Urbonas

Last updated September 25, 2019

Urbonas is a Lithuanian language masculine given name and surname. It corresponds to the surname Urban

Notable people with the surname include:

Gediminas Urbonas, artist and MIT professor^[1], awarded the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts in 2007
Julijonas Urbonas, artist, perhaps best known as the designer of the Euthanasia Coaster, a hypothetical roller coaster engineered to humanely take the life of a human being
Michael J. Urbonas (died 1976), American Roman Catholic clergyman
Rolandas Urbonas, Lithuanian paralympic athlete
Valdas Urbonas (born 1967), Lithuanian footballer
Žydrūnas Urbonas (born 1976), Lithuanian basketball player

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Institute is a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant university, with an urban campus that extends more than a mile (1.6 km) alongside the Charles River. The Institute also encompasses a number of major off-campus facilities such as the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Bates Center, and the Haystack Observatory, as well as affiliated laboratories such as the Broad and Whitehead Institutes. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. It has since played a key role in the development of many aspects of modern science, engineering, mathematics, and technology, and is widely known for its innovation and academic strength, making it one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in the world.

The Lithuanian National Prize, established in 1989, is an award granted for achievements in culture and the arts. It has been awarded annually in six categories since 2006. The prize is formally bestowed on February 16, when the decorations and diplomas are presented to the laureates at Presidential Palace, commemorating the anniversary of the 1918 Act of Independence of Lithuania.

The Euthanasia Coaster is a hypothetical steel roller coaster designed to kill its passengers. In 2010, it was designed and made into a scale model by Lithuanian artist Julijonas Urbonas, a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art in London. Urbonas, who has worked at an amusement park, stated that the goal of his concept roller coaster is to take lives "with elegance and euphoria". As for practical applications of his design, Urbonas mentioned "euthanasia" or "execution". John Allen, who served as president of the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, inspired Urbonas with his description of the "ultimate" roller coaster as one that "sends out 24 people and they all come back dead".

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[1] "Gediminas Urbonas, MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology".