Mechanical engineers work on teams responsible for developing a wide range of products and systems including, for example, space shuttle vehicles, aircraft of all sizes and shapes, automobiles, turbines, pumps, power plants, and factories.
Associated Press. TORONTO â Actor and comedian Rick Ducommun, known for his role in the 1989 film The 'Burbs, has died at age 62, his family said Thursday. Peter Ducommun said his brother died on June 12 at a Vancouver, British Columbia, hospital after suffering from complications due to diabetes.
1 Pierre Terblanche, born in 1956 in Graaff-Reinet, was one of the designers of the Ducati 916. 2  The Ducati 916 is an Italian sports motorcycle manufactured by Ducati from 1993 to 1999. 3  He also worked on the Ducati 888 and the 916. 4  He has been the director of design at Ducati since 1997. The first Graaff-Reinet citizen to die in the jail at the Castle in Cape Town. 2  Coenraad de Buys (1761â1822) A Boer farmer of the Eastern Cape frontier who rebelled against both the Dutch and English authorities. 3  Nearly 7 ft tall, he is reputed to have been the first white man across the Vaal River.