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Next Generation Launch Technology. Next Generation Launch Technology (NGLT) was a NASA Program Office established in 2002, to pursue technologies for future space launch systems.

In 2004, NASA moved on to the Constellation Program, part of the Vision for Space Exploration.

Objectives (2002)
"To pursue technologies for future space launch systems. NGLT will fund research in key technology areas such as propulsion, launch vehicles, operations and system analyses. NGLT is part of NASA's Integrated Space Technology Plan. The NGLT Program is sponsored by NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology and is part of the Space Launch Initiative theme that includes both NGLT and Orbital Space Plane. NGLT will focus on technology development to increase safety and reliability and reduce overall costs associated with building, flying and maintaining the nation's next-generations of space launch vehicles."

NGLT projects 
NGLT covered : propulsion technology, launch systems (vehicle related technologies), and system analyses and engineering.

Propulsion projects included :
 Rocket Engine Prototype Project: focusing on a 1+ MLbs LOX/Hydrocarbon booster engine
 Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) Project: focusing on a rocket-based airbreathing engines for ground testing from Mach 0 to 7.
 Turbine Based Combined Cycle (TBCC) Project: focusing on a turbine based airbreathing engines for ground testing up to Mach 4+.
 Integrated Powerhead Demonstrator (IPD): testing a 250 Klb thrust oxygen/hydrogen full flow stage combustion engine.

Results and legacy

References 

NASA programs
2002 establishments in the United States
2004 disestablishments in the United States
Polux. Polux is a measuring device for checking the condition of wooden electricity and telephone poles. This is a specific non-destructive testing tool for wooden poles.

Description 

Polux technology is used for safety and maintenance diagnostics. The measurements enable operators to climb poles safely and check the condition of the wood to estimate its remaining lifespan.

History 

The Polux technology was developed in the early 90s by Professor Jean-Luc Sandoz, following on from the Sylvatest, at the initial request of EDF, which had the dual problem of the safety and lifespan of their poles. In 2003, the technology was presented at the 17th International Congress on Electrical Distribution Networks in Barcelona. In 2017, a report by Orange's CGT insisted on the danger of unmaintained poles and demonstrated, through several large-scale comparative tests, the scientific contribution of Polux technology to increasing the safety of personnel climbing poles, drawing on the experience of Enedis. It works with Picus software, which uses data consisting of local densitometry measurements at the ground line and hygroscopic measurements. The Polux technology continues to be developed at the CBS-Lifteam Research and Development Centre in Switzerland. The 5th version enables faster data collection and processing, with a miniaturised tool and the Picus application downloadable to smartphones. Polux technology is used in a number of countries, including the United States, Canada, European Union, Africa and Asia.

Awards 

 In 2003, The Wall Street Journal awarded the first prize for innovation to Polux technology.
 In 2006, the 14th international symposium on non-destructive testing equipment presented advances in the technology.
 In 2011, the International Seminar of Electrical Energy Distributors presented the use of Polux technology in Germany, using Deutsche Telekom as an example.

Bibliography 
•	(en) Flávio L. R. Vidor, Marçal Pires, Berenice A. Dedavid, Pedro D. B. Montani, and Adriano Gabiatti, « », Rapport scientifique, 2010;

•	(br) M. A. O. Cruz1; M. Pires; B. A. Dedavid; F. L. R. Vidor; W. S. Oliveira; R. C.Abruzzi, « », revue scientifique,2010 (lire en ligne   [PDF]).

References

External links 
 US website
 Officiel website

 
Maintenance
Quality control
Product testing
Product certification
Materials science
Materials testing
Electrical test equipment
Scarlin Hernandez. Scarlin Hernandez is a Dominican-American astronautical engineer. She worked as a spacecraft engineer for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD.

Early life and education 
Hernandez was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to Brooklyn, New York, at the age of four. She grew up in Baltimore, MD, and attended high school at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.

In 2013, she earned a degree in computer engineering from Capitol Technology University in Laurel, Maryland, supported by a full scholarship from the National Science Foundation. She also began to pursue astronautical engineering in her studies while at Capitol. She also started a chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and served as secretary and later president.

While in college, she completed an internship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, where she was part of the ground control system team for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, which operated from 1997-2015.

Career 
Following college, Hernandez worked in various roles for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, including as mission planning lead, systems engineer, propulsion engineer, and power engineer. From there, she moved to focus on deep space, joining the James Webb Space Telescope mission at the Space Telescope Science Institute. She worked on the flight operations team on the deployment control subsystem.

She supported the Webb telescope during its December 25, 2021 launch, and worked on its console throughout its commissioning. She also worked on its Optical Telescope Element. 

While at the Space Telescope Science Institute, she participated in internal projects such as the Women Empowering Women program, the first institute-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion program, as well as recruitment campaigns with the Society of Women Engineers and Capitol Technology University. 

In 2022, Hernandez was the National Award of the Youth in the Dominican Republic, and the same year she was also included in Forbes Dominican Republic Las 50 Mujeres Poderosas República Dominicana.

Hernandez has been featured in the documentary Orgullo de Quisqueya and the Netflix documentary Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine.

External links 

 Video: NASA Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Profile - Scarlin Hernandez - JWST Spacecraft Engineer (STScI)
 Video: NASA engineer celebrates Hispanic heritage at Cradle of Aviation

References 

1991 births
Living people
21st-century American women scientists
Dominican Republic women scientists
Women engineers
21st-century American women engineers
21st-century American engineers
Women aerospace engineers
Dominican Republic women engineers
Dominican Republic emigrants to the United States
Dominican Republic engineers
Hispanic and Latino American scientists
Hispanic and Latino American women scientists
Skin electrode gel. Skin electrode gels are used extensively to reduce electrical resistance when using skin surface electrodes, both for medical instrumentation such as EEG, EMG and EKG, and for electrical stimulation treatments such as TENS, electrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and defibrillation.

A typical electrode gel consists of a mixture of water, a thickener such as polyvinyl alcohol or carboxymethyl cellulose, and an electrolyte to increase conductivity.

Some electrode gels have been shown to pose a potential fire risk when high-energy pulses are used, as for example when defibrillators are used.

Skin electrode gels are also used by users of erotic electrostimulation to avoid skin burning.

References

See also
 Medical lubricant

Electrophysiology
Electrotherapy
Medical equipment
Gels
Ravi Shankar (academic). Ravi Shankar is an Indian academic who is professor of operations and supply chain management at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE). His research citations exceed 37,000 with an H-index of 82 as of September 2023.

Awards and honours 
 On March 20, 2018, the Education Minister of India bestowed upon Shankar an "Outstanding Faculty Award" in the domain of Business, Management, and Accounting. This recognition was awarded for his exceptional contributions during the period spanning 2015 to 2017, further highlighting his significant impact in the field.
 Shankar appeared in the 2022 list of Elsevier's Top 2% list Indian Productive Researchers in the business and management category on a single year basis.
 The 2nd Edition of Research.com (November 2022) ranked Shankar as the best (1st) scientist (researcher) in India and 101st best globally in the arena of Business and Management based on the basis of data consolidated from various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef.
 Shankar serves as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Advances in Management Research published by Emerald Publishing.

Career 
Shankar is the Amar Gupta Chair Professor of Decision Science. His teaching and research focus primarily on the domain of Operations & Supply Chain Management and Decision Sciences.

References

See also 
 Ravi Shankar on Google Scholar

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of IIT Delhi
Indian academic administrators
Heads of universities and colleges in India
21st-century Indian educators
Indian academics
RAF High G Training and Test Facility. The RAF High G Training and Test Facility was opened on 4 February 2019 at RAF College Cranwell to provide high-G training to Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fast jet pilots.

The facility was created by Thales UK in collaboration with the RAF.

Capabilities

The 39 tonne Human Training Centrifuge can accelerate up to 9G in one second, rotating up to 34 times a minute at speeds of 55mph.

Usage
The simulator can be used by fast jet pilots to practice G-straining under the supervision of medical personnel. The system contains a flight simulator that allows the pilot to "fly" and apply the G-forces as they would in a real aircraft. This is aided by its ability to simulate pitch and roll. The cockpit can be configured to match a Hawk T2, Typhoon or F35B Lightning.

Pilots are expected to receive training on the simulator at least once every 5 years.

References

Training establishments of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force College Cranwell
John Stull (scientist). John Stull ( — November 9, 2012) was an American scientist and engineer and a former professor of astronomy at Alfred University in Alfred, New York. He was a proponent of the creation of an observatory on the Alfred University campus in 1966. He is credited with building or rebuilding nearly all the telescopes in the observatory, which was renamed in his honor in 1989. He was also known for inventing the air track system,  a scientific device used to study motion in a low friction environment.

In 1997, asteroid 31113 Stull was named for Stull, following its discovery by Scott Weaver and David DeGraff using a telescope Stull designed and built.

Personal life 
Stull was born in 1930 in Dansville, New York.

Stull graduated magna cum laude in 1952 and then received a PhD from Alfred University in ceramic engineering. He was only the second university student to receive a PhD in ceramic engineering at the time. He then went on to join the faculty at Alfred University in 1958 and retired in 1992, spending his entire career at Alfred.

In 1963, Stull invented the Stull-Ealing linear air track, a low-friction device used in physics instruction which has been marketed worldwide.

Stull died November 9, 2012, at the age of 82 in Almond, New York.

Awards 
Following his retirement in 1992, Stull continued active work at Alfred University. Stull was awarded of the Alfred University Friend Award in 2002 and the Lillian T. Nevins Award for lifetime service to the university in 2011.

References 

2012 deaths
American academic biography_stubs
Alfred University faculty
American scientists
20th-century American astronomers
Scientists from New York (state)
Sabih Khan. Sabih Khan (born 1966) is an Indian-American business executive, who is the senior vice president (SVP) of operations at Apple Inc. He oversees Apple's global supply chain, and is responsible for Apple's supplier responsibility programs.

Early life and education
Khan was born in 1966 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. His family moved to Singapore when he was in fifth grade. He earned a bachelor of economics and mechanical engineering from Tufts University, and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Career

GE Plastics
Khan worked for GE Plastics (now SABIC), where he was an applications development engineer and key account technical leader.

Apple
Khan joined Apple in 1995. On June 27, 2019, Khan was named senior vice president of operations, reporting to Jeff Williams. In his role at Apple, Khan's operations department has been responsible for establishing partnerships with green manufacturing suppliers. Additionally, Khan's department was responsible for changes to suppliers' operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

1966 births
Living people
20th-century American businesspeople
21st-century American businesspeople
Apple Inc. executives

Tufts University alumni
Tricyclodecane. Tricyclodecane (TCD) is an organic compound with the formula C10H16. It is classed as a hydrocarbon. It has two main stereoisomers–the endo and exo forms. Its primary use in the exo form is as a component of jet fuel. It is used here primarily because of its high energy density. The exo isomer also has a low freezing point. Because of this, its properties have been studied extensively. It is often called tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene.

Reactions
Its reactions with other materials have been studied, as have various production methods. The two isomers can interconvert in the presence of aluminum chloride as catalyst absorbed on substrates such as silicon dioxide or zeolites, with preference for forming the exo as the major product.

References

Further reading 

Aviation fuels
Cycloalkanes
Jacques Valade. Jacques Valade (4 May 1930 – 3 October 2023) was a French scientist and a French politician.

Scientific career :

A chemical engineer, he obtained a thesis in organic chemistry in 1950, and became an assistant and then an associate professor at the Bordeaux Faculty of Science in 1960. He was Professor at the University of Bordeaux (1963-1987), Dean of the Faculty of Science (1968-1970), and Director of the Institut du Pin (1969-1974), a public-private institute for the study and development of chemical components and derivatives from maritime pine in Bordeaux. 

Local political career :

At the same time, he took on local political responsibilities, serving as deputy to Bordeaux mayor (Jacques Chaban-Delmas, then Alain Juppé), from 1971 to 2001  (first deputy from 1977 to 1992), President of the General Council of the Gironde department from 1985 to 1988, and President of the Regional Council of the Aquitaine  region from 1992 to 1998.

National political career :

He was a deputy from 1970 to 1973 and a senator of Gironde from 1980 to 1987 and from 1989 to 2008 (1995-2001 - Vice-President of the Senate ; 2001-2008 - Chairman of the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee), and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research from 1987 to 1988.  From 2008 to 2015, he was appointed Ambassador-at-Large for French decentralized cooperation in Asia.

Distinctions :
 Officer of Legion of Honour order in 2007 (Knight in 1999)
 Commander of Ordre des Palmes académiques in 2008 (Knight in 1993 - Officer in 2008)
 Order of the Rising Sun - Japan
 Order of the Three Stars - Latvia
 Order of the Equatorial Star - Gabon
 On avril 26th, 1984, he was elected as a resident member of the "Académie nationale des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Bordeaux" (National Academy of Science, Art and Literature of Bordeaux) in chair no. 5".

Valade died on 3 October 2023 in Bordeaux, at the age of 93.

References

1930 births
2023 deaths
Union of Democrats for the Republic politicians
Rally for the Republic politicians
Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Vice-presidents of the Senate (France)
French senators of the Fifth Republic
Senators of Gironde
Presidents of French regions and overseas collectivities
Politicians from Bordeaux
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class
Elizabeth Taylor (engineer). Elizabeth Anne Taylor  is an Australian civil engineer and academic.

Career 
Taylor began her civil engineering career at the Maritime Service Board before moving to academic life. She lectured in engineering at Central Queensland University, rising to professor and later dean of the James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems. She also became Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean at the university.

Awards and recognition 
Taylor was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2004 Australia Day Honours.

References 

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academic staff of Central Queensland University
Australian civil engineers
Talal Shahwan. Talal Rebhi Abd-Allah Shahwan (May 28, 1968) is a chemist, and a Palestinian university professor. He was appointed as president of Birzeit University from August 1, 2023.

His life 
Talal Shahwan was born on May 28, 1968, in Jordan, from a Palestinian family from the town of Hableh in the province of Qalqilya. He acquired his high school degree in the scientific stream from Al Saadya high school in 1986 from the city of Qalqilya.

He studied in Birzeit University but the Israeli lockdown of the university during the first Intifada stopped him from continuing his studies. He later moved to Turkey and acquired his bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in 1994. He then acquired his master's degree in 1997 and doctorate in 2000 from Bilkent University. He worked as a teacher and instructor in the same university in the years 1995–2002, then moving to Izmir Institute of Technology until the year 2008.

He started his work for Birzeit University at September 1, 2008, then becoming an associate professor of chemistry in 2012. He was the head of the Chemistry Department in the Faculty of Science  for a year, then became the Dean of Higher Studies and President of the Scientific Research Committee on 2013-2018 while also working as vice president of the university's academic relations president.

On June 12, 2023, Hannah Nasir, the chairperson of the board of trustees in Birzeit University announced his decision to appoint Talal Shahwan as the President of university from August 1, 2023, after the former president Beshara Doumani resigned.

Stanford University in 2022 chose him as amongst the 2% of the most quoted scientist in the world in their respective fields. He has over 41 published scientific articles.

References 

1. Birzeit University leads the world’s researchers. Jortn News. (2020). https://www.jortn.com/2020/11/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AB%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85

2. Dr. Talal Shahwan as President of Birzeit University. Birzeit.edu. (2023a). https://www.birzeit.edu/ar/news/d-tll-shhwn-ryysan-ljm-byrzyt

3. Tala Shahwan. Orcid. (2023). https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1947-1470

4. Talal Shahwan Appointed as President of Birzeit University. Wafa.ps. (2023). https://www.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/72926

5. Talal Shahwan. Birzeit.edu. (2023b). http://www.birzeit.edu/en/faculty-staff/talal-shahwan

Living people
1968 births
People from Qalqilya
Middle East Technical University alumni
Birzeit University
Bilkent University alumni
Academic staff of the İzmir Institute of Technology
Academic staff of Bilkent University
Palestinian expatriates in Turkey
Palestinian expatriates in Jordan
Palestinian chemists
Presidents of Birzeit University
Birzeit University alumni
Avalonia (software framework). Avalonia is a free and open-source .NET cross-platform XAML-based UI framework  inspired by WPF/UWP and distributed under the MIT License. Avalonia supports the MVVM pattern.

It enables development of cross-platform applications using any .NET language, including C#, F# and VB.NET for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android and WebAssembly.

Avalonia supports multiple renderers, including Direct2D and Skia Graphics Engine, allowing it to operate on a broad range of platforms. Avalonia draws its entire UI, mirroring the approach taken by Flutter.

History 
Avalonia, originally named Perspex, was first developed by Steven Kirk, with its initial commit made on 5 December 2013. The framework was conceived with the aim of creating a cross-platform UI framework, inspired by Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).

Avalonia became part of the .NET Foundation on 1 April 2020, and left on 20 February 2024.

IDE support 
Avalonia maintains supports for the following IDEs and editors via plugins:
 Visual Studio Code
 Visual Studio

Other IDEs can be used with community-supported plugins, including JetBrains Rider.

References

Further reading 
 Visual Studio Magazine: Open Source Avalonia .NET UI Framework Finally Hits Milestone v11 GA Release
 InfoQ: Getting started with Avalonia UI
 DevClass: Interview: Avalonia XPF introduced for WPF on Mac, Linux and eventually mobile/
 JetBrains Blog: Case Study: How GritWorld Uses Rider and Avalonia to Build a Powerful 3D Engine
 I-Programmer: Avalonia 11 Adds New Platform Support

External links 
 
 

.NET software
Free and open-source software
Software using the MIT license
HydrogenPro. HydrogenPro is a technology company and an OEM for high-pressure alkaline electrolyser systems for large-scale green hydrogen plants.

HydrogenPro was founded in 2013 by individuals with a background in the electrolysis industry which was 
established in Telemark, Norway by Norsk Hydro in 1927.

History 

HydrogenPro was founded in 2013 by a team with the experienced electrolyser industry at Norsk Hydro and delivered the largest electrolyser plant in Northern Europe.

In 2020, HydrogenPro is listed on Euronext Growth with key investors such as Mitsubishi taking part in the IPO. HydrogenPro sets up JV with electrolyser producer THM and control over all IP and electrolyser technology.

In 2022, HydrogenPro secured a landmark purchase order for 10-year service and support agreement from Mitsubishi (220 MW in Utah, US). In the same year, they were listed on the main list of Oslo Børs.

In 2023, HydrogenPro entered into a partnership with ANDRITZ to collaborate on scaling up the manufacturing and assembly of electrolysers.

References 

Hydrogen technologies
Electrolysis
Hydrogen production
Technology companies
Charles H. Kennerly. Charles H. Kennerly (b. 1885 – April 8, 1973) was an American naval officer, engineer, and wartime public official.

During World War I, Kennerly served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, where he was assigned to the United States Shipping Board as a port engineer. Between the first and second World Wars, Kennerly served as the superintending port engineer for the Old Dominion Steamship Company for several years. During World War II, Kennerly was appointed as managing director of the War Shipping Administration. In the role, he supervised maintenance, repair, and operations of all Allied merchant shipping from the U.S. East Coast to the Gulf of Mexico, including wartime supervision for the entire New York Harbor. In 1942, Kennerly spoke against the deportation order of 42 War Production Board employees who were non-U.S. citizens, stating that it was necessary and essential that they be allowed to remain in their posts to support the war effort.

Kennerly died on April 8, 1973, at the age of 88. His obituary was printed in the New York Times.

References

1885 births
1973 deaths
United States Navy sailors
United States Navy personnel of World War I
United States Navy personnel of World War II
American engineers