omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Cynthia Chestek. Cynthia (Cindy) Chestek is an American biomedical engineer and Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Neuroscience at the University of Michigan. Chestek is currently an Associate Chair of Research for Biomedical Engineering in the College of Engineering at University of Michigan where she studies brain and nerve control of finger movements, as well as high-density carbon fiber electrode arrays. She is also an associate professor for robotics, biomedical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science.

Background and education 
Chestek received her Bachelor's of Science and Master's of Science degrees in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University in 2005, as well as her Doctorate degree (PhD) in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2010. Chestek joined the University of Michigan's faculty in 2012.   

After entering her undergraduate studies on a physics track, Chestek pivoted to electrical engineering to follow her interest in electricity and programming. She joined a neuroscience lab, where she was introduced to neuronal recording, and decided to pursue brain-machine interfaces.

Career highlights 
At the University of Michigan's College of Engineering, Chestek studies prosthetic hand control via implanted electrodes, individual finger control, and carbon fiber electrodes. Additionally, her team at the University of Michigan has come up with a way for amputees to control prosthetic devices using their brain waves 

Chestek began researching Aplysia californica, studying brain-body systems and circuit-level control. She was a research assistant for the Stanford Department of Neurosurgery's Braingate 2 clinical trial from 2010 to 2012. Chestek has contributed to 109 scientific publications from 2004 to 2023. Chestek attributes her career in part to her Ph.D. mentor, Krishna Shenoy, who was instrumental in guiding her to professorship. She joined the University of Michigan as a faculty member in 2012 and is currently the Associate Chair for Research in Biomedical Engineering and an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Chestek is a Miller Faculty Scholar at the University of Michigan

Awards and honors 
Dr. Chestek was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, which is a non-profit organization that represents approximately 50,000 medical and biomedical engineers and academic institutions, private industry, and professional engineering societies. She also served on the jury for the BCI Award in 2022. Chestek is also the author of 87 full-length scientific articles

References 

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Stanford University alumni
American women scientists
Case Western Reserve University alumni
American bioengineers
American neuroscientists
University of Michigan faculty
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Callum A.S. Hill. Callum A.S. Hill (born in 1957) is a Scottish materials chemist and wood scientist, who worked at Bangor University and Edinburgh Napier University, and is an elected fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science.

Research career 
Hill started his research in wood science and bio-composites at Bangor University in 1994. Transitioning to Edinburgh Napier University in 2007, he assumed the role of the Edinburgh Research Partnership Chair in renewable materials until 2013. Since 2010, he has served as the director at the JCH Industrial Ecology Ltd, a private consultancy specializing in sustainability. 

His research contributions in chemical and thermal modification of wood, and lignocellulosic fibres have been well recorded. 

He currently holds the position of senior consultant at the Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research in Ås, Norway. His research contributions have gained international recognition especially his book entitled Wood Modification in 2007, having >2,700 international citations. In total, he has had almost 17,000 citations for his research works in Google Scholar, possessing an h-index of 58.

In October 2023, a meta-research carried out by John Ioannidis et al. at Stanford University, included Callum Hill  in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked at the top 2% of researchers in wood science (forestry – materials), having a composite index of 4.023, the highest one in this scientific area globally. 

As of June 2024, the research work of Hill has received almost 12,000 citations at Scopus.

References

External links 
 Wood science videos
 Scopus.com

1957 births
Living people
Wood scientists
Fellows of the International Academy of Wood Science
Alumni of Bangor University
170th Air Refueling Squadron. The 170th Air Refueling Squadron (170 ARS) is a unit of the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Wing located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 170 ARS is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus. The 170 ARS, alongside the 141st Air Refueling Squadron, are associate squadrons of the active-duty 305th Air Mobility Wing.

History
United States Congress, using the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, directed the United States Air Force to divest the 108th Wing's Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker fleet and to replace the Air Force Reserve Command 76th and 78th Air Refueling Squadrons with the Air National Guard 141st and 170th Air Refueling Squadrons.

On 8 March 2024, the 170th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, becoming the Air National Guard's newest unit. The squadron's numerical designation derives from the 170th Group, which was previously allotted to New Jersey between 1964 and 1993. It is equipped with the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus and operates alongside the 108th Wing's 141 ARS. 

Both the 170 ARS and 141 ARS are "embedded classic associates" of the active-duty 2nd and 32nd Air Refueling Squadrons, meaning they share the 305th Air Mobility Wing's 24 KC-46As.

Lineage
 Constituted as 170th Air Refueling Squadron on 7 March 2024
 Activated on 8 March 2024

Assignments
 108th Operations Group, 8 March 2024 – present

Stations
 Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, 8 March 2024 – present

Aircraft
Boeing KC-46A Pegasus, 2024–present

References
 Explanatory notes

 Citations

Squadrons of the United States Air National Guard
Air refueling squadrons of the United States Air Force
Military units and formations in New Jersey
Tobu 80000 series. The Tobu 80000 series () is a commuter electric multiple unit (EMU) train type on order by the private railway operator Tobu Railway in Japan. Twenty-five 5-car sets are to be built.

Overview 

The 80000 series is slated to replace ageing 8000 and 10000 series EMUs, which were relegated from services on busier lines. The 25 sets will be built by Kinki Sharyo. Seven sets will be entirely new-build, and the remainder will be built as 4-car sets, each receiving a modified 60000 series intermediate car to form a 5-car set.

The trains will use a traction system incorporating synchronous reluctance motors, a first for major private railways in Japan.

Design 
The 80000 series will use the same body construction as that of the 60000 series, although the type will incorporate a curved front-end design. Cars will carry a "future blue" and "bright green" livery.

History 
Details of the 80000 series trains on order were first announced in April 2024. In light of declining ridership on the Tobu Urban Park Line following the COVID-19 pandemic, Tobu Railway decided to reduce train capacity (from 6-car sets to 5-car sets) instead of reducing frequency.

The first two sets were delivered from the Kinki Sharyo plant were delivered from December 2024. These sets are entirely new-build.

Notes

References

External links 

 16 April 2024 press release 

Electric multiple units of Japan
80000 series
Kinki Sharyo multiple units
Train-related introductions in 2025
Janet Tate. Janet Tate is a condensed-matter physicist and materials scientist whose research is centered on transparent semiconductors and their application in the design of electroluminescent devices, solar cells, and thin film electronics. Originally from South Africa, and educated in South Africa and the US, she has worked in Germany and the US, where she is University Distinguished Professor of Physics at Oregon State University.

Education and career
Tate studied physics and chemistry at the University of Natal in South Africa, earning a bachelor's degree in 1980 and honor degree in physics in 1981. She came to Stanford University in 1982 as a Fulbright Scholar, earned a master's degree in physics in 1984, and completed her Ph.D. in 1988 under the supervision of Blas Cabrera Navarro. Her doctoral research, initially intended as a calibration check for the Gravity Probe B experiment, discovered an anomalously large mass for Cooper pairs of electrons in a rotating superconductor, sparking subsequent interest in gravitoelectromagnetism.

Next, with the support of a Humboldt Fellowship, she became a postdoctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich, working there with Helmut Kinder on high-temperature superconductivity. She joined Oregon State University as an assistant professor of physics in 1989, and was granted tenured as an associate professor in 1994. In 2002, she was promoted to full professor, and took a second courtesy appointment as a professor of chemistry. She was named a distinguished professor in 2018.

Textbook
Tate is the coauthor of the physics textbook Quantum Mechanics: A Paradigms Approach (Pearson, 2012, with David H. McIntyre and Corinne Manogue).

Recognition
Tate was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2015, after a nomination from the APS Division of Condensed Matter Physics, "for contributions to structural, transport, and optical properties of a wide variety of electronic and superconducting materials".

References

External links
Home page

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
South African physicists
South African women scientists
American physicists
American women physicists
American materials scientists
Women materials scientists and engineers
University of Natal alumni
Stanford University alumni
Fellows of the American Physical Society
List of presidents of Stevens Institute of Technology. The President of Stevens Institute of Technology leads Stevens Institute of Technology, a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. The board of trustees selects the president by ballot.

Founded in 1870, the Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanical engineering.

The president is an ex officio member of the board and presides at its meetings. One of five officers of the university's legal corporation, the Trustees of Stevens Institute of Technology, the president also acts as the chief executive officer. The president is tasked with "general charge and supervision over and responsibility for the affairs of the University and the direction of the University’s faculty". If the office is vacant the board shall then elect a new president, in the interim the chair may appoint an acting president.

The institution's first president was Henry Morton in 1870, and its 7th and current president is Nariman Farvardin, who was elected in 2011. All of Stevens' presidents have been male, two have been immigrants, and one has been an alumnus of the institution. Morton had the longest serving tenure at 32 years, while Farvardin has had the shortest tenure so far at 13 years. As of 2022, the annual compensation of the president was $1,603,757.

Since 1929, the president's official residence has been the Hoxie House, a three-story brick building fronted by a circular driveway and fountain. The residence is named after William Hoxie, a member of the class of 1889 who financed the building. At the laying of the cornerstone for Hoxie House, U.S. President Herbert Hoover sent his congratulations.

The president's office is located on the upper floors of the Wesley J. Howe Center, located at 1 Castle Point Terrace in Hoboken, NJ. Previously the site of the Stevens Family home, Castle Point.

Presidents

Timeline

References

Citations 

Stevens Institute of Technology
 
Stevens Institute of Technology
Antal K. Bejczy. Antal K. Bejczy (January 16, 1930 – June 25, 2015) was a Hungarian scientist and a national of the United States known for his contributions to the field of robotic human–machine interfaces, particularly in enhancing automation. He served as an Affiliate Professor in Systems Science and Mathematics at Washington University.

Life and education
Bejczy was born on 16 January, 1930, in Ercsi, Hungary. He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Budapest in 1953, and after he left for Norway in 1956, proceeded to University of Oslo, where he had his MSc and PhD degrees in applied physics in 1963. He became an Affiliate Professor in Systems Science and Mathematics at Washington University.

Career
Bejczy began working at the California Institute of Technology (CIT), where he stayed for three years working as a NATO/Fulbright Senior Research Fellow in 1966. In 1969, he joined Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and since 1971, has researched topics on robotics.

Legacy and death
Bejczy won several awards including Jean Vertut Award and a Fellow of IEEE both in 1987, 1991 NASA Exceptional Service Medal. He also received the Széchenyi Awards in 1997 and 1998 and an honorary professor of the Bánki Donát Polytechnic, Budapest from 1999 till his retirement in 2001. He died in Pasadena in June 2015.

References

Sources

External links

1930 births
2015 deaths
International Slide Rule Museum. The International Slide Rule Museum (ISRM) is an American museum dedicated to the preservation and display of slide rules and other mathematical artefacts. Established in 2003 by Michael Konshak, who serves as its curator, the museum houses a collection of slide rules from divers manufacturers and time periods, showcasing the evolution and importance of these instruments in the history of mathematics and engineering. 

It is often identified to be one of the largest repositories of slide rules and logarithmic calculators on the Web.

Key people

Board of Directors
The museum's operations are overseen by its governing body, the Board of Directors, presently composed of nine members. Each member of the Board fulfills a role in the stewardship and guidance of the institution. 

Leadership Positions: 
 Director and Curator – Michael V. Konshak
 Trustee and Treasurer – Rebecca A. Konshak
 Head of Public Communications, Education, etc. – Marvin Clarence
Advisors:
 Dylan Thinnes
 George Anderson
 Michael Frey
 Michael J. Syphers
 Nathan Zeldes

References 

Museums in Boulder County, Colorado
Computer museums in the United States
Museums established in 2003
2003 establishments in Colorado
Elmich. Elmich (established 1985) is a Singapore based engineering company specialized in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of products employed in urban landscaping, construction, and storm water management.

History 
In 1985, Elmich was established by Alan Lee and Michael Teh in Singapore. In 1998, Elmich achieved ISO 9001 certification for the design and supply of waterproofing systems for roofing and basement applications, making it the first company in Singapore. In 2001, Elmich merged with Elm Industries, which developed and distributed structural drainage cells manufactured from recycled plastic used for landscaped green roofs. In 2018, Elmich holds over 130 patents. With ongoing research, Elmich has expanded its systems and product offerings.

Achievements and recognitions 

 The Peak’s Power List 2018: Alan Lee, founder of Elmich was honored as a Green Champion in the leading luxury lifestyle magazine The Peak's Power List.

 Enterprise 50 Awards 2018: Organized by The Business Times and KPMG, and supported by Enterprise Singapore, Singapore Business Federation and Singapore.

 Singapore Sustainability Awards 2015

References 

Singaporean companies established in 1985
Engineering companies of Singapore
Multinational companies headquartered in Singapore
Human Engineering Research Laboratories 2. The Human Engineering Research Laboratories (HERL) is a joint research institution under the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) that specializes in continuously improving the mobility and function of people with disabilities through advanced engineering in clinical research and medical rehabilitation.

Located in Pittsburgh, PA, HERL acts as the VA's lead laboratory for assistive technology testing and research. It includes the VA Center for Wheelchairs and Assistive Robotics Engineering. July 23rd, 2024 will mark the laboratories' 30th anniversary.

History
In 1980, Director Rory Cooper, PhD, a U.S. Army veteran, began designing assistive technology when a spinal cord injury during his military service left him partially paralyzed at the age of 20. By 1989, Cooper was an assistant bioengineering professor at Sacramento State University, which helped pave the way for the eventual creation of HERL in 1994. The labs were initially located in an old VA facility on the _, and were moved three times before expanding into the current site at Bakery Square.

Research

HELBAT

Projects

References

Laboratories in the United States
Thermal Maximum. Thermal Maximum may refer to:
 Cretaceous Thermal Maximum
 Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum
 Eocene Thermal Maximum 2
 Early Eocene Climatic Optimum, also known as the Early Eocene Thermal Maximum
 Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum, also known as the Middle Eocene Thermal Maximum
 Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, also known as the Middle Miocene Thermal Maximum
 Holocene climatic optimum, also known as the Holocene Thermal Maximum

See also
 Thermal optimum
AKFA Group. AKFA Group is an industrial holding company specializing in the production of plastic and aluminum profiles, windows, heating systems, and construction materials. It is one of the largest private companies in Uzbekistan, with its headquarters in Tashkent. The company was founded by Jakhongir Artikkhodjaev, who was appointed mayor of Tashkent in 2018. CEO of the group is Kamran Gulamov.

History 
The company was founded in the early 2000s.

In 2006, AKFA launched its own line for the production of aluminum profiles. In 2011, AKFA Group launched its first plant in Central Asia for the production of aluminum and bimetallic sectional radiators. In 2012, the UAE-based Emirates Extrusion Factory (EEF) acquired an extrusion aluminum profile plant from AKFA Group, located in the Jebel Ali Free Economic Zone.

In 2015, Green Line Profil LLC was established, and a plant for the production of aluminum profiles by extrusion method BENKAM was launched in the Navoiy Free Economic Zone. The total investment volume was over $39 million, and the production capacity of the new plant was 36,000 tons per year. In 2019, the plant was visited by the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

In 2019, the company began production of metal welded meshes and granite products. In January of the same year, the mayor of Tashkent, Artykhodjaev, announced that he had stepped down from AKFA management. Abror Ganiev was appointed a new chairman of the board of directors of AKFA Group of companies.

In 2021, it became known that AKFA Group is the producer of exterior details for Uzbekistan's tallest skyscraper, Nest One.

Akfa Group collaborates with German conglomerate Xella to produce autoclaved aerated concrete under the Ytong brand at its manufacturing facilities.

Charitable work
In 2021, the company opened Uzbekistan's first privately constructed shelter for homeless dogs.

In 2022, the company spent over 80 billion UZS to support low-income residents, fund children's medical operations, sponsor sports, etc.; the company also partners with the Ishonch Foundation to aid children with cancer.

References 

Companies established in 2000
Holding companies
Manufacturing companies of Uzbekistan
Plastics companies
Window manufacturers
Building materials companies
Companies based in Tashkent
Aluminium industry
2021 initial public offerings
John R. Ragazzini Award. The John R. Ragazzini Education Award is an annual accolade bestowed by the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) since 1979, named in honor of John R. Ragazzini, a pioneering American electrical engineer and educator. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding contributions to education in the field of automatic control.

Overview 
The award celebrates those who have made significant advancements in control education in the United States, either through teaching, textbook authorship, mentoring, or other forms of educational activity that promote the discipline of automatic control. It is one of the highest honors in the field of control education and underscores the commitment to academic excellence and innovation in engineering education.

Recipients 

 1979: John R. Ragazzini
 1980: Michael Athans
 1981: Yasundo Takahashi
 1982: Arthur E. Bryson
 1983: Charles A. Desoer
 1984: H. M. Paynter
 1985: Gene F. Franklin
 1986: Thomas Kailath
 1987: George J. Thaler
 1988: Wallace E. Vander Velde
 1989: W. Harmon Ray
 1990: Kumpati S. Narendra
 1991: Michael J. Rabins
 1992: Thomas F. Edgar
 1993: Dale E. Seborg
 1995: J. Boyd Pearson
 1996: David M. Auslander
 1997: William R. Perkins
 1998: Peter Dorato
 1999: Katsuhiko Ogata
 2000: Hassan K. Khalil
 2001: Dimitri P. Bertsekas
 2002: Robert F. Stengel
 2003: Stephen P. Boyd
 2004: Mark W. Spong
 2005: S. Shankar Sastry
 2006: Masayoshi Tomizuka
 2007: Manfred Morari
 2008: Stephen Yurkovich
 2009: George Stephanopoulos
 2010: Tzyh Jong Tarn
 2011: James B. Rawlings
 2013: Mathukumalli Vidyasagar
 2014: Roger W. Brockett
 2015: Magnus Egerstedt
 2016: Brian D. O. Anderson
 2017: Miroslav Krstić
 2018: Frank L. Lewis
 2019: Richard M. Murray
 2020: Naomi Leonard
 2021: Graham Goodwin
 2022: Bonnie Ferri
 2023: Richard D. Braatz
 2024: John D. Hedengren

See also 
 List of people in systems and control
 List of engineering awards
 American Automatic Control Council
 List of education awards

References

External links 
 AACC John R. Ragazzini Education Award page

Systems sciences awards
Control engineering
Education awards
JANNAF. The JANNAF Interagency Propulsion Committee (JANNAF IPC, or simply JANNAF) is a joint-agency committee chartered by the USDOD and NASA. JANNAF is composed of two committees: the Technical Committee and the Programmatic & Industrial Base (PIB) Committee. The Technical Committee is itself divided into subcommittees focused on specific technology areas of mutual interest to the DoD and NASA. The JANNAF PIB Committee is a forum for the discussion of strategic program planning and industrial base capabilities in the area of rocket propulsion and energetic systems and components for military and civil space, tactical and strategic missiles, and large gun systems.

JANNAF was re-chartered on June 19th 2014 with the signatures of Frank Kendall III, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) and Robert Lightfoot Jr., Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

References

External links
 
 NIST-JANAF Thermochemical Tables
 JANNAF/GL-2016-0001 Simulation Credibility - Advances in Verification, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification
 JANNAF DRAFT: Test and Evaluation Guideline for Liquid Rocket Engines

United States military associations
Aerospace engineering organizations
1945 establishments in Maryland