omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Joseph V. Charyk. Joseph Vincent Charyk (September 9, 1920 – September 28, 2016) was widely credited as the founder of the geosynchronous communications satellite industry. He was born in Canmore, Alberta to a Ukrainian family. Early in his career, Charyk consolidated the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Air Force, and United States Navy space programs into the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He brought the first United States imagery satellite, CORONA, into operation and demonstrated signals intelligence technology from space. During his tenure, the NRO operated the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft and managed development of the A-12.

In 1980, Charyk was elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow for leadership in the development and application of communications satellite systems.

Charyk served as Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force until he was appointed the Undersecretary of the Air Force. In 1961 he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be the first Director of the National Reconnaissance Office. He later returned to aerospace industry, serving as first president of Communications Satellite Corporation. Charyk decided to make geosynchronous satellites the basis of the Comsat network. He fought skepticism that this untested technology would not work for voice transmission because of a half-second time delay. He also raised funds to support this new industry and enlisted the cooperation of countries around the world. His efforts launched a global system that would eventually seem commonplace to billions of people around the world. While at Comsat, Charyk served as President, CEO, and Chairman from 1963 to 1985.

Charyk earned his bachelor's degree in engineering and physics from the University of Alberta and his PhD in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology. In 1973 Charyk was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering for "basic contributions relating to space flight and leadership in development of communications satellites". In 1974 he received the International Emmy Directorate Award for his work with COMSAT. In 1987 President Ronald Reagan awarded Charyk the National Medal of Technology and Innovation "[f]or employment of the concept of the geosynchronous communications satellite systems as the basis for a global telecommunications system, established by international agreement, and for his guidance in the development and growth of the Intelsat system, which today services over 150 nations and territories". Charyk died on September 28, 2016, at the age of 96.

References

External links
National Reconnaissance Office: Directors List

1920 births
2016 deaths
Directors of the National Reconnaissance Office
National Medal of Technology recipients
Chief Scientists of the United States Air Force
People from Canmore, Alberta
People from Delray Beach, Florida
American people of Ukrainian descent
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
International Emmy Directorate Award
University of Alberta alumni
Kennedy administration personnel
Canadian emigrants to the United States
Nimo tube. Nimo was the trademark of a family of small cathode-ray tube (CRTs) used for numerical displays. They were manufactured by Industrial Electronic Engineers (IEE) around the mid-1960s. The tube had ten electron guns with stencils that shaped the electron beam as digits.

Details
The Nimo tube operated on a similar principle as the charactron, but used a much simpler design. They were intended as single digit, simple displays, or as four or six digits by means of a special horizontal magnetic deflection system. Having only three electrode types (a filament, an anode and ten different grids), the driving circuit for this tube was very simple, and as the image was projected on the glass face, it allowed a much wider viewing angle than, for example, Nixie tubes, which Nimo tried to replace.

The tube required 1750 volts direct current (DC) for the anode and also required 1.1 volts for the filaments, as well as a cathode bias for the filaments that enables or disables the display of a character on a specific tube. This allows the display tubes to be multiplexed, simplifying the interface circuitry.

The German tube manufacturer Telefunken tried to sell an unlicensed copy of the design under the type number XM1000, but was sued by IEE in 1969 and lost, having to destroy all tubes already produced. Only a few survived, most of them not yet labeled.

IEE also offered a version of the Nimo tube that could show 4 digits at the same time, and had plans for a 6 digit version. The Nimo 64/Nimo 6500 had 64 electron guns with 64 different characters and could show 5 lines of text with 8 characters per line. It was available in 3 variants: EBCDIC, ASCII and Universal which had non-standard characters.

See also
 Charactron, another tube stencil based character display

References

External links
  by Fran Blanche
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Cathode ray tube
Television technology
Vacuum tube displays
Intelligent Water class AUV. Intelligence (智水, Zhi Shui or Zhishui) class autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is a class of little known underwater vehicle developed by Shipbuilding Engineering Institute (船舶工程学院) of Harbin Engineering University (HEU) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of the People's Republic of China (PRC).  The general designer of Intelligence Water AUVs is Mr. Xu Yu-Ru (徐玉如, July 1942-February 17, 2012).

Description 
The name of this class AUV, Zhi-Shui, is an abbreviation of Intelligent underwater robotic (Zhi-Neng Shui-Xia Ji-Qi-Ren, 智能水下机器人, with Zhi-Neng = Intelligent, Shui-Xia = Underwater, and Ji-Qi-Ren = Robotic).  This class of AUV is developed based on the experience gained from Explorer AUV developed earlier, and the following models have been identified:
Zhishui-I, the first model which is rumored (yet to be confirmed) used as a training and teaching aid instead of being deployed in the field. Development begun in 1989 & it entered service in 1994.
Zhishui-II, which won the 1st place of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) Science and Technology Advancement Award. Development begun in 1989 concurrently with Zhishui-I, and it entered service in 1994.
Zhishui-III, development begun in 1996 and was completed in July, 2000, and it subsequently entered Chinese service aftering winning 1st place of National Defense Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2001, and 2nd place in National Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2002.
Zhishui-IV, entered service after development completed in 2005.
Zhishui-V, latest model of the series (as of mid 2021), first reveled in October 2011.
Zhishui-III has a similar appearance to earlier Explorer AUV, with a cylindrical body resembling a miniature submarine without the conning tower.  Contrary to most other AUVs that are often powered by a single propeller, Zhishui-III is powered by twin propellers.  The two shrouded propellers are installed just below the horizontal control surfaces of the crucifix control surfaces at the stern.  Zhishui class AUV is claimed to be capable of performing a variety of tasks by the designers, but no details are released because it is designed for military application from the start, as opposed to other Chinese AUVs that are also used for civilian applications. Zhishui-IV is capable of operating in a depth of 1000 meters.

References

Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Autonomous underwater vehicles
GlobaLogix. GlobaLogix is an oilfield engineering and technology company, operating in Houston, Texas. It offers several services related to the industry, from remote data management and collection to automation consultation.

History
Incorporated in 2004, GlobaLogix was created as a business offering a service that allows for the remote observation, and data collection of oilfields.

In 2007, the Houston Business Journal named GlobaLogix the fastest growing company in Houston. Sales from 2006 rose $347,000 to $5,017,000 in 2007. Headcount of the staff passed the 100 mark in 2009.

In 2010 GlobaLogix's vice president, Jim Ferrero, announced that GlobaLogix would also offer consultation to companies considering transitioning to more carbon-neutral operations. These consultations would provide evaluations and suggestions for more efficient automation of the industry, as well as a movement towards more digital management.

Services
GlobaLogix offers multiple services to clients, including wireless, satellite, radio, Wi-Fi, supervisory control and data acquisition or SCADA, human-machine interface, and programmable logic controllers. The company also provide consulting services, which include evaluating current oilfield operations and assisting clients in implementing automated systems that incorporate existing equipment.

GlobaLogix's stated business purpose is to help companies achieve greener operations in their oil and natural gas fields by using predictive maintenance to address field problems, avoid shutdowns, and reduce the number of miles driven each day by field personnel.

References

Geology software
Business software companies
MV Karina. The MV Karina is a single screw passenger vessel, which formerly operated from Douglas, Isle of Man for the Laxey Towing Company. She operated on a selection of cruises along the Manx coast. She is registered on the National Register of Historic Vessels, certificate number 1893.

Built using carvel-construction with planking laid over oak frames, her dimensions are LOA 66 ft, breadth 14.9 ft, draft 5.7 ft, and freeboard 3 ft. The diesel engine is a Gardner, developing 127 bhp at 1,500 rpm, giving a service speed of 9 knots with more in reserve.

History
She was built in 1946 by Philip and Son of Dartmouth, Devon, England, as the MV May Queen for the Oreston and Turnchapel Steamboat Co (OTSC). She was occasionally used on their ferry route from Plymouth to Oreston via Turnchapel, but mainly on cruises on the River Tamar. In 1957 the OTSC was wound up, and she was sold to the Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Company for £3,500, was renamed the MV Eastern Belle and was used on similar excursions, as well as a relief boat on the Cremyll Ferry. She remained with the Millbrook Company after she was taken over by Dart Pleasure Craft, though she was occasionally used on the River Dart services from Dartmouth. In 1985 Dart Pleasure Craft withdrew from the Plymouth area, and MV Eastern Belle was sold to Plymouth Boat Cruises, for whom she operated for the next three years.

In 1988 she was sold to GH Riddalls & Sons of Dartmouth, renamed MV Totnes Princess and painted in their 'Red Cruisers' colours of red hull and white superstructure. She operated on all of their River Dart services, including the Dartmouth to Totnes route and circular cruises from Dartmouth. in 2000 the Riddalls operation was bought by Dart Pleasure Craft, and MV Totnes Princess was laid up in Old Mill Creek, near Dartmouth. She remained in Red Cruisers colours, and did not operate for Dart Pleasure Craft. In 2001 she was bought by the Laxey Towing Company of the Isle of Man, renamed MV Karina and operated out of Douglas. Under the command of local shipmaster, Captain Stephen Carter, the MV Karina's primary operation was to provide pleasure cruises for visitors. She was also made available for private functions and charters.

The Karina suffered some slight damage during a storm over the 2017–2018 winter, although by this time Carter had already decided to conclude the summer cruises at the end of the 2018 season. Rather than undertake the necessary repairs, it was decided to place the vessel up for sale. The Karina was purchased by a concern in West Africa where it is intended that she will operate wildlife cruises on a river in The Gambia.

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External links

1946 ships
Ships built in Dartmouth
Merchant ships of the Isle of Man
Ferries of South West England
Ships and vessels on the National Register of Historic Vessels
Spoolbase. A spoolbase is a shore-based facility used to facilitate continuous pipe laying for offshore oil and gas production. The facility allows the welding of single or double joints (40' or 80') of steel pipe of 4" to 18" diameter, into predetermined lengths for spooling onto a reel lay vessel.

Shore based spoolbases serve the oil and gas sector from locations in the USA, UK, Norway, Brazil, and Angola, and portable spoolbases may be set up in any location to suit local requirements.

References

Structural engineering
Offshore engineering
Petroleum technology
Anderton Shearer Loader. The Anderton Shearer Loader is a coal cutting machine which was used in the UK coal industry after 1953. The Anderton Power Loader with its cutting drum up to five feet in diameter was patented in 1953. It was successfully used throughout the British coalfields and by 1966 cut half the coal produced and by 1977 it produced 80% of the coal mined in Britain.

The Shearer Loader was mainly  developed by James Anderton OBE, who was the National Coal Board (St Helens Area) production manager and later chairman of the NCB's North-Western Division. The first Anderton shearer loader was commissioned in 1954. It was utilised by Anderton's employers at Groves Ravenhead Colliery in St Helens.

The machine works by "shearing" coal from a longwall coal face as it moved along the face. The shear drum is around 0.5 metres in diameter and the machine travels on an armoured conveyor with a prop-free front. The machine shears going one way and the coal at the front is deflected by a plough onto the conveyor. On the machine's return it knocks the rest of the coal onto the conveyor.  The Shearer was usually used on seams thicker than a metre and produced small coal suitable for power stations.

See also 
Meco-Moore Cutter Loader
Huwood power loader

References 
Notes

Bibliography

 

Mining equipment

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GVA Consultants. GVA Consultants was a Swedish marine and offshore engineering company specialising in the design of offshore structures, and semi-submersible platforms.

History
The experience of GVA as a marine engineering company stretches back more than 25 years. There is an even longer history of building ships of various types, semi-submersibles, jack-ups and offshore modules at the shipyard Götaverken Arendal AB where GVA is based.

From the late 1970s the yard focused mainly on the offshore industry. Thus, the company designed, constructed and delivered 14 semisubmersibles from its facilities in Gothenburg. Seven units of the GVA series have also been built by yards all over the world, in different sizes and for various requirements. The units built at the yard in Gothenburg were adapted for duties such as production, drilling, diving support and accommodation/service. The deliveries included six Pacesetter type units and eight GVA designs.

The shipyard closed down in 1989 and GVA Consultants AB was established from the shipyards technical departments. GVA started out as a small company focusing on engineering services and conceptual studies. The company grew considerably during the years when larger contracts such as Visund, Troll C, Åsgard B and Kristin Gas Field were awarded to them. The company has continued to grow and has taken on even larger projects such as the Thunder Horse and Atlantis oil fields.

In 2001, Halliburton KBR (KBR), formerly Kellogg Brown & Root acquired GVA Consultants AB from British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) for an undisclosed amount." Halliburton KBR was the engineering and construction segment of Halliburton, the world's largest provider of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries.

GVA Consultant's range of products and services includes: 
Conceptual designs
Basic designs for the GVA Series of semi-submersibles 
Basic designs for other vessels
Basic design for conversions or upgrades
Consultation and project management support
Research & development

GVA was a subsidiary to KBR but operated as a fully independent company providing specialized design services. The owner KBR shut down GVA Consultants in 2016.

Vessels

References

External links
 GVA official website 
 KBR official website

Companies based in Gothenburg
Engineering companies of Sweden
Offshore engineering
CCGS Vector. CCGS Vector is a hydrographic survey vessel in the Canadian Coast Guard. The ship was constructed in Canada and entered service in 1967 as a coastal research vessel on the West Coast. The ship is currently in service, based at Canadian Coast Guard Base Patricia Bay in Sidney, British Columbia.

Description
Vector is  long with a beam of  and a draught of . The ship has a tonnage of  and a . The vessel is powered by Caterpillar 3408 geared diesel engine creating  and two Caterpillar 3306 generators driving one controllable pitch propeller and bow thrusters. This gives Vector a maximum speed of . The ship can carry  of diesel fuel giving Vector a range of  at a cruising speed of  and an endurance of 12 days.
The survey vessel has a complement of 13, with 5 officers and 8 crew, along with 8 additional berths. Vector has   of laboratory space aboard and  of cargo space on the main deck The ship is equipped with Sperry Marine Bridgemaster radar, working on the E-X bands.

Service history
Vector was constructed by Yarrow Shipyards at their yard in Esquimalt, British Columbia. The ship was laid down in September 1966 and given the yard number 293. Vector was launched on 23 May 1967 and completed in November later that year. The ship entered service on the West Coast in 1967 for coastal hydrographic research use. The ship is based at the Institute for Ocean Sciences in Sidney, British Columbia.

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Ships of the Canadian Coast Guard
1967 ships
Ships built in Esquimalt
Research vessels of Canada
Canal tunnel. A canal tunnel is a tunnel for a canal. The building of a canal tunnel is crucial to help a waterway that is normally used for shipping cross a difficult section of terrain. They are also constructed to reduce the dependency on canal locks.

The longest canal tunnel in the world is the Rove Tunnel in France, currently disused. Other notable examples of canal tunnels include the proposed Stad Ship Tunnel in Norway, a proposed tunnel for sea going vessels, Standedge Tunnel, the longest, deepest and highest in the United Kingdom and Harecastle Tunnel, another noteworthy tunnel in the UK.

The oldest canal tunnel in the world is the Malpas Tunnel also in France, built in 1679.

In some canal tunnels the towpath continues through the tunnel. In other cases, especially on English narrow canals, there is no towpath. The horse would be led over the hill and the boat would be propelled by legging.

The term "canal tunnel" is not commonly applied to tunnels used to conduct water (for irrigation, water supply, etc.), such as the 48-kilometre-long Arpa-Sevan tunnel in Armenia (see List of longest tunnels), or a number of tunnels on the Irtysh–Karamay–Ürümqi Canal in China. For those, the term water tunnel is more commonly used.

Canal tunnels were made in the Kingdom of Travancore as early as 1876.

See also
 List of canal tunnels in the United Kingdom

Sources
 Rove Tunnel at Wikimapia
 Canal du Midi
 Chilakkur Thurappu
 Standedge Tunnel

Canals
Water transport infrastructure
Storm Rally. The Storm Rally (originally marketed as the SG Aviation Rallye) is a sport aircraft of composite construction developed in Italy in the 1990s.

Design and development
The Rally is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional design and is marketed in factory-built or kit form. The cabin seats two, side-by-side, and the undercarriage is of fixed, tricycle configuration. The aircraft is available in two versions, one with a maximum takeoff weight of 450 kg (990 lb) in order to qualify as an ultralight under European Joint Aviation Authorities regulations and a "sport" version with a weight of 600 kg (1,320 lb) that qualifies as a special Light Sport Aircraft in the United States.

Specifications (Ultralight)

References

External links

Rally
1990s Italian sport aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
Light-sport aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1991
Storm Century. The Century are a family of aircraft produced by the Storm Aircraft Company, of Sabaudia, Italy.

Design and development
The Storm Century range of aircraft grew from the original "Storm" range developed and marketed by SG Aviation. The Storm were mainly sold as kits and flew in the ultralight or experimental categories, depending on the jurisdiction. The whole Storm range of aircraft are now manufactured and sold by Stormaircraft srl.
The Storm Century is marketed in the United States and Australia as a Light Sport Aircraft, and in numerous other countries worldwide as an Ultralight (e.g. in Germany, Denmark and Australia). The aircraft is a low-wing, all metal design using a 100 hp (70 kW) Rotax 912UL-S engine. Other engines are available to order.

The Century was initially fitted with an "all flying" combination horizontal stabiliser and elevator. Subsequently, as part of the development of the Century RG – a retractable gear variant – the vertical stabiliser and empennage was subtly redesigned and the horizontal tail surfaces were replaced by a conventional fixed horizontal stabiliser/elevator combination. From this modification a fixed gear alternative was developed and identified as the Century '04.

A further development of the Century involved adding 25 cm to the length of the aircraft forward of the firewall (by way of a modified engine mount) and 15 cm to the aircraft immediately aft of the original cockpit. This 2+2 variant is identified as the Century 5XL and is manufactured with either the original or the Century '04 tail configuration. In addition the 5XL wingspan was increased by some 40 cm over the original. This variant is available as a 2-seat LSA or a 2+2 in the experimental category. The 5XL has an enhanced top speed of up to 130 knots TAS and a reduced stall speed together with extremely responsive handling. It appears that the modifications have contributed positively to the original aircraft.

Specifications (Storm Century)

References

External links

Storm Century Light Sport Aircraft

Century
1990s Italian sport aircraft
Light-sport aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1991
Puranmal Lahoti Government Polytechnic, Latur. Puranmal Lahoti Government Polytechnic Latur, also referred to as PLGPL, is one of Maharashtra's oldest institutes of technology, founded in 1956 and located along Ausa Road in Latur. It provides associate degree which is known as 'Diploma' in India.  In India a Diploma in Engineering is a specific academic award usually awarded in technical or vocational courses e.g. Engineering, Pharmacy, Designing, etc.

Puranmal Lahoti Government Polytechnic Latur has a distinguished history in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronics, Computer Engineering and Information Technology, and was also known for its outreach programs to encourage latest education in Latur elementary and high schools.

Latur Campus
Puranmal Lahoti Government Polytechnic Latur played a leadership role in bringing about Latur Center, one of the largest urban campus-in the state and the largest in Marathwada. Today, the 36-acre (65,000 m2), $26 million complex is home to the Institute and several technology-dependent companies, including Rudrani Infotech and Canda India Institute of Linkage. PLGPL has proven to be a case study in effective university, corporate, government and private-developer cooperation.

Academics

Departments 
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Computer Engineering
Information Technology

Rankings 
The most recent Narsee Monjee Award Winner for best Polytechnic ranking placed the school in the tier.

Laboratories and other facilities
P.L. Government Polytechnic has one of the best Science and Engineering library in Latur. The major engineering laboratories at Polytechnic includes:
 CNC tooling Laboratory
 Engineering Survey and GIS
 Hydraulics Laboratory
 Computing and Computer Science Laboratory

References

Universities and colleges in Maharashtra
Polytechnics in Latur
Educational institutions established in 1956
1956 establishments in Bombay State