omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Joseph Warren Barker. Joseph Warren Barker (June 17, 1891 – December 10, 1975) was an American electrical and mechanical engineer, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Columbia University, and 75th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1956-57.

Biography

Family
His daughter was longtime New Hampshire state representative Betty Hall.

Youth and early career 
Barker was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1891, son of Frederick Barker and Alice Ann (Alletson) Barker. He started his studies at the University of Chicago in the year 1909-10. Then he moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he obtained his BSc in Electrical Engineering in 1916.

After his graduation in 1916 he enlisted in the U.S Navy, where he served United States Army Coast Artillery Corps in 1916-17 and 1923-24. He resigned as Army officer in 1925, and got appointed associate professor of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Next at the Lehigh University he was professor of electrical engineering.

Further career and honours 
From 1930 to 1946 Barker served as Dean of Engineering at Columbia University. In World War II he was special assistant to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox in Washington. As chief of the Division of Training Liaison Coordination he reorganizing the training and education program for the U.S. Navy. Afterwards he was awarded the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award.

Barker retired from Columbia in 1946, and next until 1974 served as president and board chairman of the Research Corporation, a science advancement foundation. In the year 1956-57 he also served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Barker was awarded an honorary doctorate from Northeastern University in 1940; an LL.D. from Bucknell University also in 1940; and an honorary doctorate of engineering from Case School of Applied Science, now Case School of Engineering.

Selected publications 
 Joseph Warren Barker, Technique of economic studies of lighting in industry, 1927.
 Joseph Warren Barker, Research Corporation (1912–1952): Dedicated to Progress in Education and Science. New York: Newcomen Society in North America, 1952

References 

1891 births
1975 deaths
American electrical engineers
American mechanical engineers
MIT School of Engineering alumni
MIT School of Engineering faculty
Lehigh University faculty
Columbia University faculty
People from Lawrence, Massachusetts
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
20th-century American engineers
American university and college faculty deans
Electrical engineering academics
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps personnel
Military personnel from Massachusetts
University of Chicago alumni
20th-century American academics
Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award
PCID. PCID may refer to:

 Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, a dicastery of the Roman Curia
 Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design, a former journal set up by intelligent design proponents
 Process-context identifier, a feature in newer Intel 64 processors

See also
 PCID2 (PCI domain containing 2), a protein that in humans is encoded by the PCID2 gene
Charles O. Velzy. Charles O. Velzy (March 17, 1930 – December 11, 2020) was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, and business executive at Charles R. Velzy Associates, Inc. and later Charles O. Velzy, P.E. He is known as the 108th presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1989-1990.

Biography 
Charles O. Velzy was born in Oak Park, Illinois on March 17, 1930. He took his studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he obtained his BSc in civil engineering in 1953, and his MSc in sanitary engineering in 1959.

Valzy started his career at the engineering services company Nussbaumer, Clarke & Velzy as Senior Design Engineer from Senior Design Engineer in 1957, and was Project Engineer from 1959 to 1966. From 1966 to 1976 he was Secretary Treasurer of the Charles R. Velzy Associates, Inc., and president from 1976 to 1987. From 1987 to 1992 he served as Vice president of the Roy F. Weston Inc., and since 1992 he is private consultant and president of Charles O. Velzy, P.E., operation from in White Haven, Pennsylvania. He is working as consultant in the field of waste treatment and disposal.

In the year 1989-1990 Valzy served as the 108th presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Valzy died on December 11, 2020, at the age of 90.

Selected publications 
 Velzy, Charles O. The enigma of incinerator design, 1968.

Articles, a selection
 Velzy, Charles O. "30 years of refuse-fired boiler experience." Resource Recovery and Conservation 4.1 (1979): 83-98.
 Velzy, Charles O. "ASME standard sampling and analysis methods for dioxins/furans." Chemosphere 15.9-12 (1986): 1179-1185.
 Velzy, Charles O., J. Feldman, and M. Trichon. "Incineration technology for managing biomedical wastes." Waste Management & Research 8.4 (1990): 293-298.
 Velzy, Charles O., and Leonard M. Grillo. "Waste-to-energy combustion." Handbook of energy efficiency and renewable energy. CRC Press, Boca Raton, USA (2007).

References

External links 
 Video: Past President Charles O. Velzy and the Dioxin Study

1930 births
2020 deaths
American civil engineers
American mechanical engineers
American business executives
Grainger College of Engineering alumni
People from Oak Park, Illinois
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers from Illinois
Reginald I. Vachon. Reginald Irenee Vachon (January 29, 1937 – December 24, 2020) was an American mechanical engineer, business executive, lawyer and inventor, known as former president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Biography

Youth, education and early career 
Vachon was born in Norfolk, Virginia, son of Rene Albert Vachon and Regina (Galvin) Radcliffe Vachon. After his high school graduation in 1954, he attended the United States Naval Academy in 1954-55. He continued his studies at  Auburn University, where he obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering in 1958, and his MSc in nuclear science in 1960.

Vachon further continued his studies at  Oklahoma State University, where he obtain his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1963. In 1969 he would also obtained his Bachelor of Laws at the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. In the meantime Vachon had started his academic career at  Auburn University in 1958 as a research assistant, became a research associate in 1963, and was associate professor from 1963 to 1978.

Further career 
In 1977, Vachon founded Vachon Nix & Associates, where he is president ever since. From 1981 to 1990 he worked as chief operating officer at the Thacker Construction Company. In 1991-92 he was President and CEO of Compris Technology, Inc., and has served as an executive in some other companies ever since, including United Information Technologies, Inc. and Direct Measurements, Inc.

Honours and awards 
He was President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International in 2003-2004.

He was awarded the 2019 ASME Medal by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Selected publications 
Articles, a selection
 Fong, J. T., Ranson, W. F., Vachon, R. I., & Marcal, P. V. (2008, January). Structural Aging Monitoring via Web-Based Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Technology. In ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference (pp. 1565-1613). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Patents, a selection
 Vachon, Reginald I. "Apparatus and method for determining stress and strain in pipes, pressure vessels, structural members and other deformable bodies." U.S. Patent No. 4,591,996. 27 May 1986.
 Vachon, Reginald I., and William F. Ranson. "Apparatus and method for determining the stress and strain in pipes, pressure vessels, structural members and other deformable bodies." U.S. Patent No. 5,065,331. 12 Nov. 1991.
 Vachon, Reginald I. "Finite element analysis fatigue gage." U.S. Patent No. 6,874,370. 5 Apr. 2005.

References

External links 
 Dr. Reginald Vachon at wfeo.org, 2008-17.

1937 births
2020 deaths
American mechanical engineers
American lawyers
American business executives
United States Naval Academy alumni
Auburn University alumni
Oklahoma State University alumni
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law alumni
Auburn University faculty
People from Norfolk, Virginia
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers from Virginia
Madiha Kotb. Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb (born 1953) is an Egyptian-born Canadian mechanical and consulting engineer and former executive at the Régie du Bâtiment du Québec (RBQ), who served as 132nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2013–2014.

Biography 
Born in Giza, Egypt, Kotb attended the Lycée Français du Caire, and studied materials engineering at The American University in Cairo in the early 1970s. In 1974 she moved to Canada, where she continued her studies in Montreal, Quebec at the Concordia University, where she obtained her BSc in mechanical engineering in 1976, and in 1980 her MSc in mechanical engineering in 1981.

In 1980 Kotb joined the workforce. In the 1990s she joined the Régie du bâtiment, the engineering safety watchdog of the Government of Quebec, where she eventually headed of the Pressure vessel Technical Services Division.

From 1989 to 2015 Kotb also served on the Canadian National Board of Boilers and Pressure Vessels Inspectors, and in the year 2013-2014 she served as 132nd president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Kotb was the 2024 recipient of the Ralph Coats Roe Medal of the ASME.

Selected publications  
 Kotb, Madiha Mahmoud, Bounce response of Canadian MAGLEV vehicle under periodic and stochastic excitations from the guideways. Masters thesis, Concordia University, 1980.

 Articles, a selection 
 Kotb, Madiha El Mehelmy. "An Ability to Adapt and Change." Mechanical Engineering, 136.11 (2014): 36–37.

References

External links 
 Engineering grad goes global, Concordia University, 2013

1953 births
Living people
Egyptian mechanical engineers
Canadian mechanical engineers
The American University in Cairo alumni
People from Giza
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
20th-century Egyptian engineers
21st-century Canadian women scientists
21st-century Canadian engineers
20th-century Egyptian women
20th-century Egyptian people
Egyptian emigrants to Canada
Housing (engineering). In engineering, a housing or enclosure is a container, a protective exterior (e.g. shell) or an enclosing structural element (e.g. chassis or exoskeleton) designed to enable easier handling, provide attachment points for internal mechanisms (e.g. mounting brackets for electrical components, cables and pipings), maintain cleanliness of the contents by shielding dirt/dust, fouling and other contaminations, or protect interior mechanisms (e.g. delicate integrated electrical fittings) from structural stress and/or potential physical, thermal, chemical, biological or radiational damages from the surrounding environment.  Housing may also be the body of a device, vital to its function.

Description
Housing is an exterior case or enclosure used to protect an interior mechanism. The housing prevents the interior mechanism from being fouled by outside debris. It may also have integrated fittings or brackets to keep internal components in place; sometimes a housing is the body of the device, vital to its function.

Design
Housings are most commonly made of metal or plastic. The design of housing is specific to the item and its use. Housing may provide a number of functions.

Contamination control
Housing prevents the interior mechanism from being fouled by outside debris. Housings are sometimes made watertight, especially when the interior mechanisms contain electronics.

Containment
Housings are commonly used to protect gearboxes, where the housing also is responsible for containing the lubricant. Housings can also play a safety role, by providing a barrier between people and dangerous or fast-moving mechanisms.

Interface
Housing may need to provide a user interface for the internal devices, such as for televisions and video game controllers.

Decoration

Housing may include decorative elements. When these elements are removable and replaceable panels, they may be known as faceplates. Interchangeable faceplates provide a method to update the cosmetics of the housing without replacing the entire enclosure.

See also
 Enclosure (electrical)
 PC case
 Gear housing
 Junction box, a housing for electrical components
Electronic packaging

References

Engineering concepts
6th Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF). The 6th Tactical Fighter Squadron () is a squadron of the 8th Air Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force based at Tsuiki Air Base, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is equipped with Mitsubishi F-2 and Kawasaki T-4 aircraft.

History
In September 2017 it conducted training with US Air Force Rockwell B-1B Lancer bombers.

Tail markings
Since the F-1 period the squadron's tail markings have been a sword with a bow and arrow.

Aircraft operated

Fighter aircraft
 North American F-86F Sabre (1959-1981)
 Mitsubishi F-1 (1981-2006)
 Mitsubishi F-2 (2004-present)

Liaison aircraft
 Lockheed T-33A (1959-1992)
 Mitsubishi T-2 (1981-2006)
 Kawasaki T-4 (1991-present)

See also
 Fighter units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force

References

Units of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Ernest L. Daman. Ernest Ludwig Daman (14 March 1923 – 25 February 2023) was a German-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, and business executive, who was Senior Vice President of Foster Wheeler Corporation. He served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers from 1988 to 1989.

Biography 
Born in Hannover, Germany, Daman obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, now New York University Tandon School of Engineering in 1943. After serving in the army from 1944 to 1946, he started his lifelong career at the Foster Wheeler Corporation.

Daman worked his way up at Foster Wheeler Corporation, where in 1988 he retired as Senior Vice President. In the same year, in 1988, Daman was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for significant and unique contributions to the design and development of power generation equipment, and for professional leadership. In 1995 Daman was state-federal technology executive, the first, in the Office of Science and Technology by the White House.

Daman died on 25 February 2023, at the age of 99.

Selected publications 
 Ernest L. Daman, Robert J. Zoschak. Supercharged Boiler: Design, Development and Application. 1956.

Patents, a selection
 Daman, Ernest L., Henry Phillips, John Blizard, and John J. Vail, "Vapor-liquid separator." U.S. Patent No. 3,296,779. 10 Jan. 1967.
 Daman, Ernest L. "Combined-cycle power generation system using a coal-fired gasifier." U.S. Patent No. 5,375,408. 27 Dec. 1994.
 Daman, Ernest L., Francis D. Fitzgerald, and Robert J. Zoschak. "Staged furnaces for firing coal pyrolysis gas and char." U.S. Patent No. 5,327,726. 12 Jul. 1994.

References

External links 
 Video: ASME and Glasnost Ernest L. Daman in ASME video.

1923 births
2023 deaths
People from Hanover
American mechanical engineers
American business executives
New York University alumni
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
German emigrants to the United States
United States Army personnel of World War II
Orval Leroy Lewis. Orval Leroy Lewis (July 27, 1916 – October 20, 1988) was an American mechanical and chemical engineer, and business executive, who served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in the year 1978–79.

Biography

Education and career 
Lewis had graduated from Texas Tech University with a BSc in mechanical engineering in 1939, and joined the ASME the same year. In 1948 he had done some graduate work in chemical engineering at the University of Tulsa. Later in 1954 he would also obtained his MBA in industrial management at the University of Southern California.

After World War II in 1946 Lewis was project engineer the Jones ft Laughlin Supply Co, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. By 1965 he was project manager at C. F. Braun & Company in Alhambra, California, later acquired by KBR, where he was responsible for the coordination of his company's, engineering and sales of special government projects. In 1970 he had joined the Houston Research Institute, Inc., where he worked as manager of engineering.

Honours and awards 
In 1963 was elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and served as its president in the year 1978–79.

In 1978 he was named a Distinguished Engineer by Texas Tech University, and in the new millennium the Texas Tech University initiated the Lewis the Orval Leroy Lewis Award, a Staff Award, in his honour. It was first awarded in 2005–06.

References 

 

1916 births
1988 deaths
American chemical engineers
American mechanical engineers
American business executives
Texas Tech University alumni
University of Tulsa alumni
University of Southern California alumni
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
20th-century American engineers
20th-century American chemists
George F. Habach. George Frederic Habach (August 2, 1907 – February 6, 1989) was an American mechanical and consulting engineer, business executive, and inventor, who was vice president administration at Worthington Corporation. He served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the year 1968–69.

Born in New York City in 1907, Habach graduated from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1929. Habach made his career with the Worthington Corporation. In 1940 he was employed as designer. In 1951 he was chief engineer of the Centrifugal Engineering Division, and later that year appointed executive engineer at the Harrison plant. In 1955 he was manager of engineering of Worthington Corp's Harrison Division, and later that year elected Vice President of Engineering. Finally, in 1959 he was appointed in the newly created post of Vice President — Administration and Rear Admiral. By 1972 he had retired from Worthington Corp. and was vice-president of Creative Logic Corp.

From 1968 to 1969,  Habach was president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1972, he was awarded the Stevens Honor Award.

Selected publications 
 Habach, George Frederic. Electric Arc Welding. 1929. PhD Thesis.

Patents, a selection
 Habach, George F. "Pump impeller and method of assembling." U.S. Patent No 2,149,435, 1939.

References 

1907 births
1989 deaths
American mechanical engineers
American business executives
Stevens Institute of Technology alumni
Businesspeople from New York City
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Engineers from New York City
20th-century American engineers
20th-century American businesspeople
Joseph A. Falcon. Joseph Albert Falcon (March 9, 1923 – July 18, 2019) was an American mechanical engineer, and business executive, who served as president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1992-93. Falcon was credited for his contributions in the energy field, which "encompassed nuclear power, geothermal facilities, fossil fuel-fired plants, alternative energy sources, and the geopolitics of oil and energy economics."

Biography

Youth and education 
Falcon was born in 1923 in Brooklyn, the son of Morris Falcon and Louise (Uziel) Falcon. He obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering 1943 from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering), and his MSc in mechanical engineering 1947 from the Stevens Institute of Technology.

Falcon also obtained a certificate in business management at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1955. He was a registered professional engineer in the states of California and New York.

Career and honors 
After his graduation, Falcon started his career as mechanical engineer for Sanderson & Porter Inc. in New York City. From 1970 to 1987 he was project engineering manager at the Bechtel Power Corporation, and in 1987 started his own firm, J.A. Falcon & Associates, Consultants in Energy Systems.

In 1992-93 Falcon served as American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1991 he was awarded the Edwin F. Church Medal, and in 2011 he was elected honorary member of the ASME.

Selected publications 
Articles:
 Balent, R., and J. A. Falcon. "The Atomics International Fast Breeder Reactor Program," IEEE Conference Paper 68 CP 704-PWR, presented at ASME/IEEE Joint Power Generation Conference, San Francisco, September 15–19, 1968. 5.
 Falcon, J. A., and J. Jacobson. "Steam Cycle Considerations for Large Heavy Water Moderated Organic-Cooled Reactor Plants." Proc. Amer. Power Conf., 28: 126-38 (1966).. Atomics International, Canoga Park, Calif., 1966.
 Siegel, Sidney, Simcha Golan, and Joseph A. Falcon. "Application of nuclear energy to large-scale power and desalting plants." Nuclear Engineering and Design 4.3 (1966): 225-232.
 Dieckamp, H. M., J. A. Falcon, and B. L. Hoffman. "Planning Today for Tomorrow's Nuclear Needs." Nucl. News, 10: No. 9, 48-55 (Sept. 1967). (1967).

References

External links 
 Joseph A. Falcon, P.E. , Cable - NYU Tandon School of Engineering
 ASME Energy Engineering Video Biography on Joseph Falcon, 2012

1923 births
2019 deaths
American mechanical engineers
American business executives
Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni
Stevens Institute of Technology alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Businesspeople from Brooklyn
Engineers from Brooklyn
Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers