omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Joshua E. Siegel. Joshua Siegel is an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and professor known for his work in emerging technologies. Siegel has received recognition for his innovative research in vehicle data analysis and diagnostics, including the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University.

Early life and education 
Siegel grew up near Detroit, Michigan, where he developed an early interest in vehicles and technology. He attended Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and was an active member of the school's robotics team. His early passion for restoring and improving vehicles led him to continue researching vehicles at MIT. While at MIT, Siegel ran the Entrepreneurs Club and co-led the Electric Vehicle Team in electrifying a Porsche 914. 

Siegel received his S.B. from MIT in 2011, S.M. in 2013, and Ph.D in 2016. His undergraduate thesis described the development of an aftermarket solution for connecting vehicles to the Internet, while his master's work explored the creation of a tamper-resistant vehicle data collection device to support a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) tax. His dissertation developed architectures for the Internet of Things and applied mobile device data to predicting mechanical failures.

Research
Siegel's research at Michigan State University focuses on the development of emerging technologies, with emphasis on resource-efficient diagnostics for mechanical systems. 

In his capacity as a connected vehicle expert, Siegel has appeared in popular media including PRI's Science Friday and AOL Media's Translogic. Additionally, he has been interviewed and cited in the likes of WIRED  and the New York Times.

In addition to his academic career, Siegel serves on the advisory board for Robofest, a global robotics competition for students, fostering interest in STEM education. He is the Principal Investigator for an NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program focused on self-driving vehicles. He founded multiple technology startups, including CarKnow LLC, which developed connected vehicle technologies and won the 2014 MassIT Government Innovation Competition. 

Siegel, his work, and his approach to invention were featured in Pathways to Invention, an award-winning documentary featured on PBS.

Awards
In 2008, Siegel won the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies Boeing Prize for developing a soldier-portable inertial navigation unit. Siegel was awarded the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize in 2015 for his work in vehicle diagnostics and data collection platforms. He received the 2020 IEEE Sensors Council Best Paper Award.

Selected Publications 
Siegel has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and patents in the fields of mechanical engineering, automotive systems, and the Internet of Things.

References 

1988 births
Living people
American mechanical engineers
MIT School of Engineering alumni
21st-century American inventors
Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area. The Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area () is an environmental protection area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Location

The Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area is divided between the municipalities of Santo Antônio do Pinhal (34.26%) and São Bento do Sapucaí (65.74%) in the state of São Paulo. It has an area of . The APA protects part of the Mantiqueira Mountains, an imposing range covered by dense forest in the transition from Atlantic Forest to higher Araucaria forest. It protects the remnants of native vegetation of the region, the associated fauna and the headwaters of the Sapucaí River, which supplies water to 40 municipalities in Minas Gerais.

History

The Sapucaí Mirim Environmental Protection Area was created by state decree 43.285 of 3 July 1998 to protect the portion of the Sapucaí-Mirim River in São Paulo. It forms a continuous area with the Campos do Jordão Environmental Protection Area. The APA was created under an agreement between the governments of São Paulo and Minas Gerais to share environmental management in the border region between the two states. The same agreement covered creation of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area in the headwaters of the Cantareira System reservoirs in Minas Gerais. The APA is part of the Mantiqueira Mosaic of conservation units, created in 2006.

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Environmental protection areas of Brazil
Protected areas of São Paulo (state)
1998 establishments in Brazil
2-Ethylhexyl acrylate. 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate is a colorless liquid acrylate used in the making of paints, plastics and adhesives. It has an odor that has been variously described as pleasant or acrid and musty.

Preparation 
Racemic 2-ethylhexyl acrylate can be prepared with a high yield by esterification of acrylic acid with racemic 2-ethylhexanol in the presence of hydroquinone as a polymerization inhibitor and a strong acid such as methanesulfonic acid by reactive distillation using toluene as an azeotroping agent.

Properties 
2-Ethylhexyl acrylate polymerizes easily. The polymerization can be initiated by light, peroxides, heat, or contaminants. It can react violently when combined with strong oxidants and can form explosive mixtures with air at temperatures above . The chemical, physical, and toxicological properties, however, can be greatly modified by additives or stabilizers.

Use 
2-Ethylhexyl acrylate and butyl acrylate are the major base monomers for the preparation of acrylate adhesives. 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate can react by free-radical polymerization to form macromolecules having a molecular weight of up to 200,000 g/mol. Other monomers such as vinyl acetate, methyl acrylate, and styrene may be copolymerized to modify the properties of the resulting polymer.

References 

Acrylate esters
2-Ethylhexyl esters
Eastern Province Society of Engineers. The Eastern Province Society of Engineers (EPSE) was an association for Professional Engineers and Engineering Associates in the Eastern Province region of South Africa. It was founded in Port Elizabeth in 1926.

1926 was also the year when General Motors established a factory in Darling Street, Port Elizabeth. The engineering profession was growing fast in the region.

Its aims was to promote the art of engineering and continuous professional development in the engineering profession for the Eastern Province region. The Society was affiliated to the Engineering Council of South Africa, the statutory body for Professional Engineers in South Africa.

The Society was wound up in the year 2001 when no ordinary members wanted to be nominated as new committee members. All documents and artefacts were handed over to the Port Elizabeth Museum.

External links and references
ecsa.co.za

Engineering societies based in South Africa
William Kisaalita. William Ssempa Kisaalita (born December 15, 1953, in Kampala, Uganda) is a chemical engineer and professor of engineering at the University of Georgia.

Biography 
Kisaalita was born in Kampala, Uganda. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. He obtained his Ph.D. in chemical engineering in 1987 from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He joined the University of Georgia as a professor in 1991.

Professional work 
Kisaalita's primary research area has been in the application of 3D cell cultures in pre-clinical drug discovery. He authored a graduate textbook in this area titled 3D Cell-Based Biosensors in Drug Discovery Programs. His secondary line of research is in biogas-powered cooling of milk and other perishables in low-resource settings with no access to electricity. His research areas include the following:
 Tissue engineering
 Cell-surface interactions
 Assays for high throughput screening (HTS)
 Renewable energy utilization with emphasis on biogas-powered cooling
 Global service learning

His work has been supported by several organizations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Awards 
 2016 University of Georgia's President's Fulfilling the Dream Award.
 2015 Lioba Moshi Award for Service in African Studies.
 2015 University of Georgia College of Engineering's Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award.
 2015 University of Georgia Richard Reiff Internationalization Award.
 2013 Powering Agriculture Award: An Energy Grand Challenge for Development initiative.
 2008 University of Georgia Scholarship of Engagement Award.
 2004 University Mentor of the Year for Undergraduate Research, University of Georgia Honors Program.
 2002 Lowry H. Gillespie, Jr. Award.

References 

Ugandan scientists
American chemists
Makerere University alumni
University of British Columbia alumni
1953 births
Living people
Institution of Mining Engineers. The Institution of Mining Engineers (IMinE) was a former British professional institution.

History
It began as the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers in 1889, comprising the Chesterfield and Midland Counties Institution of Engineers; Midland Institute of Mining, Civil and Mechanical Engineers; North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers; South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire Institute of Mining Engineers and later the North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, the Mining Institute of Scotland and the Manchester Geological and Mining Society. It was given a Royal Charter in 1915. In the early 1980s it became affiliated with Group Four of the Engineering Council; there were fifty-one affiliated engineering organisations to the Engineering Council.

Mergers
It merged with the National Association of Colliery Managers, effective from 23 October 1968. In 1995 it merged with the Institution of Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineers. Soon after discussions about a merger with the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, founded in 1892, took place, which it merged with in 2002.

Presidents
 1889-90 John Marley
 1890-92 Thomas William Embleton
 1900 Henry Copson Peake
c.1900 - Wallace Thorneycroft
 1923 John Brass

Structure
It was headquartered at Cleveland House on City Road in London.

Function
Fellows of the institution took the initials FIMinE.

Awards
It awarded the Medal of the Institution of Mining Engineers.

See also
 List of engineering societies
 North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers

References

Further reading
Strong, G.R. A history of the Institution of Mining Engineers. 1989

External links
 Mining Institute of Scotland

British mining engineers
Defunct professional associations based in the United Kingdom
Engineering societies based in the United Kingdom
Mining engineering
Mining in the United Kingdom
Mining organizations
Organisations based in the City of London
Oshri Lugasi. Oshri Lugasi (born February 17, 1972) is brigadier general who serves as the chief Combat Engineering Corps officer of the Israel Defense Forces.

Lugasi performed most of his service in the Combat Engineering Corps, where he served as the second in command of Battalion 605; in 2004 he was named the Battalion's commander. In the Second Lebanon War Lugasi's battalion was called to the frontlines while they were tasked with a mission in Ramallah, his battalion dealt with opening lanes for the IDF and participated in The battle of Wadi as-Sulouqi as Lugasi was situated in the frontline with the IDF Caterpillar D9 units who were the ones to break through into the Hezbollah-occupied territories. Lugasi and his D-9 units managed to break through 14 kilometres within four and a half hours under heavy fire. The battle was fierce and twoIDF combatants died during the fighting.

After the war was over Lugasi was assigned to the position of the IDF's Northern Command Chief Combat Engineering Officer. Afterwards he also served as the second in command in the Judea and Samaria Division, and as the Head of Organizing in the GOC Army Headquarters. On September 30, 2014, Lugasi was named chief Combat Engineering Corps officer, succeeding Yossi Morali.

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Israeli Jews
Israeli generals
Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
Living people
1972 births
Paratech. Paratech AG was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Wasserauen and previously in Appenzell. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as paragliding harnesses, clothing and accessories.

The company was founded in 1988 and seems to gone out of business in 2015.

The company was an aktiengesellschaft, a stockholder owned company.

Paratech's paragliders, designed by Uwe Bernholz, had a unique model numbering system. In the early 2000s production included the beginner P25 and P26, the intermediate P43 and the performance P70, as well as the two-place 
P Bi4 for flight training.

Aircraft 

Summary of aircraft built by Paratech:
Paratech P12
Paratech P22
Paratech P25
Paratech P26
Paratech P28
Paratech P43
Paratech P45
Paratech P50
Paratech P70
Paratech P81
Paratech P Bi4
Paratech P Bi6

References

External links

Company website archives on Archive.org

Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Switzerland
Paragliders
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1988
Swiss companies established in 1988
D.G.H. Latzko. Desiderius Gustav Hermann "Dirk" Latzko (3 February 1924 – 4 May 2017) was a Dutch mechanical engineer. He was a professor of mechanical engineering at Delft University of Technology from 1961 to 1988. Latzko focused on the construction of nuclear reactors.

Latzko was born in Salzburg, Austria as son of the writer Andreas Latzko. He went to high school in Amsterdam and in 1949 obtained his degree in mechanical engineering from the Delft University of Technology. In 1958 Latzko obtained a diploma in nuclear engineering from the Harwell Reactor School.

Latzko was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1980. He died in Bloemendaal on 4 May 2017.

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1924 births
2017 deaths
Delft University of Technology alumni
Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology
Dutch engineers
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
People from Salzburg
Navitas Park. Navitas (or Navitas Park) is a building in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, located in the Docklands neighborhood in the Midtbyen district.  Navitas is owned by the research park INCUBA Science Park, the Aarhus University School of Engineering and the Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering. The three institutions together operate a consortium that maintains the facilities and together they inhabit the building.

History 
Navitas Park was built in response to a growing student population and the need to consolidate educational institutions. The Port of Aarhus has built large new facilities leaving the old industrial sites open for redevelopment. In the 2000s a contest was opened for bidding to establish new facilities for AU Engineering and the Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering while providing additional space for INCUBA Science Park. In 2010 E. Pihl & Søn and architect firm Kjaer & Richter won the contest and in 2014 the building was completed.

Architecture 
Navitas was built by the construction company E. Pihl & Søn by designs of the architecture firms Kjaer & Richter and Christensen & Co Arkitekter, landscape architect Marianne Levinsen and consultants ALECTIA. Rambøll functioned as the overall project manager, coordinating efforts between the different companies involved. Navitas Park is part of a wider effort to revitalize the former industrial port facilities of the Port of Aarhus. It overlooks the Bay of Aarhus from a prominent position on the harbor-front. The building is shaped like a star with four pointed wings, carried by columns at the ends. The building is in 8 floors and is clad in white and blue glass. The basement contains a public parking garage with 450 parking spots, operated by the city of Aarhus.

The building was the largest low energy building in Denmark when it was constructed and feature a number of environmental solutions that gives it in the highest Danish house energy rating. Structural elements, energy systems and cooling and ventilation systems are exposed and  accessible for the scientists and researchers who work in the building. On the roof 1280 solar cells generate electricity for the building while the bottom floors are cooled by seawater. The building is managed by an IT system that constantly regulates temperature and lighting.

References

External links 

 

2014 establishments in Denmark
Buildings and structures in Aarhus
Aarhus University
Dannenhauer & Stauss. Dannenhauer & Stauss was founded by Gottfried Dannenhauer, a German coachbuilder. He had been employed by Karosseriewerk Reutter based in Stuttgart. Whilst there, he was communicating with Volkswagen before World War II. From 1950 to 1957 Reutter manufactured about 100 convertibles, mostly based on the Volkswagen Beetle. The sales price was 8,892 DM. The body was handmade by tapping metal sheets on a template. The doors were made in a pressing shop. Other companies like DKW were supplied.  When in 1955 the Karmann Ghia was mass-produced, the company could no longer compete, and its product was discontinued.  The amount of production was limited, but precise numbers are uncertain. Changing their business model to rebuilding vehicle bodies allowed the company to survive at the address in Augustenstraße, Stuttgart where Reutter had been.

About 15 of the DKW Monza cars were made by Dannenhauer & Stauss. Ostensibly, a grand total of about 80 of the DKW Monza cars were made, albeit by different companies.

Notes

Further reading

External links 
 
 (German) Information about Dannenhauer & Stauss at the Volkswagen Website, retrieved 8 September 2012
 (German) Classic Car Report, archive.org, retrieved 8 September 2012
 (German) Käfer-Variationen der Fünfziger – Sekt statt Selters, Der Spiegel, 5 Februar 2004

1950 establishments in West Germany
1950s cars
Cars powered by boxer engines
Manufacturing companies based in Stuttgart
Rear-engined vehicles
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Subcompact cars
Volkswagen Beetle
German companies established in 1950
Coachbuilders of Germany
Araponga Municipal Nature Park. The Araponga Municipal Nature Park () is a municipal nature park in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Location

The Araponga Municipal Nature Park is in the municipality of São José do Vale do Rio Preto, Rio de Janeiro.
It has an area of .
The park protects an area of Atlantic Forest.
It is one of the conservation units that protect the sources of the Piabanha River.

History

The Araponga Municipal Nature Park was created by municipal decree 1.653 of 5 June 2006.
It is administered by the Municipal Department of the Environment of São José do Vale do Rio Preto.
The park was included in the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in December 2006.
As of 2010 there were no planning documents and no consultative council.

Notes

Sources

Municipal nature parks of Brazil
Protected areas of Rio de Janeiro (state)
2006 establishments in Brazil
Mary K. Hawes. Mary K. Hawes was a computer scientist who identified the need for a common business language in accounting, which led to the development of COBOL. COBOL is short for Common Business Oriented Language. It was written to resemble ordinary English. For this new language, they wish it can be run on different brands of computers and perform some advanced accounting calculation such as payroll calculation. She proposed this new language in March 1959, when she was working as a senior product planning analyst for the ElectroData Division of Burroughs Corporation. She approached Grace Hopper with the proposal, who suggested that they ask the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for funding. Charles Philips, an employee at the DOD, agreed and in May 1959 approximately 40 representatives of computer users and computer manufacturers met and formed the Short Range Committee of the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL).

Hawes chaired the data descriptions subcommittee in the Short-Range Committee, the team that was initially tasked with identifying problems with the current business compilers. 

Hawes co-authored the books Optimized code generation from extended-entry decision tables published in September 1971, Feature analysis of generalized database management systems: CODASYL Systems Committee published in May 1971, and A survey of generalized database management systems published in May 1969.

References 

Year of birth missing
Possibly living people
American women computer scientists
American computer scientists
COBOL
ElectroData Corporation employees
Thomas-Detroit (automobile). The Thomas-Detroit was an automobile manufactured by the E.R. Thomas-Detroit Co of Detroit, Michigan, from 1906-08.  The 1908 version was powered by a 6.1 L 4-cylinder engine with two spark plugs per cylinder.  The drive line consisted of a 3-speed transmission with a drive shaft.  The company later became the Chalmers Motor Company.

See also
Thomas Motor Company

References
 

Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit
Paula Long. Paula Long is an American software engineer and entrepreneur. She was CEO and co-founder of DataGravity and in 2001, she co-founded EqualLogic, which was later sold to Dell.

Biography 
Born in Methuen, Massachusetts, Paula Long grew up in Enfield, Connecticut. She received her bachelor's degree in computer science from Westfield State University in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Long began her career as a software engineer. She was a consulting software engineer in the UNIX operating system group at Digital Equipment Corporation before her move to the startup community. She worked at Bright Tiger Technologies in Acton, Massachusetts, where she was responsible for the ClusterCATS product line, a web management clustering product. In 1999, Bright Tiger was acquired by Allaire Corporation, and Long went on to work at Allaire in several engineering leadership positions. Long was the director of software at Iron Stream, seed funded in 2000 and closed during the dot-com meltdown.

In 2001, Long co-founded storage provider EqualLogic in Nashua, New Hampshire alongside Peter Hayden and Paul Koning. She was responsible for development of the EqualLogic product lines. In 2008, EqualLogic was acquired by Dell for $1.4 billion. Long remained at Dell as vice president of storage until 2010. After leaving Dell, Long worked as vice president of product development at Heartland Robotics for 9 months between 2010 and 2011.

In 2012, Long and John Joseph co-founded DataGravity, where she served as CEO. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, the company produced security and data protection software for data storage systems. Long left DataGravity around June 2017. The assets of DataGravity were acquired by HyTrust in July 2017.

Long has served on several boards, including SugarSync and ClearSky Data. She hold patents in data storage, data analytics, data protection, data security and file systems. She's spoken at conferences such as Structure, TechCrunch Disrupt, Collision, MIT Start6, and RSA Conference.

Awards 
Long won the New Hampshire High Tech Council's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2008. That same year, Long won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the northeast region, and was also a national finalist for the same award.

In 2015 she received the “Women 2.0 Impact Builder Award” award for her work helping women in technology.

References 

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American software engineers
Westfield State University alumni
Engineers from Massachusetts
American women chief executives
American women company founders
American company founders
21st-century American women