omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Jos van Hillegersberg. Jos van Hillegersberg (born 1968)  is a Dutch computer scientist, Professor of Business Information Systems at the University of Twente, known for his contributions in the field of Enterprise resource planning.

Biography 
Van Hillegersberg received his MSc in computer science at the Leiden University in 1991. In 1997 he received his PhD at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam under Kuldeep Kumar with the thesis, entitled "Metamodelling-based integration of object-oriented systems development."

In 1990 Van Hillegersberg had started his career as research assistant at the Expert Systems Group of IBM, and in 1998 he became Component Manager at AEGON. In 2000 he returned to the academic world to become in Associate Professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2005 at the University of Twente he was appointed Professor of Business Information Systems at its School of Business, Public Administration & Technology, where he also became Head of the Department of Information Systems and Change Management. Van Hillegersberg is also working as consultant for the Wagner Group.

Selected publications 
 Van Everdingen, Yvonne, Jos Van Hillegersberg, and Eric Waarts. "Enterprise resource planning: ERP adoption by European midsize companies." Communications of the ACM 43.4 (2000): 27–31.
 Kumar, Kuldeep, and Jos van Hillegersberg. "Enterprise resource planning: introduction." Communications of the ACM 43.4 (2000): 22–26.
 Lee, O. K. D., Banerjee, P., Lim, K. H., Kumar, K., Hillegersberg, J. V., & Wei, K. K. (2006). "Aligning IT components to achieve agility in globally distributed system development." Communications of the ACM, 49(10), 48–54.
 van Oosterhout, Marcel, Eric Waarts, and Jos van Hillegersberg. "Change factors requiring agility and implications for IT." European Journal of Information Systems 15.2 (2006): 132–145.

References

External links 
 Homepage at University of Twente

1968 births
Living people
Dutch computer scientists
Dutch business theorists
Leiden University alumni
Academic staff of the University of Twente
Horst-Dieter Kolletschke. Horst-Dieter Kolletschke (born 29 February 1952) is a retired Konteradmiral (rear admiral) of the German Navy.

Biography
Born in Eckernförde, from 1972 to 1975 Kolletschke studied electrical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Kiel, before joining the navy. After finishing his officer training, Kolletschke continued his studies in electrical engineering at the Bundeswehr University Munich from 1976 to 1979, earning a Diplom. Kolletschke then worked as a logistics officer and squadron commander in Naval Air Wing 5 based in Holtenau. He in 1983 returned to the Bundeswehr University Munich to work in military research and development at the Institut für Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebstechnik. While working there he received his Doktoringenieur (engineering doctoral degree) in 1987. From April 2010 to October 2012, Kolletschke served as the last head of the Navy Office, overseeing its integration into the new Navy Command, which he joined in 2012 as the head of operational support. Upon retiring in August 2014 Kolletschke handed over his position to Flottillenadmiral Karl-Wilhelm Ohlms.

References 

Counter admirals of the German Navy
1952 births
Living people
German electrical engineers
People from Eckernförde
Engineers from Schleswig-Holstein
Military personnel from Schleswig-Holstein
Billwiseite. Billwiseite is a very rare oxide mineral found at the pegmatite commonly referred to as "Stak Nala" located within a few hundred yards from the village of Toghla in the Stak Nala, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It has only been found as a coating on a single crystal of lepidolite. The sole rock containing Billwiseite is kept at the Royal Ontario Museum, catalogue number M5595.

It contains four relatively uncommon elements: antimony, niobium, tantalum, and tungsten. It is named after William Wise, a mineralogist from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

It was discovered by an international group of geologists, and accepted by the IMA in 2010. Its discovery was announced in Mineralogical Magazine in 2011, and was described in detail in 2012 in The Canadian Mineralogist by Hawthrone et al.

References

Oxide minerals
Antimony minerals
Niobium minerals
Tantalum minerals
Tungsten minerals
Monoclinic minerals
Minerals in space group 15
Minerals described in 2012
Zubair Ahmad Khan. Zubair Ahmad Khan served as an acting vice-chancellor of University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore (UET), from October 16, 2014 to December 17, 2014. He was succeeded by Fazal Ahmad Khalid.

Khan is currently working as a professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore. He specializes in the area of remote monitoring, data acquisition, metering, and protection of power and industrial systems. Zubair is also affiliated with the Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Sciences as a Consultant.

As a principal investigator, Khan won the US Aid Grant and various NTDC Wapda Grants. In 1975, he earned his B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, with specialization in telecommunications. He completed his M.Sc. in electrical engineering from UET in 1985. Zubair started his career as a lecturer at the Department of Electrical Engineering at UET in 1977. For his postgraduate studies, he traveled to England to join the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) and completed his master's and Ph.D. in 1987 and 1990 respectively.

In addition to his teaching services, Khan has served on the following key assignments at the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.
 Dean, Department of Electrical Engineering
 Chairman, Department of Electrical Engineering
 Senior Warden, Halls of residences
 Director Studies
 In charge Coordination MNS-UET, Multan
 Member Syndicate - Dean

Research 
Khan has published more than 30 research papers in the field of remote metering, data acquisition, energy management systems, and e-infrastructure development in journals like IEEE, Sensor technologies, and application (SENSORCOMM'09) and Open source systems and technologies (ICOSST), 2013. His most popular research on load monitoring for nonlinear devices has been cited 33 times in other researches.

References

Pakistani educators
Honda UNI-CUB. The Honda UNI-CUB is a concept 2-axis self-balancing personal transporter for use in barrier-free indoor environments, and shown at the Osaka Motor Show 2013.

History
As a successor to the 2009 Honda U3-X, it was demonstrated at the Osaka Motor Show 2013. A launch date has not yet been announced.

Design and operation
Controlled by weight-shifting, similar manner as that of the Segway PT, the unit is fully self-balancing and can move in any direction, including sideways.

There are two wheels, the larger driving wheel for travelling in a forward direction, and a trailing steering wheel at 90 degrees to this one. Both the drive wheel and the steering wheel however are constructed of multiple smaller 'planet' wheels that allow the wheel to be moved laterally. When moving forward the main wheel will be powered and the smaller planet wheels on the steering wheel will rotate to avoid the steering wheel dragging. To turn the steering wheel is rotated. To balance from side to side, or to self-balance laterally, the planet wheels on the drive wheel will be powered appropriately.

Measuring 510 x 315 x 620 mm and weighing 25 kg, the UNI-CUB is powered by a lithium-ion battery and has a 6 km/h top speed and 6 km range. The seat height is 620 mm, while footrests are designed to double as support stands.

References

External links
Details of traction system
UNI-CUB video and information
History and gallery of prototypes

Personal transporters
Japanese inventions
Battery electric vehicles
Mobility devices
One-wheeled balancing robots
Honda concept vehicles
Robotics at Honda
UAPSat-1. UAPSat-1 was a satellite situated in the earth orbit created and operated by students and staff at Universidad Alas Peruanas. It was launched on an Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket alongside Cygnus CRS Orb-1. Orbital decay occurred on July 1, 2014.

References

CubeSats
Spacecraft launched by Antares rockets
Spacecraft launched in 2014
Spacecraft which reentered in 2014
Satellites deployed from the International Space Station
Cobalt boride. Cobalt borides are inorganic compounds with the general formula CoxBy. The two main cobalt borides are CoB and Co2B. These are refractory materials.

Applications

Materials science
Cobalt borides are known to be exceptionally resistant to oxidation, a chemical property which makes them useful in the field of materials science. For instance, studies suggest cobalt boride can increase the lifespan of metal parts when used as a coating, imparting surfaces with higher corrosion and wear resistance. These properties have been exploited in the field of biomedical sciences for the design of specialized drug delivery systems.

Renewable energy
Cobalt boride has also been studied as a catalyst for hydrogen storage and fuel cell technologies.

Organic synthesis
Cobalt boride is also an effective hydrogenation catalyst used in organic synthesis. In one study, cobalt boride was found to be the most selective transition metal based catalyst available for the production of primary amines via nitrile reduction, even exceeding other cobalt containing catalysts such as Raney cobalt.

Preparations

Materials coating
Cobalt boride is produced under high temperature such as 1500 °C. Coatings of cobalt boride on iron are produced by boriding, which involves first introducing a coating of FeB, Fe2B. On to this iron boride coating is deposited cobalt using a pack cementation process.  Cobalt boride nanoparticles in the size range of 18 to 22 nm have also been produced.

Catalyst
When used as a catalyst, cobalt boride is prepared by reducing a cobalt salt, such as cobalt(II) nitrate, with sodium borohydride. Prior to reduction, the surface area of the catalyst is maximized by supporting the salt on another material; often this material is activated carbon.

See also
Nickel boride
Urushibara cobalt

References

Further reading

Borides
Cobalt compounds
Hydrogenation catalysts
QPR Software. QPR Software Plc is a Finnish software firm providing management software products in process mining, process and enterprise architecture modelling, and performance management. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Helsinki, QPR Software is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

Products 
 QPR Process Analyzer, an enterprise-grade software product for advanced process mining
 QPR Enterprise Architect, enterprise architecture modeling software
 QPR Metrics, a tool for measuring strategy execution and performance management, also supporting balanced scorecard methodology
 QPR Process Designer, a tool for quality assurance, business process modelling and Six Sigma software packages

Awards 
In 2022, QPR Software Plc was identified as a "Leader in Process Discovery and Mining in the ISG Provider Lens Intelligent Automation  Solutions and Services 2021 report in the Nordics".

References 

Companies listed on Nasdaq Helsinki
Finnish companies established in 1991
Software companies established in 1991
Mariánský most. Mariánský most is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge for road transport, bicycles and pedestrians in the city of Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. It was opened in 1998 and is the city's third bridge. It was designed by the architect Roman Koucký.

Construction
The bridge has a cantilever spar composed of 2 pylons, each of them containing 15 steel cables that hold the bridge deck. The length of bridge deck is 179 m and the height of pylons is 60 m. The weight of the bridge is 3500 tons. The used material is the steel and ferroconcrete.

See also 
 Ústí nad Labem
 cable-stayed bridge
Puente del Alamillo, Seville, Spain

External links

Mariansky Bridge (Ústí nad Labem, 1998)
References / Mariánský bridge in Ústí nad Labem | Vítkovice Steel
Bridgemeister - Mariánský Bridge

Bridges completed in 1998
Bridges over the Elbe
Bridges in the Czech Republic
1998 establishments in the Czech Republic
Bomb (book). Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon is a 2012 adolescent non-fiction book by author Steve Sheinkin. The book won the 2013 Newbery Honor and Sibert Medal from the American Library Association.
This book follows the process of building the nuclear bomb by the discovery of nuclear fission by German scientist Otto Hahn on December 17, 1938.

Introduction 

The book traces the origin and development of the first atomic bomb. It follows the development of the atomic bomb from the discovery of nuclear fission through the Nazi heavy water manufacture to the Manhattan Project and the attempts of the Soviet Union to steal the bomb design, finishing at the dropping of the bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima Japan.

Reception
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri) in 2013 called this the best nonfiction book of the year for young adults (YA), and said that it was a '... most distinguished informational ...' book.  Kirkus Review said "the book is a true spy thriller...It takes a lot of work to make a complicated subject clear and exciting, and from his prodigious research and storytelling skill, Sheinkin has created a nonfiction story young people will want to read."  Lisa Taylor, from School Library Journal Reviews, said that "this award-winning, meticulously sourced book deserves a spot in every library" and Brian Odom noted the extensive historical information and hard facts, concluding that Bomb was a "well-documented account. It reads like an international spy thriller, and that's the beauty of it."

Graphic novel adaptation 
In 2023, Macmillan published a graphic novel adaptation of Bomb by Nick Bertozzi.

Awards 
 2013 Sibert Medal
 2013 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction
 2013 Newbery Medal Honor Book
2012 National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature

References 

2012 non-fiction books
American non-fiction books
Children's non-fiction books
Newbery Honor–winning works
Young adult non-fiction books
2012 children's books
American children's books
Books by Steve Sheinkin
Roaring Brook Press books
Children's books set in the 1940s
Books about nuclear issues
Physics for Future Presidents. Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines is a 2008 book by University of California, Berkeley professor Richard A. Muller. It attempts to explain many physics concepts to the educated layperson, with specific applications to current issues like terrorism, energy, and climate change.

Contents
The book explains physics concepts and shows statistics as they relate to terrorism, energy, nuclear weapons, space and global warming. Muller believes that gasoline is one of the best weapons for a terrorist due to its availability and high energy density. Physics for Future Presidents is interspersed with policy recommendations, such as that future presidents should not worry about terrorists building nuclear weapons and instead focus on stopping them from flying planes. It criticizes those who distort the facts, especially with regards to climate change. “Global warming is real," Muller writes. "It is very likely caused by humans.”

Reception
Physics for Future Presidents received mostly favorable reviews from critics. It received the 2009 Northern California Book Award for General Nonfiction. Heather Benjamin of Science News recommended it to people who are interested in political policies based on science.

Lisa Jardine-Wright disliked the book's first section on terrorism, which she thought focused too much on the personalities of terrorists as opposed to the actual physics. She also took issue with how the book "lacked insight into how physics and science really work - the importance of observation and experimentation that provide evidence from which we are able to draw a series of conclusions." However, she writes, "as I read beyond the emotional subject of terrorism in Muller's first section, I became much more engaged with his writing. The later parts of his book, covering issues of energy, nuclear power and global warming, were informative, easy to follow and, in my opinion, contained a lot more physics. Indeed, beginning the book with part two would have changed my first impressions significantly." Jardine believes Physics for Future Presidents's biggest strength is how "Muller reinforces the point that there are no immediate solutions to our 21st-century problems and that ultimately one must make a judgment call."

References

2008 non-fiction books
Books by Richard A. Muller
Popular physics books
W. W. Norton & Company books
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University. APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) is a state public technological university headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

KTU is an All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grants Commission (UGC) approved university that offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in engineering, technology, and management-related streams. Named after the Indian aerospace scientist and statesman A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in 2015, it is both an affiliation and teaching university, with more than 170 affiliated colleges and over 160,000 students enrolled, having jurisdiction over the 14 districts of Kerala.

It is a relatively new and reformed technological university, with its first batch enrolled in the academic year 2015-16.

Engineering universities and colleges in India
Technical universities and colleges in India

History 
KTU was established by the Government of Kerala through an Ordinance on 21 May 2014. Kuncheria P. Isaac, a former Member Secretary of the All India Council for Technical Education, was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university on 1 September 2014, and M. Abdul Rahman, former All India Council for Technical Education Director, was appointed as the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor. Classes for the first batch under KTU began on 1 August 2015.

Academics

The language of instruction is English, Malayalam. KTU offers the following academic degrees in undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.

Undergraduate programs

 Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
 Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
 Bachelor of Design (B.Des) 
 Bachelor of Vocational Education (B.Voc)
 Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT)

Postgraduate programs

 Master of Technology (M.Tech)
 Master of Architecture (M.Arch)
 Master of Business Administration (MBA)
 Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

Doctoral programs

 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

List of vice chancellors of KTU

See also 
 List of engineering colleges in Kerala

References

External links
 
Engineering colleges in Thiruvananthapuram
Educational institutions established in 2014
All India Council for Technical Education
2014 establishments in Kerala
Technological University

 Universities in Thiruvananthapuram Official website
 Students website
Ulrich Spiesshofer. Ulrich Spiesshofer (born 26 March 1964) is a German-Swiss business executive who was the former chief executive officer of the ABB Group, a power and automation technology company, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. He took up the role on 15 September 2013, succeeding Joe Hogan. Previously, Spiesshofer had headed ABB's Discrete Automation and Motion division, which includes the company's robotics, power conversion, motors and drives businesses. Spiesshofer stepped down 17 April 2019.

Early life and education
Spiesshofer was born in Aalen, in the southwestern German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. He holds a PhD in economics as well as a master's degree in business administration and engineering from the University of Stuttgart.

Career
From 1991 to 2002, Spiesshofer worked for AT Kearney management consultants, rising to become the managing director of AT Kearney International, during which time he ran consulting businesses in industries including oil and gas, utilities, telecommunications and automotive, in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He then spent three years as a senior partner and global head of the operations practice at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Switzerland.

Spiesshofer joined ABB in 2005 as Executive Committee member responsible for strategy development. In 2010, he was appointed Head of Discrete Automation and Motion, one of ABB's five divisions. There, he led the acquisition of Baldor Electric, the largest maker of industrial motors in North America. It was ABB's biggest acquisition to date with a purchase price of $4.2 billion. In 2013, Spiesshofer was appointed CEO of ABB, a position he held until 2019.

As CEO, he led the ABB acquisition of GE Industrial Systems, which was announced in 2017.

In 2020, he joined American investment company Blackstone Inc. as senior advisor. In 2022, he registered a new company called Thirdphase AG, his private investment vehicle.

Other activities
 European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Member
 Infineon, member of supervisory board (since 2020)
 Schlumberger, board member

Personal life
Spiesshofer is an avid skier, sailor and amateur musician, accomplished at the clarinet, saxophone and accordion. He lives with his wife Natalie and two sons, in Zug.

References

1964 births
German corporate directors
Businesspeople in technology
University of Stuttgart alumni
Living people