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J. Robert Sims (born c. 1941) is an American chemical and mechanical engineer, former research engineer at ExxonMobil, and inventor, who served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers for the year 2014–15.
The son of a plastics engineer and an actress, Wright was born on January 20, 1960, in Atlanta, Georgia. [6] [7] He attended a Montessori school until the age of nine. [6]When his father died of leukemia the same year, Wright moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana with his mother and his younger sister. [6]
Frederick Richard Simms (12 August 1863 – 22 April 1944) [note 2] was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer. [1] Simms coined the words "petrol" and "motorcar". [note 3] [2] He founded the Royal Automobile Club, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
The Whitworth Society was founded in 1923 by Henry Selby Hele-Shaw, then president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Its purposes are to promote engineering in the United Kingdom, and more specifically to support all Whitworth Scholars, the recipients of a scholarship funded by Joseph Whitworth 's scholarship scheme, which started in ...
Robert Page Sims (1872–1944), African American academic, civil rights leader, and college president; J. Robert Sims (born c. 1941), American chemical and mechanical engineer; Rob Sims (born 1983), American football guard; Bob Sims (basketball, born 1938) (1938–2006), American basketball player for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and St. Louis ...
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is an American professional association that, in its own words, "promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe" via "continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, conferences and publications, government relations, and other forms of ...
At the conclusion of its seventh and penultimate rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on November 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced it was lowering the federal funds target interest rate by 25 ...
Williams attended Imperial College London, where he studied mechanical engineering and graduated in 1980 with a master's degree. His first job in Formula One was as a composite engineer for the Ensign Racing. [3] In 1982, he became a design engineer for engine components at the engineering technology firm Ricardo Consulting. In his spare time ...