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Kristina Shea. Kristina Shea is a mechanical engineer whose research topics include generative design, tensegrity structures, aquatic soft robotics, and 4D printing. She is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, where she holds the chair in Engineering Design and Computing.

Education and career
Shea studied mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1993, master's in 1995, and PhD in 1997. Her doctoral dissertation, Essays of Discrete Structures: Purposeful Design of Grammatical Structures by Directed Stochastic Search, was supervised by Jonathan Cagan.

She came to Switzerland as a postdoctoral researcher at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, in the Applied Computing and Mechanics Laboratory of the Department of Civil Engineering. She became a lecturer in engineering design at the University of Cambridge, and then from 2005 to 2012 she was a professor of virtual product development at the Technical University of Munich, before taking her present position at ETH Zurich.

Recognition
Shea won the 2001 Philip Leverhulme Prize in Engineering. She is a Fellow of the ASME, elected in 2013.

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Pritchard Rocket Air Ship. The Pritchard Rocket Air Ship was an experimental wingless homebuilt aircraft designed by Charles Pritchard of Emporia, Virginia.  It was tested, without success, in 1955.

Design and development
Pritchard, according to contemporary reports, was interested in developing an aircraft capable of "air travel and highway travel". He had previously built a model and studied it for a year before commencing the building of a full-sized craft.  His design was a wingless aircraft, with an otherwise conventional configuration. The fuselage was a faceted streamlined body of revolution, with an octagonal cross-section. A number of 6 inch-wide lateral fins extended from the nose towards the tail.  A large vertical fin was positioned immediately behind the propeller and above the fuselage.  A small pair of anhedral wings, fitted with ailerons, were located near the bottom of the fuselage.

The aircraft was made entirely of aluminum, with riveted joins. Construction began in February 1955, and was completed by that June. Components from a damaged Cessna 120 were used in its construction, with that providing the engine, propeller, undercarriage, instrumentation, seating, and the empennage.  Overall cost was stated to be $1,500, with the building taking "hundreds of hours."

The Rocket Air Ship shares many design features with a wingless free flight model aircraft called the Martian Space Ship, designed by Roy L. Clough, the details of which first appeared in the April 1954 issue of Air Trails magazine.

Operational history
On June 10, 1955, the aircraft was taken by flatbed trailer to the airfield at Emporia, Virginia.  With Pritchard at the controls, with the CAA supervising the trials, the aircraft made a series of taxiing runs along the runway.  A vibration in the nose wheel temporarily halted the trials, but that issue was resolved and the trials then continued. After the final run (which, dependent on the account, was either the fourth or the eighth), the trials stopped, without the aircraft achieving flight.

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1950s United States experimental aircraft
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Single-engined tractor aircraft
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Roy de Souza. Roy de Souza (born 1970) is an engineer and writer. He is the co-founder of technology company ZEDO and medical technology company BreakBio. In 2022, he was a TEDx speaker. In May of 2023 he and his late wife were honored by the American Cancer Society for Roy's work in personalized medicine.

Education
He earned a master's degree in engineering from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Kellogg Business School.

Career
De Souza served as a strategy consultant at the COBA Group, a strategy consulting boutique based in the UK. He also worked in product management for the Elon Musk-founded web software company Zip2.

De Souza founded technology company ZEDO in 1999. In 2006, he founded the company Zebo, an offshoot of ZEDO focused on allowing users to catalog personal possessions and shop for similar items. De Souza launched online ad exchange ZINC India in 2011, which was originally ZEDO's ad exchange platform in India before becoming a separate company. He served as the ZEDO's CEO and oversaw the company as it transitioned into a subsidiary of Discovery following its acquisition by Discovery, Inc. in 2021.

In 2022, he was a TEDx speaker, talking about vaccines to prevent cancer. .

Cancer research
After his wife, Aisha de Sequeira's cancer diagnosis, de Souza became involved in vaccine research to develop a personalized vaccine for her cancer. De Souza went on to co-found medical technology company BreakBio, basing the company in Boston, Massachusetts. BreakBio develops personalized vaccines and AI software that aids cancer treatments by identifying that difference between normal cells and cancer cells. De Souza and Devabhaktuni Srikrishna also co-authored the book Cancer: What a Personal Crisis Taught Us About How T-Cells Can Save Your Life.

Bibliography
De Souza, R. & Srikrishna, D. (2019). Cancer: What a personal crisis taught us about how T-cells can save your life. BreakBio Corp.

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1970 births
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Cochin Port Maritime Heritage Museum. The Cochin Port Maritime Heritage Museum is a museum located on Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala. The museum has rare collection of photographs related to the evolution of Cochin (now Kochi) as a port city. It also shows the development of Willingdon Island and Kochi's maritime heritage. Old marine equipment and rare photographs documenting Cochin Port's history can be found in the museum. The building, which was used as the chief engineer's quarters during the construction of Willingdon Island was converted into a museum by the Cochin Port Trust in May 2014.

Overview
The photographs in the museum reveal the hardships faced by Sir Robert Bristow and his workforce, who developed the port amidst financial constraints and without technology support. It unveils the history of the Kochi port during a period of 21 years starting from 1920 to 1941. Some of the photographs in the museum includes the construction of the Mattanchery bridge and wharves, the Venduruthy Rail-Road bridges, the arrival of the first train in Kochi, Sir Robert Bristow's house and car, the reclamation of the Ernakulam foreshore, the loading of the elephant that Jawaharlal Nehru gave to the Russian children and the Mattanchery shore lined with Alappuzha boats. The museum also has several maritime equipments such as maritime clocks, mechanical calculators, underwater search tools, steering units.

See also
History of Kochi
Cochin Port
 Willingdon Island

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Museums in Kerala
Maritime museums in India
Ilan Gur. Ilan Gur is an American chief executive officer and entrepreneur. In 2022 he was appointed as the chief executive officer of the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA), an independent science funding body.

Education 
Gur obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in Materials Science and Engineering.

Career 
Gur served as a Program Director and Senior Adviser for ARPA-E between 2011 and 2014. He has founded two science-based startups, including Seeo Inc., which was acquired by Bosch in 2015.

Gur was the founder and former CEO of Activate, an innovation non-profit that uses an entrepreneurial fellowship model to help scientists and engineers transform their research into products and businesses. Activate's fellowship model originated at Cyclotron Road, a Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, founded by Gur in 2014.

In July 2022, Gur was appointed as the inaugural CEO of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency, United Kingdom’s independent science funding body.

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21st-century American businesspeople
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Hope Michelsen. Hope A. Michelsen is an American physical chemist and combustion scientist whose research involves the byproducts of combustion including soot, black carbon, greenhouse gases, the contribution of these substances to global warming, and the use of laser-induced incandescence to measure combustion products. She is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Education and career
Michelsen was an undergraduate at Dartmouth College. Initially majoring in English, she became interested in environmental science before graduating in 1984 with high honors in chemistry; she also earned the college's Chandler T. White 1916 Research Prize. She went to Stanford University for graduate study in chemistry, also working as a student researcher at the IBM Almaden Research Center, and supported in part by the Nellie Yeoh Whetten Award of the American Vacuum Society. She completed her Ph.D. in 1993. Her doctorate involved surface chemistry in electronics manufacturing, but looking for a change of pace, she switched her research interests afterwards to atmospheric chemistry.

After postdoctoral research at Harvard University, Michelsen became a staff scientist for Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. in 1997, and a member of the technical staff in the Sandia National Laboratories Combustion Research Facility in 1999. She returned to academia in 2019, as an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. In 2020 she added an affiliation with the university's program in environmental engineering.

Recognition
Michelson was elected to the Alameda County (California) Women's Hall of Fame in 2013, the first woman from Sandia National Laboratories to be so honored.

She was named a Fellow of Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America) in 2017, "for pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding of laser-radiation interactions with soot particles through laser-induced incandescence, absorption and scattering, and using laser-induced incandescence to assess environmental impacts of carbonaceous particles". She was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2012, after a nomination from the APS Division of Chemical Physics, "for groundbreaking research in the chemical physics of combustion particulate formation and transformations, and for innovative and rigorous description of particle-radiation interactions".

References

External links
Home page
The Michelsen Lab for Particulate Chemistry and Diagnostics

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American women chemists
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Women physical chemists
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Stanford University alumni
Sandia National Laboratories people
University of Colorado Boulder faculty
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Fellows of the American Physical Society
Biren Technology. Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology Co. () is a Chinese fabless semiconductor design company. The company was founded in 2019 by Lingjie Xu and others, all of whom were previously employed at NVIDIA or Alibaba or ST. Biren has advertised two general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs), the BR100 and BR104. Both cards are aimed at artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

As a result of U.S sanctions effective in October 2022 regarding exportation of advanced computing devices and manufacturing materials, Biren's contracted semiconductor manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) halted all manufacturing of the company's products. In an apparent effort to get around a stipulation of the U.S. sanctions, Biren reportedly modified their BR100 GPU to be able to process less data, so that it would not qualify for restriction for its manufacturer, TSMC.

After its sanction in October 2022, the company secured a 280 million USD pledge from Guangzhou government-backed investors. In September 2024, the company hired an investment bank to begin its IPO tutoring process.

U.S. sanctions 

In October 2023, the United States Department of Commerce added Biren Technology to the Bureau of Industry and Security's Entity List.

See also
 CHIPS and Science Act
 Semiconductor industry in China

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Semiconductor companies of China
Electronics companies established in 2019
Graphics hardware companies
Manufacturing companies based in Shanghai
Fabless semiconductor companies
Wu Zhongru. Wu Zhongru (; 9 September 1939 – 5 February 2023) was a Chinese engineer specializing in hydraulic structure, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Wu was a member of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography
Wu was born in Yixing County (now Yixing), Jiangsu, on 9 September 1939, while his ancestral home is in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. He attended Yixing Heqiao High School ().

After graduating from East China Water Conservancy Institute (now Hohai University) in 1963, he worked at the Hydrology Institute of Water Resources (), and then successively worked at North Henan Test Station (), Tieshanhe Reservoir (), Xinxiang Prefectural Electricity Bureau (), and Xuzhou Power Plant Project Construction Headquarters (). He joined the faculty of Hohai University in January 1979. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1986.

Wu died on 5 February 2023, at the age of 83.

Honours and awards
 1990 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Third Class) for the research and application of mathematical model for deformation observation of concrete dam
 1995 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the high dam safety monitoring technology and feedback
 1997 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)
 2004 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the theory and method of dam and dam foundation safety monitoring and its application
 2007 State Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) for the study on monitoring and health diagnosis of hidden danger of major hydraulic concrete structures

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Fracture resistance. Fracture Resistance is an existing term used very widely and for many years in the dental reconstruction industry.

 as applied to e.g. dental inlays as used in dental restoration. The same term has also been used since 1986 in oil drilling operations.

where the 'resistance' is an effect of drilling mud leakage. The same term is increasingly being used in some metallurgically-adjacent technical conferences

Engineers and materials scientists use the more precise terms fracture toughness, critical stress intensity factor and  crack growth resistance to describe how structures and materials fail by fast fracture and by fatigue. These are defined by the theory of fracture mechanics .

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Restorative dentistry
Aura Matias. Aura C. Matias (born 11 September 1960) is a Filipino industrial engineer. Her academic research concerns ergonomics and human–computer interaction; she has also applied her expertise in industrial engineering to issues in the society of the Philippines including the quality of water services, and corruption in government agencies. She is a professor of industrial engineering and operations research at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she is the former dean of engineering and former executive director of the National Engineering Center.

Education and career
Matias was a student at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering in 1982 and a master's degree in 1989. She went to Purdue University in the US for doctoral study in industrial engineering, completing her Ph.D. there in 1996. Her research there, conducted with Gavriel Salvendy, involved the development of a model for predicting carpal tunnel syndrome based on data collected from 100 women who used computer keyboards.

In 1998, she became one of the founders of the Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers. In 2003 she helped found the Philippine Ergonomics Society.

As a faculty member  at the University of the Philippines Diliman, she chaired the department of industrial engineering and operations research from 2004 to 2010. After two terms as dean of engineering, she stepped down as dean in 2016, returning to a regular faculty position.

Recognition
Matias was an awardee of The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service for 2004. She is a member of the National Academy of Science and Technology, elected in 2011.

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Aindrila Mukhopadhyay. Aindrila Mukhopadhyay is an American scientist who is the Division Deputy of the Biological Systems and Engineering Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her research involves microbial engineering for the production of biofuels. She was nominated a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2022.

Early life and education 
Mukhopadhyay is from West Bengal, India. Her father is a surgeon and a painter. She was a bachelor's student in chemistry and zoology at the Isabella Thoburn College. For her postdoctoral research, she studied chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology. She moved to the University of Chicago in 1996, where she worked toward a doctorate in organic chemistry. She held a joint position at Emory University. After earning her doctorate, Mukhopadhyay joined Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher.

Research and career 
Mukhopadhyay leads biological systems and engineering at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she engineers microbes to make sustainable and low-cost chemicals. She studies biological processes (e.g. stress response, signaling and membrane transport) in microbial systems. Mukhopadhyay makes use of a variety of biochemical approaches to understand environmentally important model (sulphate and cyanobacteria) and non-model organisms (Pseudomonas stutzeri, Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Agrobacterium tumefaciens). She is part of the United States Department of Energy Enigma project.

Mukhopadhyay combines protein and host engineering to improve the production fuels, using microbes such as Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum. In 2016, Mukhopadhyay engineered a bacterial strain that can permit the one-pot production of biofuels from a slurry. The strain had an amino acid mutation on the rcd gene, and was particularly tolerant to ionic liquids.

Alongside her work on biofuels, Mukhopadhyay has investigated environmentally-friendly pigments. She investigated how well Rhodosporidium toruloides can express nonribosomal peptide synthetases. She showed that Rhodosporidium toruloides (a fungus) bioengineered to convert amino acid molecules into indigoidine, a blue pigment that can be used in the textile industry. She showed that for every liter of bioreactor culture it was possible to generate 86 grams of indigoidine, which was the highest yield ever reported.

Muchpadhyay is vice president of the Biofuels and Bioproducts Division at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI), where she oversees host engineering.

Awards and honors 
 2019 Finalist C3E Awards: Mid-career women in clean energy
 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Selected publications

Personal life 
Mukhopadhyay is an artist.

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Living people
Isabella Thoburn College alumni
IIT Bombay alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Indian emigrants to the United States
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory people
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
21st-century American women scientists
21st-century American scientists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is a $2.3-billion sediment diversion project in the Barataria basin in Louisiana. The project aims to restore river sediment flows into the basin. The intention of the project is to reconnect the Mississipi River and the Barataria basin.

The project broke ground on 10 August 2023, and is expected to continue until 2029.

References

Environmental management schemes
GlamBOT. The GlamBOT is a high-speed camera system directed by Cole Walliser, known for its use in capturing dynamic, slow-motion videos of celebrities on the red carpet at various high-profile award ceremonies such as The Academy Awards, The Grammys, Golden Globes, The Emmys, and the People’s Choice Awards.

Development 
Walliser, a filmmaker with a background in directing music videos and high-speed photography, developed the GLAMbot as a tool to enhance red carpet-coverage. His experience with celebrities and his innovative approach quickly became a sought-after feature at entertainment industry events.

Use in filmmaking 
The GLAMbot is primarily used at events to capture slow-motion footage of celebrities, emphasizing their outfits, makeup, and overall look. These videos are often shared on social media, highlighting the glamour of Hollywood's events. Walliser's creative direction has resulted in widely-shared GLAMbot moments featuring celebrities like Lady Gaga, whom he cites as one of his favorite subjects due to her fashion choices and dynamic presence.

Technical aspects 
Technically, the GLAMbot combines high-speed camera technology with robotic control to execute precise, smooth movements that capture detailed slow-motion footage. The system requires a significant amount of light to shoot at a shallow depth of field, typically around f/2.8, with focus adjustments made through keyframes controlled by the robotic system. Walliser has said "We shoot 1,000 frames in that one second. When we play it back at like 24/30 [frames per second]."

Expansion and Influence 
The GlamBOT’s success has inspired similar high-speed, robotic camera experiences across the party and entertainment industry. Red Carpet Robot (), a sister company under Booth Me Up Las Vegas, offers a GlamBot-style photo and video experience at various red-carpet events, allowing guests to create cinematic, slow-motion captures similar to Walliser's original GlamBOT concept. BoothMeUp LV () provides another example with its GlamBot activation, which brings this high-speed camera experience to a broader range of events, offering event-goers Hollywood-style, slow-motion videos with robotic precision.

References

External links 
 Cole Walliser's official website
 
 
 Red Carpet Robot
 BoothMeUp LV GlamBot Experience

Film and video technology
Red carpet fashion
Frank R. Milliken. Frank R. Milliken was an American businessperson.

Early life and education
Milliken was born on January 25, 1914, in Malden, Massachusetts. He received a degree in mining engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1934.

Career
Milliken presided over Kennecott, based in New York City during the nationalization of the company's Chilean mines and stricter environmental regulations. In 1977, during his tenure, Kennecott acquired Carborundum.

In 1975, Miliken became a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He took retirement in 1979. He died on December 4, 1991.

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1991 deaths
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