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Richard Mastracchio
Richard Alan "Rick" Mastracchio (born February 11, 1960) is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a Flight Engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/Expedition 39) long duration mission aboard the International Space Station. He is currently the Senior Director of Operations for Comme
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Ray Butts
Joseph Raymond "Ray" Butts (September 22, 1919 – April 20, 2003) was an American inventor and engineer best known for designing several devices that influenced the evolution of electrified music, in particular those used with the electric guitar. Most notably, Butts is the inventor of the EchoSonic, a guitar amplifier with a built-in tape echo, and the FilterTron, the first humbucker guitar pi
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Monika Schultz
Monika Karin Schultz (born August 15, 1967 in Pasadena, Texas) is an American engineer. She currently works as a manager in coaching and development at Intertek in the Houston, Texas area.[1] She formerly worked for the United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor. She considers Nassau Bay, Texas her hometown.[2] In April 2005, Schultz served as an aquanaut on the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Op
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Rolf Heinrich Sabersky
Rolf Heinrich Sabersky (October 20, 1920 – October 24, 2016) was professor emeritus in mechanical engineering at Caltech. He worked with luminaries throughout his career including Apollo M. O. Smith and Theodore von Kármán at Aerojet. James Van Allan sought his expertise for the development of the Ajax and Bumblebee rocket programs. Rolf Heinrich Sabersky was born in Berlin, Germany. His
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Mikhail Dmitriyevich Ageyev
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Ageyev (Russian: Михаил Дмитриевич Агеев; 14 May 1931 in Cheremhovo (now Irkutsk Oblast) – 19 November 2005) was a Soviet and Russian scientist, an expert in the field of navigation and control systems of moving objects, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1992).[1][2] Ageyev was born on 14 May 1931 in Cheremhovo, a town of Irkutsk Oblast,
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Rory A. Cooper
Rory A. Cooper is an American bioengineer who currently serves as Distinguished Professor and FISA/PVA Chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology and professor of Bioengineering, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.[1][2][3] He is also Associate Dean for Inclusion in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.[4
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Charles Robinson Rockwood
Charles Robinson Rockwood (born May 14, 1860) was a United States of America citizen who worked as a surveyor, engineer, and entrepreneur.[1][2][3][4][5][6] His most significant achievement was managing the construction of a canal system that transformed the Colorado Desert into a verdant agricultural development known as the Imperial Valley, CA, USA.[2][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] He is also infam
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Ralph D. Mershon
Ralph Davenport Mershon was an electrical engineer and inventor. His company Mershon Condensers was a successful manufacturer of electrolytic capacitors for the expanding radio market of the 1920s. He is known for the Mershon Auditorium (1957) and the Mershon Center at his alma mater Ohio State University that his estate made possible. In 1956 a biography and summary of his work was published by
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Brian Malouf
Brian Malouf (born September 8, 1955) is a multi-platinum United States producer, engineer, and mixer who has worked with acts such as Michael Jackson, Queen, Madonna, Pearl Jam, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band, Tokio Hotel, Wolfmother, and All Time Low. Also serving as an executive at several major record labels over the years, his work has amassed a total of 53 gold, platinum, and double pla
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Maxwell K. Goldstein
Maxwell K. Goldstein (January 15, 1908 – February 18, 1980) was a first generation Jewish-American scientist and engineer who was instrumental in the development and deployment of high-frequency direction finding by the United States Navy during the Second World War. High-frequency direction finding (known as huff-duff or HF/DF) played a significant role in the Allies efforts to counter the th
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