured significant agricultural and residential areas, including small farms and traditional houses. The population of this area experienced growth over time, reaching its peak.

References 

Populated places in Somalia
Populated places in Nugal, Somalia
Nugal, Somalia
Garowe
Puntland
Ping Mo. Ping Mo (Chinese: 莫平; pinyin: Mò Píng; born 1962 in Beijing) is an architect and the founder of Mo Atelier Szeto, an architectural design firm established in 2005.

Early life and education 
Born in Beijing in 1962, Mo grew up apprenticing in the art studio of his father, the renowned Chinese woodcut artist Mo Ce. In 1984, he received his Bachelor's Degree from Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. After teaching for two years, he left Beijing for Cambridge, Massachusetts and received his Master of Architecture I degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1990.

Career 
After graduating from Harvard's GSD, Ping worked in Graham Gund Architects in Boston Massachusetts for five years (1990-1995). He joined Pei Partnership Architects (PPA) in 1995 as an architect in New York City. In 1998, Mo was appointed by I. M. Pei to manage on site the design and construction of Pei's Bank of China Beijing Headquarters project. As the project's residential architect, Mo assumed the role of Managing Director for PPA in Asia from 2002 to 2005, overseeing the development of more projects in China for the firm. In 2005, Mo left PPA and founded his own architectural practice Mo Atelier (莫平建筑设计顾问事务所). He was later joined by the architect Gerald Szeto as partner, forming the architectural practice now known as Mo Atelier Szeto (MAS).

Since 2005, MAS has offered a diverse range of design services encompassing master-planning, architectural design and interior design for a broad range of key and signature projects in China across educational, healthcare, corporate and cultural sectors.

Signature projects 

 United World College Changshu Campus （世界联合学院，中国常熟校园) 
 Taikang Senior Citizens Retirement Center, Shu and Wu Gardens （泰康 蜀园，吴园）
 Stanford Center at Peking University (MAS) （北京大学 斯坦福中心) 
 ECNU Xiping Bilingual School Campus, Xiamen, China (厦门市华师希平双语学校)
 Yenching Academy of Peking University (MAS) (燕京学堂，北京大学) 
 Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China Medical Board's China HQ Office  （北京协和医院，美国中华医药基金会 北京办事处）
 The Library of Health Science Center, Peking University （北京大学，医学部图书馆）
 International Medical Services Campus, at Peking Union Medical College Hospital (北京协和医院 新国际医疗区）
 Hall of Rectitude, Palace Museum (MAS) （故宫博物院 中正殿) 
 The Garden of The Palace of Established Happiness, The Palace Museum, Forbidden City (MAS) （故宫建福宫花园）

References

External links

Photography 

 UWC Changshu Campus Photos by Seth Powers
 UWC Changshu Story on Campus Architecture
 Taikang Senior Citizens Retirement Center, Wu Gardens

Media 

 New Spaces for Innovative Educational Approaches, An Interview with Renowned Architect Mo Ping, Phoenix Television, 2021 September 8, https://finance.ifeng.com/c/89LafMoER1Q
 Leading Architectural Firm, Beijing China, An Interview with Mo Atelier Szeto, Architectural Digest Style 2016, July 15, https://www.adstyle.com.cn/2015/20160715/news_13526212ffd2a9a0.html

Artists from Beijing
Architects
1962 births
Living people
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture alumni
Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni
Getahun Mekuria. Getahun Mekuria (Amharic: ጌታሁን መኩሪያ) is an Ethiopian politician and engineer who has served as several positions in the government cabinet such as the Minister of Science and Technology from 2016 to 2018 and its merger, the Minister of Innovation and Technology from 2018 to 2020, and the Minister of Education from 2020 to 2021.

Education and career 
Getahun earned doctorate in engineering from the University Duisburg-Essen in Germany, where he studied a DAAD scholarship holder. Getahun worked as an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Addis Ababa University and has been director of the Siemens subsidiary in Ethiopia. In November 2016, Getahun succeeded Abiy Ahmed as Minister of Science and Technology and served until 2018. In October 2018, the minister was merged to Ministry of Innovation and Technology and he was appointed as minister. During his office, Getahun joined as advisor of XRP Ledger Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes development of Ripple. On 22 January 2020, he was appointed as Minister of Education upon ministerial appointment by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. On 6 October 2021, he left the minister during cabinet reshuffle, succeeded by Berhanu Nega.

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Ethiopian government officials
21st-century Ethiopian politicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)