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Broucke
Broucke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Mireille Broucke, daughter of Roger, American and Canadian control theorist * Roger A. Broucke (1932–2005), father of Mireille, Belgian and American aerospace engineer See also * Broek (other) * Van den Broeck {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mireille Broucke
Mireille Esther Broucke is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto, interested in control theory, mathematical systems theory, and swarm robotics. Broucke did her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where her father Roger A. Broucke, an immigrant from Belgium, was a professor of aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics. She graduated in 1984, with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. She went on to graduate study in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a master's degree in 1987, with summer jobs working on missile tracking software for Texas Instruments, General Dynamics, and Lockheed Corporation. After completing her master's degree, she stayed in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on software for control systems and simulation at Intergraph Intergraph Corporation was an American software development and services company, which now f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broek (other)
Broek may refer to: Places the Netherlands * Broek op Langedijk * Broek in Waterland * Broek, Friesland, in the municipality of De Fryske Marren , province of Friesland * Broek, Gouda, a former municipality near Gouda, province of South Holland * Broek, Groningen, in the municipality of De Marne, province of Groningen * Broek, Gulpen, in the municipality of Gulpen-Wittem, province of Limburg * Broek, North-Brabant, in the municipality of Laarbeek, province of North Brabant * Broek, Vijfheerenlanden, in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, province of Utrecht * Broek, a former name of Stede Broec See also * Broucke, a Belgian surname * van den Broek, a Dutch surname * Leerbroek, a village in the municipality of Vijfheerenlanden, province of Utrecht, Netherlands * Babyloniënbroek Babyloniënbroek is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is in the municipality of Altena, about 7 km northwest of the town of Waalwijk. Babyloniënbroek consists of a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger A
Roger is a given name, usually masculine, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") and ', ' ("spear", "lance") (Hrōþigēraz). The name was introduced into England by the Normans. In Normandy, the Frankish name had been reinforced by the Old Norse cognate '. The name introduced into England replaced the Old English cognate '. ''Roger'' became a very common given name during the Middle Ages. A variant form of the given name ''Roger'' that is closer to the name's origin is ''Rodger''. Slang and other uses Roger is also a short version of the term "Jolly Roger", which refers to a black flag with a white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. From up to , Roger was slang for the word "penis". In ''Under Milk Wood'', Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |