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Shariaty Technical College. 
Shariaty Technical College (, Danushgah-e Feni-ye Dâkter-e Shiri'ti) is the largest public all-purpose women-only college in Iran that offers associate's and bachelor's degrees. It is located in Tehran, in its south in Khani Abad.

History
Shariaty Technical College was founded in 1982 with former name Somaiyeh Technical Institute. The college admitted students in the fields of civil, architecture, machine design, electronics, laboratory science, computer, accounting, and technical vocational knowledge. In 1983, Somaiyeh Institute started admitting students in the fields of commercial sewing, statistics, and then added electrical engineering field in 1986. In 1988, accounting was added. By the end of the academic year 1988-89, the number of students reached 444 and 20 students were admitted to the chemical industry. In 1989, the second branch of Somaiyeh College including educational centres, offices, and dormitories, was opened.

At the beginning of the sixteenth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Tehran Girls Technical High Education College with 507 students was established in the fields of architecture, electronics, statistics, computer, accounting, design, and sewing in Khani-Abad No. In 1998, Dr. Shariaty Tehran Girls Technical Teacher Training College was approved by the Council of Universities Expansion and other officials in the Ministry of Education and in 1999, Center 2 (Kianshahr) was independently approved as Vali-Asr Technical Institute. In 2011 and the beginning of the fifth development plan in accordance with the Act of Islamic Consultative Assembly, Dr. Shariaty Tehran Girls Technical and Vocational College was separated from the Ministry of Education and joined the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology as a Technical and Vocational College.

Schools 
 Electrical & Computer Engineering
 Art & Architecture
 Technical Science
 Administrative Science
 Sports Education
 Fashion and Textiles
 Core and General Science

See also
 Higher Education in Iran
 Universities in Iran
 Ali Shariati

References

External links

Universities in Tehran
Universities in Iran
1983 establishments in Iran
Technical and Vocational University campuses
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency. The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organization) () or, in brief, GISTDA (), is a Thai space agency and space research organisation. It is responsible for remote sensing and technology development satellites.

It has its offices in Chaeng Watthana Government Complex, Bangkok.

History 
In 1971, Thailand had a satellite natural resource survey project by joining the NASA ERTS-1, which is a project of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the operation of the National Research Council of Thailand at that time. Due to the success of the project, the status of the project has changed is the division level name to "Satellite Natural Resources Survey Division" in 1979.

In 2000, the Ministry of Science Technology and Environment has set up a new space technology unit by combining the Satellite Natural Resources Survey Division of Office of the National Research Council and the Department of Coordination and Promotion of Geographic information system Development Information Center of the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Science Technology and Environment, into the name of Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organization).

Satellite programs

THEOS

GISTDA owns the THEOS (Thaichote) satellite, which was launched by a Dnepr rocket from the Dombarovskiy Cosmodrome in Russia on 1 October 2008.

THEOS-2 and 2A

In June 2018, GISTDA selected Airbus to build the THEOS-2 satellite, an observation satellite that will replace THEOS satellite. The satellite was launched by the Vega rocket from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana on 9 October 2023.

In October 2023, GISTDA made plans to launch an accompanying smallsat, THEOS-2A, on a PSLV.

THEOS-3

In September 2023, GISTDA announced their intention to build the third THEOS-3 satellite, an observation micro satellite in a Sun-synchronous orbit. Its design is based on the THEOS-2A satellite.

See also
 List of government space agencies

References

External links
New GISTDA English language website

Space agencies
Scientific organizations based in Thailand
Public organizations of Thailand
Remote sensing organizations
Space program of Thailand
Fantasy Air. Fantasy Air (Fantasy Air, s.r.o.) was a Czech aircraft manufacturer.  The company started building ultralight aircraft in the 1990s. Fantasy Air manufactured the Allegro 2007 aircraft under microlight/ultralight regulations in several countries and under the Light-sport aircraft (LSA) rules in the US.

The company made a deal to purchase Pisek Airport in 2007, which took needed cash out of the manufacturing  operation. The company was declared bankrupt on 9 November 2007, but managed to sell the airport and make a recovery.

In July 2009 the manufacturing of the Allegro was moved to Roseburg, Oregon, USA, as part of X-Air Australia. The move was attributed to the high value of the Euro reducing sales to the USA and Australia.

References

External links

 Internet Archive of company website

Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in the Czech Republic
China National Building Material. China National Building Material Co., Ltd. or CNBM is a public traded company, engaging in cement, lightweight building materials, glass fiber and fibre-reinforced plastic products and engineering service businesses.

CNBM is currently the largest cement and gypsum board producer in China. It is also the largest glass fiber producer in Asia.

CNBM was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under IPO on 23 March 2006.

CNBM joined the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index from 10 March 2008.

In October 2013 CNBM entered into an agreement with Qatari Investors Group to expand the Al Khaliji Cement plant. Al Khaliji, a subsidiary of Qatari Investors Group, is planning to double clinker and production capacity at the plant to 12,000tpd and 14,000tpd, respectively. FLSmidth is to supply equipment and machinery for the US$190m expansion.

In 2013, CNBM acquires China manufacturer of solar photovoltaics modules, Jetion Solar.

In 2014, CNBM acquires German thin-film solar cell manufacturer, Avancis.

In the middle of 2014, CNBM took over all of the risks and benefits for 10 Ukrainian solar power plants, namely, Voskhod Solar, Neptun Solar, Franko Solar, Franko PV, Dunayskaya SES-1, Dunayskaya SES-2, Priozernaya-1, Priozernaya-2, Limanskaya Energy-1 and Limanskaya Energy-2.

In 2015, CNBM begun work on a new 1.5 GW CIGS fab in Bengbu, Anhui province, China, in what promises to become one of the largest CIGS manufacturing facilities in the country.

In 2016, UK solar developers WElink Energy and British Solar Renewables (BSR) have signed a £1.1 billion deal with CNBM to develop solar energy projects and zero-carbon homes in the UK.

The parent company of China National Building Material is China National Building Material Group (established in 1984), is a state-owned enterprise administered by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

See also
Advanced materials industry in China
 Chinese drywall

References

External links 
China National Building Material Group
China National Building Material Company Limited

Construction and civil engineering companies of China
Manufacturing companies based in Beijing
Cement companies of China
Government-owned companies of China
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1984
Manufacturing companies established in 1984
1984 establishments in China
Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Chinese brands
Companies formerly in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index
MoonLITE. The Moon Lightweight Interior and Telecoms Experiment (MoonLITE), was a proposed British space mission to explore the Moon and develop techniques for future space exploration. If funded, it would have been built by a consortium of UK industry likely including Surrey Satellite Technology, and it was planned to be launched into lunar orbit in 2014. The mission concept emerged from a study run by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (now the Science and Technology Facilities Council) in 2006. In December 2008, the British National Space Centre (part of the UK Space Agency since April 2010) announced that the project was moving to a 12-month Phase A study of the mission systems and the planned penetrators.

Objectives
The mission has both scientific and technological goals. The science goals are concerned with the interior structure, history and current state of the Moon. MoonLITE would deploy four one metre-long penetrators into the lunar surface in order to emplace a global network of seismometers, heat flow sensors and - possibly - volatile detectors. This would allow the internal structure of the Moon to be determined as well as exploring the frequency and origin of moonquakes. It would be the first space mission dedicated to studying the interior structure of the Moon since the experiments emplaced by the Apollo astronauts. Beyond the scientific value, the enhanced knowledge of the seismic environment would support engineering design and safety requirements for a future human lunar outpost.

One of the technological goals is to demonstrate for the first time a lunar telecommunications network able to communicate with four stations on the lunar surface and relay data back to Earth. Such a comms network would be needed for future robotic and lunar explorers, especially for a human outpost located near the South Pole where line of sight communications would be limited. Another objective is to prove the feasibility of penetrators for deploying scientific payloads. Although extensive work has been carried out on the technique in the US and Japan, the only attempt to use penetrators - the Deep Space 2 vehicles aboard NASA's Mars Polar Lander  - was unsuccessful. Penetrators could be used at Mars, to deploy a seismic network; at Europa in order to measure the thickness of the ice sheet; and at Enceladus to investigate the fissures discovered by Cassini.

Experimental tests of the penetrators have been carried out by the Mullard Space Science Laboratory and the QinetiQ company in 2008. The use of low-cost satellite technology in planetary exploration is a further goal of the mission.

International collaboration
The American space agency NASA became interested in the project in 2007 during the work of a BNSC/NASA Joint Working Group on lunar exploration. NASA could have contributed various parts to the mission.

Status 
, no progress on the project had been announced, and the "MoonLITE" keyword did not appear in a search of the UK Space Agency's official web site.

References

Space programme of the United Kingdom
Missions to the Moon
Cancelled space probes
Science and Technology Facilities Council
William Grierson (engineer). William Wylie Grierson  (9 December 1863 – 14 March 1935) was a British civil engineer.

Grierson was born to James Grierson (Manager of the Great Western Railway) and Margaret Emily Grierson and was educated at Rugby School.  William married Aleen Isabel Bell on 14 September 1927 at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.

Grierson followed in his father's footsteps as engineer in chief to the Great Western Railway between 1904 and 1923, following which he established an engineering consultancy firm. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours for his efforts during the First World War.

Grierson acted as chairman of the Committee on the Standardization of Railway Track and  Equipment in the period 1918-1924, established in the lead-up to and after UK railway grouping and involving the chief engineers of the principal railway companies.

He served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1929 to 1930. He also served in the Engineer and Railway Staff Corps, a Territorial Army unit whose members volunteer advice to the army on engineering matters.

He died suddenly in San Remo, Italy on 14 March 1935 after an operation.

See also 
 Clan Grierson

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British civil engineers
1863 births
1935 deaths
Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers
People educated at Rugby School
Engineer and Railway Staff Corps officers
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Spanish Supercomputing Network. The Spanish Supercomputing Network (RES) is a distributed infrastructure involving the interconnexion of 12 supercomputers which work together to offer High Performance Computing resources to the scientific community. It is coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC).

The RES is a Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS) distributed throughout Spain.

Currently the RES is composed of 12 supercomputers located in different research centres and universities.

History 
The Spanish Supercomputing Network was created in March 2007 by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, in order to respond to the increasing needs of computing resources in Spain. To achieve this, MareNostrum supercomputer was upgraded and the old nodes from MareNostrum were used to create five new nodes (Altamira, CesarAugusta, LaPalma, Picasso, Tirant).

In 2009 Atlante supercomputer joined the network. The software of the supercomputers was upgraded to the same level.

In 2011 Magerit was upgraded and became the most powerful supercomputer in Spain and of this network.

In 2014 it opens in Tenerife, Teide-HPC supercomputer, which was at that time the second most powerful in Spain. Its calculation capacity is 10,000 office computers.

In 2015, 5 new nodes became part of the network: Finisterrae II at CESGA, Pirineus at Consorcio de Servicios Universitarios de Cataluña (CSUC), Lusitania at the Fundación Computación y Tecnologías Avanzadas de Extremadura, Caléndula at the Centro de Supercomputación de Castilla y León, and Cibeles at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid In May 2016, Atlante supercomputer stopped its activity in the RES, and in December 2018 Magerit exit the RES. Currently, the network is composed of 11 institutions and 12 supercomputers.

Use of the resources 
All the supercomputing resources are aimed at non-profit R&D purposes. They are open to Spanish research groups from academia and public research centres. Research groups based in other countries can also apply for RES resources, but the participation of Spanish researchers is recommended.

Computing resources are granted by means of competitive calls. Proposals are evaluated every four months by the Access Committee, which is advised by an Expert Panel composed of prestigious scientists. The use of RES resources is allocated based on the criteria of excellence and scientific impact. Research groups do not need to pay for the use of RES resources.

References

External links 
 RES in Barcelona Supercomputing Center website, current coordinator of Spanish Supercomputing Network.
The Silent Flyer. The Silent Flyer is a 1926 10-episode (chapter) American adventure film serial directed by William James Craft.  The film serial was sold to Universal Pictures for $75,000 with the resulting funds used in the founding of Mascot Pictures.

Plot
Scientist Benjamin Darrell (Anders Randolf) has invented a silent aircraft motor of tremendous potential benefit to aeronautical and military concerns. A plot is underway to steal the invention.

Lloyd Darrell (Malcolm McGregor), a secret service agent, disguises himself as Bill Smith and covertly endeavors to prevent the theft. Together with pretty Helen Corliss (Louise Lorraine), and most importantly, Silver Streak, a clever German shepherd, the trio serve to foil any criminals.

Chapter titles
The Jaws of Death
Dynamited
Waters of Death
The Treacherous Trail
Plunge of Peril
Flight of Honor
Under Arrest
Flames of Terror
Hurled Through Space
Love and Glory

Cast
 Malcolm McGregor as Lloyd Darrell, posing as Bill Smith
 Louise Lorraine as Helen Corliss
 George B. Williams as John Corliss (credited as George Williams)
 Albert J. Smith as Jack Hutchins
 Anders Randolf as Benjamin Darrell
 Edith Yorke as Mrs. Darrell
 Arthur Morrison
 Robert Walker
 Dorothy Tallcot (as Dorothy Talcott)
 Thur Fairfax
 Hughie Mack
 Silver Streak as Silver Streak, a dog

Production 
Enterprising producer Nat Levine shot the entire The Silent Flyer serial on location and on rented stages, managing to bring all 10 chapters in on a budget of 70,000 dollars. Instead of releasing his first serial on the usual "States Rights basis", Levine sold The Silent Flyer to Universal for 75,000 dollars, the profits going toward establishing Mascot Pictures, a Poverty Row film company that would continue the serial tradition into the "talkies" era.

Reception
The Silent Flyer, produced independently by the enterprising Nat Levine, was a low-budget 10-chapter action serial that featured Danish-born character actor Anders Randolph. Levine also introduced a four-footed star, Silver Streak, a clever German shepherd, that was his answer to Rin Tin Tin, a consistent money-maker for Warner Bros.

Preservation status
The Silent Flyer is considered to be a lost film. Only a trailer remains, resident at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also
List of lost films

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

 Farmer, James H. Celluloid Wings: The Impact of Movies on Aviation. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: Tab Books Inc., 1984. .
 Tuska, Jon. The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1999. .

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1926 films
1926 adventure films
1926 lost films
1920s English-language films
American black-and-white films
American silent serial films
American aviation films
Films directed by William James Craft
Films produced by Samuel Bischoff
Lost American adventure films
Mascot Pictures film serials
English-language adventure films
Films produced by Nat Levine
1920s American films
Silent American adventure films
Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid. The Supercomputing and Visualization Center of Madrid (CeSViMa), also called Madrid Supercomputing and Visualization Center (in Spanish, Centro de Supercomputación y Visualización de Madrid), depends on the computer science faculty of the Technical University of Madrid. This center houses Magerit, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Spain. This center is a member of the Spanish Supercomputing Network, the Spanish e-Science Network and the Madrid Laboratories and Infraestructures Network.

History 

In 2004, CeSViMa was created by the Technical University of Madrid and CIEMAT. The aim of the center is to provide computation resources to the researchers of Madrid. IBM provided the supercomputer Magerit in the center. The center also has an interactive 3D visualization infrastructure and a terrestrial scanner.

In 2007, CeSViMa joined the Spanish Supercomputing Network and the supercomputer Magerit was upgraded.

In May 2008, the center migrated all its infrastructure to a new building in the newly created in the International Excellence Campus of Montegancedo, site of Scientific and Technologic Park of the Technical University of Madrid (). The supercomputer was upgraded again and reach 16 TFLOPS. 60% of the supercomputer CPU time is used for RES research; the remaining 40% is used for Madrid research.

During 2009, the center joined the Spanish e-Science Network and the Madrid Laboratories and Infrastructures Network.

In 2011, a full upgrade of Magerit supercomputer put it as the most powerful and ecological supercomputer of Spain in the July editions of TOP500 and Green500 lists used as reference in this matter (positions 136 and 18)

Research 

The Spanish branch of the international project Blue Brain (called Cajal Blue Brain) is carrying out in the facilities of the CeSViMa. The project also uses the computing resources of Magerit supercomputer

The center also organizes conferences about supercomputing, new developments in hardware and software, scientific publications... and other science activities. For example, it collaborates in the retransmission of a Solar eclipse from Novosibirsk, Russia.

References

External links 

 Centro de Supercomputación y Visualización de Madrid
 CeSViMa at UPM website

Research institutes in the Community of Madrid
Technical University of Madrid
Supercomputer sites
Spanish Supercomputing Network
Virtuality (disambiguation). Virtuality is the quality of having the attributes of something without sharing its (real or imagined) physical form.

Virtuality may also refer to:

Technology 

Virtuality (gaming), a family of virtual reality arcade machines
Virtuality (software design), a concept of software design proposed by Ted Nelson
Reality–virtuality continuum, a concept in computer science
Augmented virtuality, the merging of real-world objects into virtual worlds
Real Virtuality, a proprietary computer game engine developed by Bohemia Interactive

Other 
Virtuality (philosophy)
Virtuality (song), by Rush
"Virtuality", a song by VBirds
Virtuality (film), a pilot for a science-fiction TV show that was ultimately not commissioned

See also 
 Virtual (disambiguation)
Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen. The Katholieke Hogeschool Kempen (KH Kempen, KHK) was a university-college where students could obtain a professional bachelor's degree (3 year education) in several domains. There was also the opportunity to study for a master's degree in engineering (4 years) in agriculture (bioscience) or an engineering degree in electronics. In 2012 the institution fused with Lessius Mechelen and Lessius Antwerp and now goes by under the name: Thomas More University-College.

History
The institution was founded in 1995 at the merger of six Catholic higher education institutes of the Campine region of the province of Antwerp (Belgium). The Hoger Instituut voor Economische Wetenschappen, the Katholieke Industriële Hogeschool der Kempen, the Hoger Instituut voor Technische Wetenschappen, the Hoger Instituut voor Sociale Studies and the Hoger Instituut voor Technische en Paramedische Wetenschappen created the Hoger Instituut der Kempen (HIK) in Geel. The HIK merged with the higher education department of the Sint-Aloysiusinstituut voor Verpleegkunde in Lier, the Pedagogisch Hoger Onderwijs Kardinaal Van Roey-Instituut in Vorselaar, the Pedagogisch Hoger Instituut Heilig Graf and the Economische Hogeschool  in Turnhout. The history of its predecessors dates back for more than 50 years. In 2002, the KHK joined in an association with the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, together with 11 other Catholic institutions and the Catholic University of Brussels.

The university-college changed its name in 2012 to Thomas More Kempen. The institution now sails under the Thomas More brand-name.

Location
The headquarters of the KHK are located in the city of Geel with several departments spread over the Campine, region of the province of Antwerp of Belgium.

Departments
The institute consists of eleven departments. Six of its departments are located in Geel, while three departments are located in Turnhout and one in Lier and Vorselaar.

 Campus Geel (6 Departments):
 Business Studies Department
 Health Care and Chemistry Department
 Biosciences and Technology Department
 Agro and Biotechnology Department
 Social Work Department
 Technical Sciences Department
Campus Lier:
 Health Care Department
 Campus Turnhout (3 Departments):
 Health Care Department
 Teacher Education Department
 Business Studies Department
 Campus Vorselaar:
Teacher Education Department

Sources
 Eerste steen nieuwe KHK-campus (Dutch)

External links
 KH Kempen

Catholic universities and colleges in Belgium
Organisations based in Antwerp Province
Geel
Vorselaar