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Jae Kwang Park
Dr. Park is a distinguished professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to wastewater treatment technology and environmental sustainability, Dr. Park's work has had a profound impact on both the sciences and the humanities. Dr. Park's most notable contribution is the development of a re
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Harry Traver
Harry Guy Traver (November 25, 1877 – September 27, 1961) was an United States engineer and early roller coaster designer. As the founder of the Traver Engineering Company, Traver was responsible for the production of gentle amusement rides like the Tumble Bug and Auto Ride. However, Traver's coasters became legendary for their unique twisted layouts and thrilling, swooped turns. At a time wh
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Katrina Spade
Katrina Mogielnicki Spade (born September 9, 1977[1]) is an American designer, entrepreneur, and death care advocate.[2] Spade is the founder of Recompose, a public-benefit corporation developing a natural alternative to conventional cremation and burial. She was awarded the Echoing Green Climate Fellowship in 2014 and the Ashoka Fellowship in 2018 for her work.[3] Spade grew up in rural New
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Antonín Svoboda
Antonín Svoboda (1907–1980) was a Czech computer scientist, mathematician, electrical engineer, and researcher. He is credited with originating the design of fault-tolerant computer systems,[1] and with the creation of SAPO, the first Czech computer design.[2] Svoboda was born in Prague in 1907.[1] Attending a series of schools, he studied at the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engine
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James Francis White
Dr. James F. White, Jr. is Professor of Plant Biology at Rutgers University where he, students and collaborators conduct research on beneficial and endophytic microbes that inhabit plant cells and tissues. Dr. White obtained the Ph.D. in Botany/Mycology from the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. White is the author of more than 350 articles and book chapters, and author and editor of reference bo
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William Allen Zajc
William Allen Zajc /ˈzaɪts/ is a U.S. physicist and the I.I. Rabi Professor of Physics at Columbia University in New York, USA, where he has worked since 1987. Born in Barstow, California on November 14, 1953, and raised in Brookfield, Wisconsin, he received his bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1975. He went on to the doctoral program in physics at the Univer
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Gary Flandro
Gary Arnold Flandro (born March 30, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah)[1] is an United States aerospace engineer who currently holds the Boling Chair of Excellence in Space Propulsion (Emeritus) at the University of Tennessee Space Institute. He is also the Vice President and Chief Engineer at Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories (GTL). Flandro earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University o
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Beatrice Aitchison
Beatrice Aitchison (July 18, 1908 – September 22, 1997) was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commerce,[1] and later became the top woman in the United States Postal Service and the first policy-level appointee there.[2] Aitchison's mother was a musician and her father, Clyde
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Frank J. Tipler
Frank Jennings Tipler (born February 1, 1947) is an American mathematical physicist and cosmologist, holding a joint appointment in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Tulane University.[1] Tipler has written books and papers on the Omega Point based on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's religious ideas, which he claims is a mechanism for the resurrection of the dead. He is also known for hi
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Udhayakumar Kaithamalai
Dr. Udhayakumar Kaithamalai is working as professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. Beginning in August 2001, he has held positions at this University in a variety of capacities including Teaching & Research Associate, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor (cur
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