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Maserati Alfieri. The Maserati Alfieri is a grand tourer from the Italian car manufacturer Maserati. It was shown as a concept car at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.

Concept


The car is named after Alfieri Maserati (1887–1932), one of the five Maserati Brothers, and marks the 100 year anniversary of the carmaker, which was established in 1914 at Bologna. It was developed at the Centro Stile Maserati in Turin. The chief designer was Marco Tencone, while the exterior chief designer was Giovanni Ribotta. The project was managed by Lorenzo Ramaciotti, who has been the director of Centro Stile since 2007 and in 2014 was the head of Fiat-Chrysler Global Design.<ref>IL CONCEPT ALFIERI PROTAGONISTA MASERATI DEL SALONE DELL'AUTO DI GINEVRA, press release from the manufacturing company, dated 4 March 2014.</ref>

The Alfieri'' uses design elements of the Maserati A6 GCS/54 designed by Pininfarina in 1954. It is based on the chassis of the Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale with a shorter wheelbase of 24 cm, equipped with a locking transaxle and Ferrari-derived 4.7-litre V8 engine rated at  and  at 4750 rpm.

Production version
The Alfieri was confirmed for production in 2016 at a Fiat Chrysler event on 6 May 2014 but was delayed to 2020 at the earliest. According to reports, the Alfieri was to be offered with three V6 engine choices, rated at ,  and . The 450-horsepower and 520-horsepower versions were said to only have an all-wheel-drive system.

The Alfieri was reported to be joined by a convertible variant in 2021 after the coupe's introduction. An electric version was planned for 2021 at the earliest.

In June 2018, Maserati announced that the Alfieri would be offered as a plug-in hybrid from 2021 and as an electric vehicle from 2020 with three electric motors and all-wheel-drive. Further, the Alfieri coupe and convertible would replace the Maserati GranTurismo and GranCabrio.

In 2019, it was announced by Maserati's then-executive chairman Harald Wester that the Alfieri would enter mass production in 2021 or 2022. However, as of the Stellantis merger that incorporated FCA in 2021, production is yet to commence. In mid-2021, it was confirmed that a new GranTurismo prototype using styling cues from the Alfieri was being test-driven, with options for an electric drivetrain as well as V6 and V8 engines.

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 Maserati Alfieri Concept Car - Geneva Auto Show 2014
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Maserati Alfieri
Ronald P. McLaughlin. Ronald Paul McLaughlin (November 13, 1929 – November 12, 2021) was an American railway engineer and labor leader who was the President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE), a railway workers' union in the United States, from 1991 to 1996.

Early years
Ronald Paul McLaughlin was born on 13 November 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, J.H. McLaughlin, was a BLE official who served as chairman of the BLE General Committee of Adjustment on the Milwaukee Road from 1951 to 1966.

Ronald P. McLaughlin served in the United States Marine Corps. In 1948 he became a fireman on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. For ten years he played semi-pro baseball in his spare time. He was elected chairman of his BLE local division in Kansas City in 1960. McLaughlin was also local chairman of his BLE division in Ottumwa, Iowa, from 1969 to 1981, as well as secretary-treasurer and legislative representative of the division. He became vice-chairman of the BLE General Committee of Adjustment on the Milwaukee Road in 1971, and general chairman in 1981.

Union leader
McLaughlin was elected first vice-president of the BLE, and then in 1991 was elected International President. He defeated the incumbent president Larry McFather.

Under his leadership the union grew in size, despite declining numbers of railroad workers. In 1992, McLaughlin was elected vice-chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association (RLEA). In April 1993 he was elected chairman of the RLEA by acclamation, succeeding Edward P. McEntee.

McLaughlin left office in 1996. Clarence V. Monin was elected International President of the 55,000-member BLE in July 1996.

Death
McLaughlin died in Surprise, Arizona on November 12, 2021, one day before his 92nd birthday.

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen people
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Helen Atkinson. Dame Helen Valerie Atkinson  (born 29 April 1960) is Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University's School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing.  She was previously Head of the University of Leicester's Department of Engineering and later Leicester's Graduate Dean. In 2010, she was designated one of the UKRC's Women of Outstanding Achievement and featured in the Women of Outstanding Achievement Photographic Exhibition. She was elected a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2007, was a vice-president of the Academy from 2012 to 2014 and was elected to its Trustee Board in 2014.

Atkinson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2014 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to engineering and education.

Education 
Atkinson has a first class degree from Girton College, Cambridge in Metallurgy and Materials Science, and a PhD from Imperial College, London. Her PhD is on the transmission electron microscopy of grain growth in oxide scales, and was carried out at the Atomic Energy Authority at Harwell.

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21st-century British women engineers
John L. Meisenheimer. John Long Meisenheimer Sr. (June 21, 1933 – January 7, 2023) was an American chemist who was a Professor Emeritus of Chemistry (1963–1999) and EKU Foundation Professor (1994–1996) at Eastern Kentucky University. 

On October 31, 1957, he was the Launch and Flight Weather Officer for the first U.S., intercontinental missile (Snark). In 1958, as the Launch Weather Officer for Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite, he delayed America's entry into the space race for two days with his correct forecasts of extreme upper air wind shear. On the third day, January 31, his forecast was for the jet stream to move far enough away from Cape Canaveral for the upper air winds to allow an evening launch. Dr. Kurt Debus, the launch director, accepted this forecast and ordered the missile to be fueled. At about 10:48 pm, Explorer 1 was successfully launched. 

From 1964 to 1970 he was a member of the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Longrifle Team that competed against teams from other states. Because of his participation in this competition he was commissioned an Honorary Kentucky Colonel in 1967 by Governor Edward Breathitt. In 1969 he won the Indiana Open Flintlock Championship competing against marksmen from six states. In 1992 he saved lives by discovering radioactive depleted uranium was used in the manufacture of  frizzens used in muzzle-loading flintlock rifles. 

He plays a recurring role of Pappy 5X in the book and webisode series the Zombie Cause. His biography is in the 2021 edition of Who'sWho In America,

Meisenheimer died from transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy on January 7, 2023, at the age of 89.

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Old Stone Arch Bridge (Clark Center, Illinois). The Old Stone Arch Bridge was a stone arch bridge located along the former route of the National Road in Clark Center, Illinois. The limestone bridge was  high and  long with a  span. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the bridge between 1828 and 1837, the period in which the Corps improved much of the National Road. The National Road was the first major highway built by the U.S. government and brought settlers and goods from the Eastern United States to Illinois. The bridge became part the Illinois state highway system in 1918, and later became part of U.S. Route 40; it served road traffic until 1933, when US 40 was realigned through the area.

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1978.

See also
Old Stone Arch (Marshall, Illinois), also on National Road and NRHP-listed
 
 
 
 
 List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Illinois

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Buildings and structures in Clark County, Illinois
National Road
U.S. Route 40
National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Illinois
Stone arch bridges in the United States
SkyDancer SD-260. The SkyDancer SD-260 was an American aerobatic homebuilt biplane that was designed and produced by SkyDancer Aviation of Louisville, Kentucky, introduced in the mid-1990s. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit.

Design and development
The SD-260 featured a strut-braced biplane layout, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, with an optional bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft fuselage was made from welded 4130 steel tubing. Its  span had a wooden structure with four ailerons, a wing area of  and was covered in doped aircraft fabric. The wing was supported by interplane struts, cabane struts and flying wires. The acceptable power range was  and the standard engine used was the  Lycoming IO-540 powerplant.

The SD-260 had a typical empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage was .

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a  engine was  and the landing roll was .

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1200 hours.

Operational history
In March 2014 no examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of two had been registered at one time. It is unlikely any remain in existence.

Variants
SD-200 Basic
Proposed  model, not built
SD-200C Classic
Proposed  model, not built
SD-260
Base  model, two built
SD-300S
Proposed  single-seat model for advanced aerobatic maneuvers, not built

Specifications (SD-260)

See also
List of aerobatic aircraft

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SD-260
1990s United States sport aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Biplanes
Homebuilt aircraft
Aerobatic aircraft
HI-LEX. is a Japanese corporation specializing in the manufacture and sale of remote-controlling electrical cables and accessories for two-and four-wheel vehicles, construction and industrial machinery, household and welfare appliances, medical equipment and marine vessels.

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange and as of October 31, 2012 the company has 26 subsidiaries.

In Japan the company has offices in Takarazuka, Tokyo, Nagoya and Hiroshima, factories in Takarazuka, Tamba, Sanda, Hamamatsu, Toyooka, Hamada, Honjo, Mobara, technical center in Utsunomiya and research center in Suwa.

Overseas it has factories and offices in Germany, Hungary, China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, UK, Italy, the United States and Mexico.

In 2016, the launch of production in Tolyatti, Russia.

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Mattson Technology. Mattson Technology Inc. is an American technology company which was founded  in 1988 by Brad Mattson and is based in Fremont, California. The company is partly state-owned by the municipal government of Beijing. The company is both a manufacturer and supplier in the market of semiconductor equipment globally. Its main products are dry strip system, rapid thermal processing, as well as etching. The company provides products for customers and manufacturers such as foundries, memory and logic devices.

In December 2013, Mattson Technology announced its paradigmE XP, next-generation etch system, extending the company's etch technology and enabling chipmakers to address processing challenges for leading-edge, three-dimensional semiconductor manufacturing. This new system has been qualified in Nov. by advanced DRAM device technologies.

In May 2016, Mattson Technology and Beijing E-Town ("E-Town Dragon") jointly announced that the previously announced acquisition of Mattson by E-Town had been completed. Allen Lu has served as the company's CEO and President since October 2016.

In 2022, Applied Materials sued Mattson Technology, alleging theft of trade secrets. In November 2023, Mattson Technology countersued Applied Materials.

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Lynskey Performance Designs. Lynskey Performance Designs LLC, is a titanium bicycle designer and manufacturing company based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, founded and currently operated by the Lynskey family, who began building titanium bicycles in 1984. The family founded the company Litespeed Titanium, Which they sold in 1999.  They began Lynskey Performance Designs in January 2006.   Lynskey designs bicycles for the specific needs of road, mountain, touring, commuting, and urban riding.  All Lynskey bicycles utilize titanium, an expensive metal that offers enduring strength yet is very lightweight.  Lynskey also designs a collection of stems, seatposts, and handlebars.

The Lynskey family has pioneered many designs and technologies used today in titanium bicycles and the cycling industry, including Helix tubing technology.  Helix tubing consists of a twisted titanium tube to gain the benefits of both a round tube and a beam. A round tube resists twisting forces, and a beam resists bending.  The Helix allows for a stiff bike while still retaining comfort with a distinctive shape. Customization of the bike for the customer is a key selling feature for the company.

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Aero Designs Pulsar. The Aero Designs Pulsar is an American two-seat, low wing, ultralight  and homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Mark Brown and first produced by Aero Designs of San Antonio, Texas, introduced in 1985. When it was available the Pulsar was supplied as a ready-to-fly aircraft and as a kitplane for amateur construction.

The aircraft was later produced by Skystar Aircraft of Nampa, Idaho and then by Pulsar Aircraft of El Monte, California. Each subsequent manufacturer introduced new variants.

Design and development
The Pulsar was a development of the Star-Lite Aircraft Star Lite and features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration open cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear or optionally conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from composites. Its  span wing employs a NASA MS(1)-0313 mod airfoil, mounts flaps and has a wing area of . The cabin width is . The acceptable power range is  and the standard engines used are the  Rotax 532 two-stroke, the  BMW R1100S or the  Rotax 912ULS or the  Rotax 914 turbocharged powerplant.

The Pulsar Series II has a typical empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is .

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a  engine is  and the landing roll is .

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1000 hours.

Operational history
In March 2014 130 examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of 195 had been registered at one time. In March 2014 five were registered with Transport Canada and 29 with the CAA in the United Kingdom.

Variants

Pulsar
Original model, powered by a  Rotax 532 two-stroke powerplant and introduced in 1985 by Aero Designs.
Pulsar XP (also called the XP912)
Improved model, with higher gross weight, powered by an  Rotax 912UL four-stroke powerplant and introduced in 1992 by Aero Designs.
Pulsar Series II
Improved model, powered by a  Rotax 912ULS four-stroke or  Rotax 914 turbocharged powerplant and produced by SkyStar Aircraft.
Pulsar III
Improved model, powered by a  Rotax 912UL four-stroke or  Jabiru 2200 powerplant, tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and produced by Pulsar Aircraft starting in 1989. A total of 500 kits were claimed to have been delivered by 2005.
Pulsar SP100
Super Pulsar introduced in 2001, powered by an  Rotax 912UL four-stroke or  Jabiru 3300 powerplant, Continental or Lycoming engines, produced by Pulsar Aircraft.

Specifications (Pulsar Series II)

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1980s United States sport aircraft
1980s United States ultralight aircraft
1980s United States civil utility aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Kimber Lockhart. Kimber Lockhart is the Chief Technology Officer at One Medical Group. Previously, she was the Senior Director of Web Application Engineering at Box. Prior to joining Box, she co-founded Increo, a secure web-based document sharing and review service. Increo was acquired by Box in October, 2009. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Education and development of Increo
Lockhart holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. In 2007, during her junior year, she started the software project Increo with Jeff Seibert. The initial prototype was IdeaCV, an "idea feedback engine" which was created for a class assignment. The group continued to build and test it throughout the year while getting feedback from users. In May of her senior year, the idea had developed into a more general "document feedback" concept. The team had acquired enough adoption to plan ahead for graduation and raise seed funding. In June, they moved into an office and Lockhart took on a business development role that grew to the position of CEO after graduation. The company launched in 2008, and was purchased by Box for an undisclosed sum in October 2009.

Public speaking
She has spoken on the issues of women in technology. She is featured in the documentary She++ and has been the keynote speaker at the annual Women Engineers Code Conference at Harvard.

Awards
Lockhart was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women Engineers in Technology by Business Insider

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American women computer scientists
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21st-century American women
Buckyball (disambiguation). A buckyball or buckminsterfullerene is a molecule resembling a soccer ball composed of 60 carbon atoms.

Buckyball may also refer to:

Truncated icosahedron, the geometric structure of the C molecule
A brand of neodymium magnet toys

See also
 Fullerene, any molecule composed of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, and many other shapes
Sport Racer. The Sport Racer is an American homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed and produced by Sport Racer Inc of Valley Center, Kansas. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.

Design and development
The Sport Racer features a cantilever mid-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing. The  span wing has a wooden structure, covered in doped aircraft fabric and has a wing area of . The standard engine used is a  Ford Motor Company V-6 automotive conversion powerplant.

The Sport Racer has a typical empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is .

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a  engine is  and the landing roll is .

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied plans as 1600 hours.

Specifications (Sport Racer)

See also
List of aerobatic aircraft

References

External links
 Photo of a Sport Racer

Sport Racer
1990s United States sport aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Mid-wing aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Venčeslav Poniž. Venčeslav Poniž (; 25 September 1900 – 20 November 1967) was a Polish engineer. He is best known as the author of welded steel and reinforced concrete projects of inter-war and post-war Poland. Among the best-known of his designs are such landmarks as the Maurzyce Bridge, the Prudential Tower and the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych car factory. 

Poniž was born 25 September 1900 in Vipava near Trieste, then in Austria-Hungary. Soon after World War I he started his studies at the Vienna University of Technology, which he continued at the Charles University in Prague and then the Lwów University of Technology in Poland. He graduated in 1926 and soon afterwards teamed up with Stefan Bryła, with whom he designed the Maurzyce Bridge, the first all-welded road bridge in the world. The team also designed the construction of the Prudential skyscraper in Warsaw, as well as the functionalist Postal Train Station.

In 1934 his doctoral thesis was accepted and soon afterwards Poniž, until then formally a citizen of a non-existent state of Austria-Hungary, became naturalised, received his Polish passport and officially Polonised his name to Wenczesław Poniż. In 1935 he moved to Warsaw, where he became one of the professors at the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology. During World War II he continued his teaching in the underground universities.

After the war, in 1946 he became a full professor at the Warsaw University of Technology and in 1960 became a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Among his best-known post-war works are the reconstruction of the Mirów Halls and the Grand Theatre of Warsaw, as well as the projects of Warsaw's Eastern Wall, Warsaw Steel Mill and the Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych car factory. He died 20 November 1967 and was buried at Powązki Cemetery.

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