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Global impact of Mays’ work recognized by Saudi Arabia’s leaders
The International Award for Water-Surface Water Prize was presented to ASU professor Larry Mays by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salmon Bin Abdulaziz (who recently became King of Saudi Arabia), the deputy premier and minister of defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Prince Khaled Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz , chairman of the awards organization. Mays’ prize awarded at the ceremony recognizes his unique contributions to demonstrating how ancient water technologies can be applied today to managing water resources in concentrated urban areas and alleviating many present-day water sustainability problems. Read on Full Circle
Two Eagles transoceanic balloon trek has Fulton engineering connection
The Two Eagles balloon and its pilots, Leonid Tiukhtyaev and Troy Bradley, set off from Japan on a journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to set a new distance record for gas balloons. By the time Bradley and Tiukhtyaev hit the ground, they’d made history: having traveled some 6,646 miles (10,696 kilometers) and spending 161 hours and 17 minutes aloft in the air together. Researchers at Arizona State University are studying the effects of fatigue on the pilots’ cognitive ability and how lack of sleep impacts stress, and at what point cognitive ability becomes impacted to the point of influencing decision-making. Read on Full Circle
