omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Thomas Stewart (civil engineer). Thomas Stewart (30 March 1857 – 23 October 1942) was a hydraulic engineer, who was born in Scotland and died at Cape Town, South Africa. He designed the Woodhead Dam, which was named an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008. He was called the "father of consulting engineering in South Africa" and the "first South African consulting engineer".

Life 
Stewart was born at Craigend, Perthshire, Scotland on 30 March 1857. At age 16, he became a student of D.H. Halkett in Alyth. In 1876, he was named an assistant at the Glasgow Corporation Waterworks. He studied at the University of Glasgow. In 1881, he was an assistant to John Wolfe-Barry. In 1882, he was named by Crown Agents for the Colonies as an assistant to J.G. Gamble for water supply and irrigation in the Cape Colony.

He resigned from Government Service in 1886, visited Britain, and returned to South Africa as resident engineer for the Cradock waterworks. He designed the waterworks for Wynberg. In 1892, he began a private practice in Cape Town. His early projects included the design and construction of five reservoirs on Table Mountain. These were Woodhead, Hely-Hutchinson, Alexandra, Victoria, and De Villiers. He went on to build other reservoirs, waterworks, and wastewater treatment plants in South Africa.

In the Second Boer War, he was a major without pay in the Royal Engineers. He worked in the construction of defence works.

In 1902, he married Mary Mackintosh Young. They had three sons. She died in 1921. In 1928, he married Matabele, widow of F.R. Thompson.

He was a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the second president of the Cape Society of Engineers, and a president of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Stewart died at Kenilworth, Cape Town at the age of 85.

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Scottish civil engineers
1857 births
1942 deaths
Cape Colony people
Scottish engineers
FGP 227. The FGP 227 was a scale flying model of the Blohm & Voss BV 238 flying boat, built to provide data for the development of the BV 238.

Design and development
The proposed Blohm & Voss BV 238 flying boat was to have an advanced hull design which had never been tried before. The Czech Flugtechnische Fertigungsgemeinschaft Prag (FGP) was engaged to build a quarter-scale test aircraft.

The FGP 227 was a faithful, approximately quarter-scale model of the proposed design, having a long, narrow hull with a high-mounted wing and conventional tail. The pilot sat in a front cockpit and the flight test observer in another one aft of the wing. Power was supplied by six  ILO F 12/400 air-cooled two-stroke engines driving three bladed propellers, mounted along the wings.

The model was completed early in 1944, registered as BQ+UZ and fitted with a temporary wheeled undercarriage of ten small wheels fitted with low-pressure tyres.

Operational history
Intended to allow flight tests to commence from the manufacturers airfield, the FGP 227 refused to take-off from the grass airfield. The aircraft was dismantled and transported to Erprobungsstelle See, Travemünde (E-Stelle - flying boat testing station). During transport French prisoners of war loading the wing onto flat-bed trucks allowed it to fall from a crane causing damage which was not repaired until September 1944.

Flight tests commenced in September 1944 as soon as the repairs were completed, but all six engines stopped due to fuel starvation soon after take-off, resulting in a heavy landing on the water. The FGP 227 was again repaired after which the aircraft flew several more times. By this time construction and testing of the BV 238 had started, so no useful data was gleaned from the programme.

Specifications (FGP 227)

See also
Blohm & Voss

Notes

References

 

Flying boats
1940s German aircraft
Six-engined tractor aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft manufactured in Germany
Aircraft first flown in 1944
Marlan (fabric). Marlan is a registered trademark for inherent flame retardant fabric (UNE EN 11612) used in protective clothing for foundries.

It was developed in 1997 and marketed by Marina Textil since 1998 conceived to protect against molten metal splashes including aluminium, cryolite, iron, steel, copper, magnesium, glass etc.

Marlan is a blend of different fibers, which includes wool and FR (flame retardant) cellulose fiber.

Properties

The fabric is inherent meaning that the protection is not reduced through continuous use or washing and its properties remain unalterable  throughout its life. The characteristics of the natural fibers give inherent protection and comfort.

According to the European Standard EN 373 or the new one EN ISO 9185 the fabric has the maximum value D3 for protection against aluminium splashes and E3 for iron splashes. The wool blend with a flame retardant fiber provides thermal insulation characteristics while avoiding the molten metal sticking to the fabric, which was the main problem of pure synthetic or natural fibers used in the past.

Types

Currently there are different types and developments of Marlan, developed according to specific risks in foundries:
Marlan AL600 (EN ISO 6942), Aluminized fabric – protection against radiant heat
Marlan HV (EN 471) High visibility – protection against invisibility of the worker 
Marlan SX (EN 11612) with ceramic – protection against high impact molten metal splashes.

Notes

References 
Aluminium World, 2008, "Protective Clothing to Meet all Levels of Risk Encountered by Aluminium Workers", Aluminium World, p. 82-83,
"Marlan" Sovereign Publications, Retrieved 2008-04-01
"Marlan, protección frente a las salpicaduras de metal fundido" Protección Laboral, Retrieved 2008-04-01
"Protective Clothing for Industry" Health&Safety International, Retrieved 2008-05-26
 marinatextil.net
"https://www.youtube.com/user/MarinaTextil/videos"

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Brand name materials
Flame retardant fabrics
Technical fabrics
Neely Nuclear Research Center. The Frank H. Neely Nuclear Research Center, also known as the Neely Research Reactor and the Georgia Tech Research Reactor was a nuclear engineering research center on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus, which housed a 5 megawatt heavy water moderated and cooled research reactor from 1961 until 1995. It was decommissioned in November 1999. The building that housed the reactor was demolished to make way for the Marcus Nanotechnology Research Center.

The center is named for Frank H. Neely, a Georgia Tech graduate and businessman who organized the first Georgia Nuclear Advisory Commission, an essential step in the creation of the reactor and associated facilities.

History
The center and associated reactor was built after campus president Blake R. Van Leer appointed a Nuclear Science Committee, which included Georgia Tech Research Institute director James E. Boyd.

The committee recommended the creation of a Radioisotopes Laboratory Facility and a large research reactor. The laboratory was built and dedicated on January 7, 1959, and could receive, store, and process radioactive materials. The research reactor would be completed in 1963.

The reactor was shut down in 1988 due to safety concerns, and was defueled due to safety concerns related to the nearby 1996 Summer Olympics events.

The reactor building was torn down after the decommissioning, with the remainder removed as of 2015.

References

External links
 Georgia Tech Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program
 Neely Nuclear Research Center on the Georgia Tech Campus Map

Georgia Tech buildings and structures
Nuclear research reactors
Nuclear research institutes
Demolished buildings and structures in Atlanta
Buildings and structures demolished in 2000
Bremen Institute for Applied Beam Technology. Bremen Institute for Applied Beam Technology (German: Bremer Institut für angewandte Strahltechnik) is a private sector research institute, located in the city of Bremen, Germany. It was founded on July 1, 1977 as a premier laser institute, which was not a part of a university. It was the first of its kind, during that time. The institute was founded by Werner Jüptner and Gerd Sepold.

Areas of Research
The institute focuses its research in the areas of Material Processing and Opto-electronic Systems and Optical Metrology. The departments within the institute are accordingly categorised.
 Materials and modelling
 Optical metrology and testing
 Welding and surface technology
 Industrial applications

Location
The institute is located in the University of Bremen's campus. It can be conveniently reached via the Straßenbahn number 6, alighting at the stop named 'Klagenfurter Straße'. It is about 15 mins via the Straßenbahn to the city centre and 35 mins to the airport.

References

External links
Institute's Homepage
Location in the University of Bremen

Physics research institutes
Engineering companies of Germany
University of Bremen
Research institutes established in 1977
1977 establishments in West Germany
Integrated topside design. Integrated topside design is a design approach used by military ship and ship equipment designers to overcome the challenges of effectively operating shipboard antenna systems and equipment susceptible to electromagnetic fields in the high electromagnetic environment of a warship's topside. The approach primarily uses the well-understood physics of electromagnetism to simulate the topside environment before the equipment is tested for real.

Advances in ship design to accommodate ever more high power antenna systems, numbers of parasitic re-radiating metallic structures (such as cranes and masts) and a requirement to have more sensitive sensors for littoral operations has led to a need for greater consideration of the operation of equipment prior to ship build or prior to equipment deployment. Whilst this can be done post-deployment using measurement teams, using a modelling and simulation approach early in the ship design is more cost-effective than making corrections after the ship is built, and so is the preferred option for several of the world's advanced navies.

References
 Lubben, J, "MilCis Integrated Top Side Design". October 2007
 Stanley, J, "Warship Electromagnetic Modelling". June 2010

Ship design
Master of Resource Management. The Master of Resource Management (MRM) degree is a graduate degree program in the School of Resource and Environmental Management  at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. and the university centre of the Westfjords, Iceland. This program is designed for both recent graduates and individuals with experience in the private or public sector in dealing with natural resources and the environment. The program seeks students from a range of disciplines including biology, engineering, chemistry, forestry, geology, business, economics, geography, planning and social sciences. The program is recognized as an accredited sustainable planning program by the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Degree requirements 
The M.R.M. degree requires completion of six required courses (social science in natural resource management, ecology, ecological economics, earth systems, research methods), six elective courses, a field workshop, and a research project.

The aim is to increase familiarity and competence in understanding the dynamics of natural resources, the strategies and techniques of natural resource and environmental planning and management, and the biological, physical, social, economic and institutional implications of resource decisions. Students also become familiar with various quantitative methods of analysis and aids to decision making. In the field of natural resources, in particular, it is important that an academic degree provide a foundation for problem-solving as well as creative and critical thinking rather than focus primarily on subject matter such as fisheries, economics, or forestry.

Graduate student research projects required to complete the degree evaluate the effectiveness of existing natural resource management policies and, where appropriate, present alternatives. Students apply a range of approaches including cost-benefit analysis, simulation modeling, legal and institutional assessment frameworks, and social surveys to address critical and emerging natural resource management issues on local, national, and international scales.

References

External links
 Simon Fraser University
 School of Resource and Environmental Management, SFU 

Land management
Resource Management
Simon Fraser University
Environmental studies
Natural resource management
Robert D. Macredie. Robert Duncan Macredie (born 31 July 1968) is a British computer scientist. He served as Professor, Head of department, and Head of the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel University, Uxbridge, west London and was, until February 2010, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience at Brunel University. Macredie was founder and is editor-in-chief, of the Springer research journal Virtual Reality. He has held a number of UK Research Council and EU Framework grants in the areas of computer science and information systems. He is Governor of the Crest Girls' Academy in Brent, West London.

Biography
Macredie was born in Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire and attended Broom Valley junior and infants' school, Oakwood Comprehensive School, and Rotherham College of Arts and Technology, before an undergraduate degree in Physics and Computer Science at the University of Hull. He graduated in 1989, and subsequently completed an SERC-funded PhD in Computer Science before joining the Virtual Environments Research Group (VERG) (now HIVE) at the University of Hull. In 1994 he joined Brunel University as a lecturer, and became full Professor in 1999, Head of department in 2001, Dean of Faculty and Head of School in 2004 and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Student Experience in 2006.

Publications

References

1968 births
Alumni of the University of Hull
Living people
Academics of Brunel University London
Bob Rau. Bantwal Ramakrishna "Bob" Rau (1951 – December 10, 2002) was a computer engineer and HP Fellow. Rau was a founder and chief architect of Cydrome, where he helped develop the Very long instruction word technology that is now common in modern computer processors. Rau was the recipient of the 2002 Eckert–Mauchly Award.

IEEE Computer Society has established a "B. Ramakrishna Rau Award" in his memory. Past recipients include major contributors in the microarchitecture field.

References

External links
 IEEE Biography of Rau 
 Hewlett Packard obituary 
 http://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/article/02-12-128

1951 births
2002 deaths
Computer hardware engineers
Hewlett-Packard people
Gravimetric blender. A gravimetric blender is an item of industrial equipment used in the plastics industry to accurately weigh two or more components and then mix them together prior to processing in an injection molding machine, plastics extrusion, or blow moulding machine.

There are two types of gravimetric blenders:

1. Loss in weight

This type of gravimetric blender measures the "loss in weight" from two or more hoppers using a load cell under each hopper. Material is usually dispensed from the hoppers using a screw conveyor. All materials are dispensed together and the rate of dosing from each hopper is controlled to ensure the correct blend is achieved.

2. Gain in weight (sometimes called a batch blender)

A gain in weight gravimetric blender has two or more hoppers arranged above a weigh-pan. These hoppers contain the components which are to be mixed, at the base of each hopper there is a valve to control the dispensing of material from the component hopper into the weigh-pan. The components are dispensed one at a time into the weigh pan until the target or batch weight is reached. Once the batch has been weighed out the contents of the weigh-pan are dispensed into a mixing chamber where they are blended. The resulting mixture exits the base of the mixing chamber into the processing machine.

A typical application of a gravimetric blender would be mixing virgin plastic granules, recycled plastic, and masterbatch (an additive used to colour plastics) together.

References

Industrial equipment
Moore Reserve. Moore Reserve is a 14.2 hectare park surrounded by the Sydney suburbs of Oatley, Mortdale and Hurstville Grove. It is a public space in the Georges River Council.

Originally part of the north west arm, Moore Reserve was created in the 1960s by infilling with mud dredged from Oatley Bay. At the time the existing natural waterway, Renown Creek, was destroyed and ultimately replaced by concrete pipes.

An artificial wetland was constructed in 2001 which uses natural processes to treat 95% of all stormwater runoff from the 125 hectare catchment before it enters Oatley Bay.

Features
Moore Reserve has the following features:
A large parking area
Large open fields accommodating a variety of sporting activities
An outdoor fitness play set
A long path circumnavigating the park
Swing sets, climbing equipment and other children's play sets
Picnic tables and BBQ facilities
Lovely views of Oatley Bay, especially from the designated viewing platform
Waterfront access to Oatley Bay, including a boat ramp, jetty and small beach

Gallery

See also

 Oatley Point Reserve
 Oatley Pleasure Grounds
 Parks in Sydney
 Renown Park, New South Wales

References
Moore Reserve Constructed Wetland, Kogarah NSW 
Moore Reserve wetlands, kogarah.nsw.gov.au
Google Maps: Moore Reserve

Parks in Sydney
Constructed wetlands
Project 11780. Project 11780 Kherson was an unrealized 1980s Soviet LHD program derived from the  design comparable to the US . The ship would have been about 25,000 tons displacement, with steam turbine power plants and carried about 12 helicopters and four Ondatra-class landing craft or two Tsaplya-class LCACs.

Development

The development of the Project 11780 began when Admiral of the Fleet of the USSR Sergey Gorshkov ordered the development of a fully-fledged universal landing ship. The design and purpose of the ship evolved throughout the development. Initially, the ship was intended solely for landing operations. Then the General Staff proposed turning the Project 11780 ships into universal aircraft-carrying ships by equipping them with a bow ski-jump ramp, allowing the deployment of helicopters to bolster the air support for the landing troops.

It was planned to build two ships: "Kherson" and "Kremenchuk". The pair would have a standard displacement of 25,000 tons, making it only could be built at the Chernomorsky Shipyard. At that time, the slipways of the Black Sea Shipyard were scheduled for the construction of Project 1143.5 aircraft carriers, which then triggered a "struggle for the slipway". The General Staff, placing great importance on the construction of the LHDs, proposed building them instead of the aircraft carriers.

Ending

This proposal was opposed by the Navy Commander-in-Chief. Understanding that the construction of the LHDs, due to the lack of required shipbuilding capacity, would likely lead to the abandonment of Project 1143.5 aircraft carriers. And so a cunning trick was employed. By the Commander-in-Chief’s order, an AK-130 artillery mount was placed on the bow, directly in front of the flight deck. The Naval Research Institute was tasked with providing a "scientific" justification for the presence of such armament and its placement. As a result, the General Staff lost interest in the project, and the construction was postponed.

At the request of the Minister of Defense, Marshal Dmitry Ustinov, the tasks of Project 11780 were expanded to include peacetime tracking of enemy submarines in the seas. Ultimately, all these changes led to the Project 11780 ships never being laid down.

See also  
Tarawa class amphibious assault ship
List of ships of the Soviet Navy
List of ships of Russia by project number

References

External links
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/ship-soviet-2.htm
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/12/russia-to-begin-construction-of-lhd-in-2020-part-1/

Helicopter carrier classes
Amphibious warfare vessel classes
Cold War aircraft carriers of the Soviet Union
Amphibious warfare vessels of the Soviet Union
Proposed aircraft carriers
Abandoned military projects of the Soviet Union
University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene. The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene (, USTHB, ) is a university located in the town of Bab-Ezzouar  from Algiers, Algeria. The university was designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and was inaugurated in 1974.

Courses offered include Computing, Pure and Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Civil Engineering, Electronics, Information Technology, Process Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

USTHB was the largest university in Algeria until 2013; it has over 20,000 students. The government's five-year plan aiming at raising the number of university students in Algeria from 1.2 million in 2010 to 2 million students in 2014 has led to the construction of new universities and faculties in almost every Algerian town; some universities are now larger than the USTHB in the number of enrolled students.

USTHB collaborates with western universities. Agreements exist between the faculties and their counterpart in France, Quebec Canada and other countries for the purpose of training and research. A number of Arab and African students receive grants to study in the USTHB.

The tutoring language in the university is the French language, except for the Geography curriculum that is provided in Arabic language.

Sports
USTHB has a martial arts club run by volunteers, and an agreement with the Olympic complex for the use of the Olympic swimming pool by the university students. It has a football team, and the USTHB basketball team participated in the National Collegiate Athletic competition.

Ranking
In 2023, according to U.S. News & World Report The university is the 2nd best in Algeria, the 1691th in the world, and the 60th in Africa.
The computer science faculty was ranked the 662th best university for computer science in the world.
The engineering faculties ranked the university as the 886th best university in the world in engineering majors

See also
List of Oscar Niemeyer works

References

External links
 University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumediene
 University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumediene 
 University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumediene 
 Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumediène (LinkedIn)

 
1974 establishments in Algeria
Universities and colleges established in 1974
Buildings and structures in Algiers Province
Houari Boumediene
Oscar Niemeyer buildings
Education in Algiers
Science and technology in Algeria
Educational institutions established in 1974