omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award. The IEEE Judith A. Resnik Award is a technical field award presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to either an individual, or a team, "for outstanding contributions to space engineering within the fields of interest of the IEEE".

The award is named in honor of Judith A. Resnik, a mission specialist, killed when the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated during launch in January 1986 and was established later that year. Recipients receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.

Through 2012, the IEEE administered the award process. The IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society assumed administration of the award starting in 2015.

Recipients 
The following people have received the IEEE/IEEE-AESS Judith A. Resnik Award:

See also

 List of space technology awards

References

Judith A. Resnik Award
Space-related awards
Awards established in 1986
1986 establishments in the United States
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award. The IEEE Robotics and Automation Award is a Technical Field Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2002.  This award is presented for contributions in the field of robotics and automation.

This award may be presented to an individual or team of up to three people.

Recipients of this award receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.

Recipients 
 2025: Marc Raibert
 2024: Paolo Dario
 2023: Daniela Rus
 2022: Wolfram Burgard
 2021: Tomas Lozano-Perez and Jean-Claude Latombe
 2020: Vijay Kumar
 2019: Zexiang Li and Tao Wang
 2018: Matthew T. Mason
 2017: Oussama Khatib
 2016: Raffaello D'Andrea
 2015: Rodney Allen Brooks
 2014: Shigeo Hirose
 2013: Ruzena Bajcsy
 2012: Bernard Roth
 2011: Hirochika Inoue
 2010: Toshio Fukuda
 2009: Antal Bejczy
 2008: Paul G. Backes
 2008: Larry H. Matthies
 2008: Eric T. Baumgartner
 2007: Gerd Hirzinger
 2006: George A. Bekey
 2005: Seiuemon Inaba
 2004: Joseph F. Engelberger

References

External links 
IEEE Robotics and Automation Award page at IEEE
List of recipients of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

Robotics and Automation Award
Robotics events
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award. The IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award is  a Technical Field Award established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Board of Directors in 2004.  This award is presented for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the design, practice, techniques, or theory in biologically and linguistically motivated computational paradigms, including neural networks, connectionist systems, evolutionary computation, fuzzy systems, and hybrid intelligent systems in which these paradigms are contained.  

The award may be presented to an individual, multiple recipients, or a team of up to three people. It is named for Frank Rosenblatt, creator of the perceptron.

Recipients of this award receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.

Recipients 
 2024: Bernadette Bouchon-Meunier
 2023: Marios Polycarpou
 2022: Paul Werbos
 2021: James M. Keller
 2020: Xin Yao
 2019: Erkki Oja
 2018: Enrique H. Ruspini
 2017: Stephen Grossberg
 2016: Ronald R. Yager
 2015: Marco Dorigo
 2014: Geoffrey E. Hinton
 2013: Terrence Sejnowski
 2012: Vladimir Vapnik
 2011: Hans-Paul Schwefel
 2010: Michio Sugeno
 2009: John J. Hopfield
 2008: Teuvo Kohonen
 2007: James C. Bezdek
 2006: Lawrence J. Fogel

References

External links 
IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award page at IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
List of IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award recipients

Frank Rosenblatt Award
Aerospace Valley. Aerospace Valley is a French cluster of aerospace engineering companies and research centres. The cluster is located in the regions of Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the southwest of France and is mainly concentrated in and around the cities of Bordeaux and Toulouse.

As of 2009, over 500 affiliated companies (including Airbus, Air France Industries and Dassault Aviation) are responsible for some 120,000 jobs in the aviation and space flight industries. In addition, some 8,500 researchers are active within the affiliated companies and institutions.

The cluster's stated aim in 2009 was to create 40,000 - 45,000 new jobs by 2026.

The headquarters of Aerospace Valley is located in Toulouse. Chair of the cluster is Jean-Marc Thomas, who is also vicechair of Airbus France. Key locations of the cluster include:

 "Toulouse Aerospace" in Toulouse with the aviation schools ISAE (a merger of SUPAERO and ENSICA), ENAC and IPSA and over 1000 researchers at ONERA, CNRS, and CNES, among others. The Université Paul Sabatier, INSA Toulouse, INPT, and TBS Education are also part of this concentration of research and training facilities in and around Toulouse.
 A new aerospace research laboratory of the INRIA in Bordeaux
 A research centre adjacent to Turbomeca in Bordes for aerospace fuel research
 An experimental centre in Tarbes to study better ways of dismantling civil and military aircraft.
Aerospace Valley is a member of the European Aviation Clusters Partnership and of Institut au service du spatial, de ses applications et technologies.

See also

 Air-Cobot, project of the Aerospace Valley cluster
 French space program

References
 Aerospace Valley brochure

External links
 Website of Aerospace Valley

High-technology business districts in France
Aviation in France
Aerospace engineering organizations
Toulouse
Aquitaine
Midi-Pyrénées
Companies based in Occitania (administrative region)
IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award. The IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award is a Technical Field Award that was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 2008.  This award may be presented for outstanding contributions to the field of nuclear and plasma sciences and engineering. This award may be presented to an individual, individuals on a team, or up to three multiple recipients. Recipients of this award receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium. This award was presented for the first time in 2011. 

The recipients include the following:
 2024: Richard E. Carson, for "contributions to image reconstruction and tracer kinetic analysis in positron emission tomography.” 
 2023: Janet L. Barth, for "leadership of and contributions to the advancement of the design, building, deployment, and operation of capable, robust space systems."
 2021: Michel Defrise
 2020: Michael A. Lieberman
 2019: Sanjiv "Sam" Gambhir
 2018: David R. Nygren, an American particle physicist, for "pioneering radiation detector developments, enabling major discoveries in diverse areas of science."
 2017: Chandrashekhar J. Joshi, an American experimental plasma physicist, for "groundbreaking contributions to and leadership in the field of plasma particle accelerators."
 2016: Simon R. Cherry, an American positron emission tomography expert and biomedical engineer, for "contributions to the development and application of in vivo molecular imaging systems."
 2015: Noah Hershkowitz, an American plasma physicist, for "innovative research and inspiring education in basic and applied plasma science."
 2014: Three winners, for "developing maximum-likelihood image reconstruction in emission tomography leading to its widespread and effective use in healthcare."
 H. Malcolm Hudson, an Australian mathematician and statistics professor at Macquarie University in New South Wales.
 Brian F. Hutton, Professor of Medical Physics in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Science at the Institute of Nuclear Medicine at the University College London.
 Lawrence A. Shepp, posthumously, an American mathematician.
 2013: Veljko Radeka, a Croatian–American engineer and Brookhaven National Laboratory research scientist, for "the development of new radiation detectors, electronics, and systems that operate at the fundamental limits of performance, enabling discoveries in many areas of science."
 2012: Gennady Andreevich Mesyats, a Soviet-born physicist, for "founding the field of nanosecond pulsed power and for seminal contributions to the physics of vacuum breakdown at high power levels."
 2011: Ned Birdsall, an American experimental plasma physicist, for "theoretical investigations and fundamental discoveries involving microwave tubes, electron beam physics and particle-in-cell simulation of plasma physics."

References

External links 
 IEEE Medals, Technical Field Awards, and Recognitions
 IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award page on IEEE web site
 List of recipients of the IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
Engineering awards
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award. The IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE that was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990. It is presented for inspirational teaching of undergraduate students in the fields of interest of the IEEE.

This award may be given to an individual only.

Recipients of this award receive a bronze medal, certificate, and honorarium.

Recipients
The recipients of the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award include the following people:

 2021: Cristine Agra Pimentel
 2020: Rajesh Kannan Megalingam
 2019: Lisa Gresham Huettel
 2018: Susan Lord
 2017: Bonnie Heck Ferri
 2016: Terri Fiez 
 2015: Branislav M. Notaros
 2014: Hsi-Tseng Chou
 2013: Charles Kenneth Alexander 
 2012: Santosh K. Kurinec 
 2011: Raghunath Shevgaonkar 
 2010: Ned Mohan 
 2009: John C. Bean 
 2008: Muhammad Harunur Rashid	
 2007: Clayton R. Paul		
 2006: John B. Peatman		
 2005: Yannis Tsividis		
 2004: Richard C. Jaeger	
 2003: Mehrdad Ehsani		
 2002: No Award		
 2001: No Award		
 2000: Haniph A. Lachman 
 1999: Michael G. Pecht 
 1998: J. David Irwin
 1997: Chand R. Viswanathan	
 1996: Karan L. Watson
 1996: David A. Patterson
 1995: David G. Meyer		
 1994: N. Narayana Rao		
 1993: Ronald G. Hoelzeman	
 1992: James W. Nilsson

References 

Undergraduate Teaching Award
Computer science education
IEEE Haraden Pratt Award. The IEEE Haraden Pratt Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1971 in honor of Haraden Pratt.  This award is presented to recognize individuals who have rendered outstanding volunteer service to the IEEE.

This award is presented to an IEEE Senior Member or Fellow.

Following people received the IEEE Haraden Pratt Award:

Recipients

References 

IEEE awards
Awards established in 1971
Haraden Pratt Award
IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award. The IEEE Richard M. Emberson Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1986. It is presented to an IEEE member for distinguished service to the development, viability, advancement, and pursuit of the technical objectives of the IEEE.

Recipients of this award receives a bronze medal, illuminated certificate, honorarium, and travel expenses to award ceremony.

Recipients 
Source

References 

IEEE awards
Awards established in 1986
Richard M. Emberson Award
HMRC Vigilant. A number of vessels of the British revenue services, at times known as the Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise, HM Revenue and Customs, and most recently UK Border Agency, have been named Vigilant:

  was a customs cutter built in 1901 and converted into a houseboat in 1920. She is currently laid up awaiting preservation.
  was the former , acquired in 1921 and the sole Revenue vessel during the 1920s.
  was the former , acquired in 1947.
  is a customs cutter built in 2003, and in service as of 2009 (previously HMRC Vigilant, and HMCC Vigilant).

Notes
The Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments merged to form HM Revenue and Customs on 18 April 2005, and from this time customs cutters changed their prefix from "HMRC" (Her Majesty's Revenue Cutter) to "HMCC" (Her Majesty's Customs Cutter). Following transfer to the UK Border Agency this was shortened to the current HMC (Her Majesty's Cutter).

References
 King's Cutters and Smugglers, by Keble-Chatterton, E,  George Allen, 1908
 Smuggling: a history, 1700 - 1970, Phillipson, D, David & Charles, 1973
 King’s Cutters – The Revenue Service and the War Against Smuggling, Smith, G, Conway Maritime Press, 1983
HMC Vigilant. HMC Vigilant is a Border Agency (customs) cutter of the United Kingdom.  She was launched by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands in 2003 and is one of four  cutters operated by the UK Border Force.

History
Vigilant entered service for the British Government by the then HM Customs and Excise in 2004. In 2008, the fleet of customs cutters was transferred, along with border control duties, from HM Revenue and Customs to the newly formed UK Border Agency. She now operates as part of the UK Border Force fleet of five cutters.

Prefix
The Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments merged to form HM Revenue and Customs on 18 April 2005, and from this time customs cutters changed their prefix from "HMRC" (Her Majesty's Revenue Cutter) to "HMCC" (Her Majesty's Customs Cutter). Following transfer to the UK Border Agency this was shortened to the current "HMC" (Her Majesty's Cutter) and a new livery applied to the fleet of cutters.

Construction

Vigilant is the third of the Customs and Excise's fleet of  customs patrol vessels.  She was built in 2003 in the Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands, and has a steel hull with an aluminium superstructure. Much effort has been expended in making her quiet to reduce crew fatigue; the engines are raft-mounted, decks throughout the ship are of a floating type, and the compartments are constructed on a box-within-a-box principle.

The  Rigid Inflatable Boat can be launched from her stern slipway. A  per minute fire fighting system for dealing with fires in other ships.

Propulsion
Vigilant is fitted with twin Caterpillar 3516B DI-TA Elec engines driving twin 4-bladed controllable-pitch propellers through a pair of 3.5:1 reduction gearboxes.  The total installed power of  gives her a top speed of . A single Promac bow thruster is installed for slow speed manoeuvring in confined spaces.  Electrical power is supplied by two 106kWA generators.

References

Ships built in Vlissingen
Ships of the United Kingdom
2003 ships
Customs cutters of the United Kingdom
IEEE Honorary Membership. IEEE Honorary Membership is an honorary type of membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), that is given for life to an individual.  It is awarded by the board of directors of IEEE to people 'who have rendered meritorious service to humanity in [the] IEEE's designated fields of interest' while not being members of IEEE.

This membership provides all the rights and privileges of a normal IEEE membership, except the right to hold an IEEE office.

The recipients of this grade will receive a certificate, an 'Honorary Member' pin and a crystal sculpture.

In a given year, if the IEEE Medal of Honor recipient is not an IEEE member, they will be automatically recommended to the IEEE Board of Directors for IEEE Honorary Membership.

Recipients 
The following people received the IEEE Honorary Membership:

References 

Honorary Membership
H
IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award. The IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award was established in 1979 by the board of directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in honor of Donald G. Fink. He was a past president of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), and the first general manager and executive director of the IEEE. Recipients of this award received a certificate and an honorarium. The award was presented annually since 1981 and discontinued in 2016.

Purpose 

This award was given for "the most outstanding survey, review, or tutorial paper published in the IEEE Transactions, Journals, Magazines, or in the Proceedings of the IEEE between 1 January and 31 December of the preceding year". The award recipient was selected from the nominees by IEEE's Prize Papers/Scholarship Awards Committee and Awards Board.

Recipients 
The following people received the IEEE Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award:

References 

IEEE awards
Awards established in 1979
Donald G. Fink Prize Paper Award
DC block. DC blocks are coaxial components that prevent the flow of audio and direct current (DC) frequencies while offering minimum interference to RF signals. There are three basic forms of DC blocks. "Inner only" models have a capacitor in series with the center conductor, "outer only" models have a capacitor in series with the outer conductor, and "inner/outer" models have capacitors in series with both the inner and outer conductors. The insulation material on the outer models is non-conductive. Applications include ground loop elimination, signal source modulation leakage suppression, system signal-to-noise ratio improvement, test setup isolation and other situations where undesired DC or audio current flows in the system.

DC blocks serve a wide range of practical functions, primarily in systems where undesired DC or audio currents can degrade performance. One of their key applications is in eliminating ground loops, which are common sources of hum and noise in audio and video systems. DC blocks also help suppress signal leakage, such as modulation leakage in signal sources, thereby improving the system’s signal integrity. They can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in sensitive communication systems by preventing the intrusion of unwanted currents. Additionally, DC blocks are used in test setups to isolate different parts of the system and prevent interference, ensuring more accurate measurements and maintaining the quality of the overall signal transmission.

See also

 Bias tee
 Choke (electronics)
 DC-blocking capacitor

External links 
 What Is a DC Block? // wiseGEEK
 DC Blocks & Bias Tees

Electrical components
Electrical wiring
British Expertise. British Expertise is a trade organization based in London that promotes British companies internationally.

History
The British Overseas Engineering Services Bureau was formed in 1966. It was initially financed by the Government's Board of Trade, and also liaised with the British National Exports Council. It became the British Consultants Bureau in 1967. The British Consultants and Construction Bureau (BCCB) was formed from the merger of the British Consultants Bureau and the International Construction Group in 2000. The organisation changed its name to British Expertise in August 2006.  During early 2015 part of the organisation joined with The D Group to become British Expertise International.

Function
It promotes British companies and their professional services abroad.

References

External links
 British Expertise

Foreign trade of the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1966
International trade organizations
Business organisations based in the United Kingdom
1966 establishments in the United Kingdom
NIAI LK-4. The LK-4 (Leningradskii Kombinat), (a.k.a. NIAI-4) was a tandem two-seat trainer aircraft designed and built in the USSR from 1933.

Development 
In 1930 the LIIPS ( - Leningrad institute for sail and communications engineers) formed a UK GVF ( - training centre for civil air fleet), in turn the UK GVF formed the NIAI (Naoochno-Issledovatel'skiy Aero-Institoot - scientific test aero-institute) which became the focus of several good design engineers who were given command of individual OKB (Osboye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – personal design/construction bureau).

Designed by  Anatolii Georgievich Bedunkovich, an Engineer Colonel, the LK-4 was really five aircraft in one, for use in research projects and for training in aircraft of different configurations. The wooden airframe was covered in plywood on the forward fuselage and leading edges of the wings, the rest being covered in fabric. The LK-4 was simple to make and used the standard propeller and instruments from the U-2 (oochebnyy – trainer). Testing began early in 1934, with a recommendation being given for production of the aircraft, which never materialised, despite the aircraft's success in several light aircraft competitions from 1934 to 1936.

Variants 
 LK-4-I – The first variation with slats on the upper wing, twin parallel bracing struts and a cantilever lower wing.
 LK-4-II – The second variation had a plain un-slatted upper wing which was moved aft, and the lower wing was moved forward.
 LK-4-III - The third variation was a parasol monoplane, with the lower wing removed.
 LK-4-IV – The final variation was a low-wing monoplane with the lower wing replaced by the upper wing and twin bracing struts to the top of the fuselage.

Specifications (LK-4-1)

See also

References

 Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. 

1930s Soviet civil trainer aircraft
NIAI aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1934
Sesquiplanes
NIAI P-3. The P-3, (a.k.a. LIG-5 (Leningradskii Institoot Grazdahnskovo Vozdooshnovo Flota-  Leningrad Institute civil air fleet), was a multi-purpose trainer aircraft designed and built in the USSR from 1936.

Development 
In 1930 the LIIPS ( - Leningrad institute for sail and communications engineers) formed a UK GVF ( - training centre for civil air fleet), in turn the UK GVF formed the NIAI (Naoochno-Issledovatel'skiy Aero-Institoot - scientific test aero-institute) which became the focus of several good design engineers who were given command of individual OKB (Osboye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro – personal design/construction bureau).

The P-3 was designed by  Anatolii Georgievich Bedunkovich, an Engineer Colonel, was conceived as a more powerful and faster aircraft similar to the LK-4, able to be produced in several versions to carry out different tasks. The three variants tested were intended for military training of pilots and crewmen. Construction was of wood throughout with some fabric covering. Testing at Leningrad was successfully completed by February 1937 when the aircraft was transferred to NII VVS (Naoochno-Issledovatel'skiy Institoot Voyenno-Vozdooshnykh Seel – scientific test institute of the soviet air force), for further testing, a production order was anticipated but the prototype crashed irreparably, due to pilot error, and no production was authorised.

Variants 
 P-3DP – (Dvukmestnyi Polutoplan – two-seat sesquiplane) For training pilots and observers for R-5 and similar aircraft.
P-3OB – (Odnomestnyi Biplan – single-seat biplane) For training pilots of I-15 and other biplane fighters: The upper wing centre-section was removed along with the side cabane struts and the rear cockpit was faired over.
 P-3ON– (Odnomestnyi Nizkoplan – single-seat low-wing monoplane) For training I-16 and other monoplane fighter pilots, the P-3 ON had a cantilever lower wing only and a smaller tailplane.

Specifications (P-3DP)

See also

References

 Gunston, Bill. “The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995”. London, Osprey. 1995. 

1930s Soviet civil trainer aircraft
NIAI aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1934