omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Oklahoma Mesonet. The Oklahoma Mesonet is a network of environmental monitoring stations designed to measure the environment at the size and duration of mesoscale weather events. The phrase "mesonet" is a portmanteau of the words mesoscale and network.

The network consists of 120 automated stations covering Oklahoma and each of Oklahoma's counties has at least one station. At each site, the environment is measured by a set of instruments located on or near a -tall tower. The measurements are packaged into “observations” and transmitted to a central facility every 5 minutes, 24 hours per day, every day of the year.

Oklahoma Mesonet is a cooperative venture between Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the University of Oklahoma (OU) and is supported by the taxpayers of Oklahoma. It is headquartered at the National Weather Center (NWC) on the OU campus.

Observations are available free of charge to the public.

Background
According to the Tulsa World, creation of the Oklahoma Mesonet resulted from the inability of emergency management officials to plan for the May 26–27, 1984 flood that killed 14 people in the Tulsa area. The 1984 flood demonstrated that emergency managers could not receive accurate and adequate data quickly enough about the progress of flooding from airport radars, updated hourly. The University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University collaborated with the Climatological Survey and other public and private agencies to create the Oklahoma Mesonet. This system collects weather information (e.g., wind speed, rainfall, temperature) every 5 minutes from 121 Mesonet stations throughout Oklahoma. Emergency planners can now monitor up-to-date weather information in advance of the arrival of an approaching storm. The article quoted an official of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management as saying that his staff uses the Oklahoma Mesonet every day.

Products

The Oklahoma Mesonet produces multiple weather products for public consumption and download: these include maps of all of the meteorological variables updated every five minutes to show the latest observations and time series plots of a station (called meteograms) over a given period of time. Historical data can be plotted using the Oklahoma Mesonet's Long Term Average tools.

See also
 Flooding and flood control in Tulsa

References

External links
 Mesonet.org
Oklahoma Mesonet Oral History Project

Organizations based in Oklahoma
Meteorological data and networks
Organizations established in 1994
1994 establishments in Oklahoma
Claus' benzene. Claus' benzene (C6H6) is a hypothetical hydrocarbon and an isomer of benzene. It was proposed by Adolf Karl Ludwig Claus in 1867 as a possible structure for benzene at a time when the structure of benzene was still being debated. The molecule can be described as a hexagon with carbon atoms positioned at the corners, with each carbon connected to its two ortho carbons (the nearest carbons) and the one para carbon connected diametrically. High strain energy makes its synthesis impossible. Although it is often referred to alongside Dewar benzene and prismane, it is not possible to synthesise it, while Dewar benzene and prismane can be.

References

Isomerism
Hypothetical chemical compounds
Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel. The Piranha Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV or unmanned surface vehicle) is a watercraft developed by Zyvex Marine (a division of Zyvex Technologies) in 2010. The boat is  in length and weighs about . The Piranha utilizes a lightweight carbon-nanotube material called Arovex, which allows the watercraft to weigh less than other USVs.

The weight advantage from Arovex gives the Piranha a payload capacity of  and a range of over . Additionally, the carbon nanotubes provide a strength increase of 20–50% over traditional materials. The Piranha was expected to be sold as a possible tool for anti-piracy, search and rescue, submarine hunting, and harbor patrol.

The first Piranha began construction in February 2010 with an anticipated completion date of summer 2010. The Piranha underwent sea trials near Seattle's Puget Sound during the months of October and November 2010. 

The Piranha concluded approximately 6 months and  of sea trials in Washington state and Oregon state on April 4, 2011.

References

External links
Zyvex Performance Materials
Piranha USV

Unmanned surface vehicles of the United States
Vehicles introduced in 2010
White Box Robotics. White Box Robotics was founded in 2000 by Thomas Burick.

In 2005, White Box was acquired by Frontline Robotics of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and in working together the company designed, developed, manufactured and launched the 914 PC-BOT the first of the 9-series robots, a general service robot designed for digital life in the home, at work and at play. Released to early market in December, 2006 and shown as part of the Digital Life Show in New York the 914 PC-BOT won "Best of Show: Future Technology" award.

In 2007 a strategic partnership between Heathkit and White Box Robotics, South Korea was formed to sell the HE-RObot a badge-engineered version of the 914 PC-Bot

In 2014 the PC-Bot line was discontinued after Cohort Systems Inc's acquisition of White Box Robotics and Frontline Robotics.

Products 
 914 PC-Bot
 Heath HE-RObot badge-engineered version

References

External links

Robotics companies
Technology companies of Canada
Technology companies established in 2000
2000 establishments in Canada
Technological University, Loikaw. Technological University, Loikaw () is in part 260, Pangan village track, in the east of Ywatan Shay village, Loikaw Township, Kayah State, Myanmar. It offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in several different engineering disciplines. It received ISO(9001/2008) in 2016.

History
TU (Loikaw) was initially established as Government Technical High School on 30 July 1982. Then, it was promoted to Government Technical Institute on 1 December 1998. It was upgraded to Government Technological College on 10 September 2001. It was promoted to Technological University on 20 January 2007.

Aims and duties

Vision
 To produce internationally qualified engineers to meet society's needs.
 To become internationally recognized university.

Mission
 To develop human resources by producing qualified engineers to meet local and global need and challenges.
 To provide state development getting opportunity of studying engineering subjects to increase job opportunity for the youth in the state.

Departments
Civil Engineering Department
Electronics and Communication Engineering Department
Electrical Power Engineering Department
Mechanical Power Engineering Department
Engineering Supporting Department
Administrative Department

Programs
Due to the new program of MOST, the university offers only Bachelor of Engineering in the 2014–2015 academic year.

The former programs.

Gallery

Project

See also 
List of universities in Myanmar
List of Technological Universities in Myanmar

References

External links 

Technological universities in Myanmar
Kayah State
Technological University, Sittwe. The Technological University(Sittwe) (Burmese: နည္းပညာတကၠသုိလ္(စစ္ေတြ)) is located in Rachanbyin Village, Sittwe Township, Sittwe District, Rakhine State, Myanmar. It formerly operated as a Government Technical College (GTC). It moved to Rachanbyin Village and expanded to University level on 20 January 2007.

Departments
 Civil Engineering Department
 Mechanical  Engineering Department
 Electrical Power Engineering Department
 Electronic and Communication Engineering Department
 Engineering Physics Department
 Engineering Chemistry Department
 Engineering Mathematics Department
 English  Department
 Department of Myanmar

Program

References

Technological universities in Myanmar
Sittwe
Buildings and structures in Rakhine State
1-Nonyl-4-phenol. 1-Nonyl-4-phenol is an organic compound consisting of an n-nonyl group attached to the 4-position of phenol. The related nonylphenols with branched nonyl groups are commercially important detergents. It is used with mixed-metals stabilizers for heat stabilization of plastic and is a starting material for producing phenol resins. It's insoluble in water, but soluble in organic compounds like benzene and heptane.

References

Alkylphenols
Computer University, Pyay. The University of Computer Studies, Pyay (), is a university in Pyay, Bago Region, Myanmar, offering courses in computer science and information technology.

Background History
University of Computer Studies, Pyay is a government funded university located in Pyay, Bago Region with an emphasis is on computer engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Founded in 2004 as a Government Computer College (GCC) and during the first year of GCC only computer application trainings were offered. Starting from 2005, undergraduate student admissions have begun. In 2007, Government Computer College (Pyay) became a university named Computer University (Pyay). Its name was changed to University  of Computer Studies (Pyay) in the year 2017. The campus has an area of 17.68 acres and lies to the south of 081/2 milestone on the highway from Pyay to Aunglan.

Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.Sc.)
Bachelor of Computer Technology (B.C.Tech.)

Departments 
 Faculty of Computer Systems and Technologies ()
 Faculty of Computer Science ()
 Faculty of Information Science ()
 Faculty of Computing ()
 Myanmar Department ()
 English Department ()
 Physics Department ()
 Application Department ()
 Library Department ()
 Maintenance Department ()
 Administrative Department ()
 Finance Department ()
 Student Affair ()

Courses
First Year Computer Science & Technology
Second Year Computer Science
Second Year Computer Technology
Third Year Computer Science
Third Year Computer Technology
Fourth Year Computer Science
Fourth Year Computer Technology
Fifth Year Computer Science
Fifth Year Computer Technology

References

Technological universities in Myanmar
Universities and colleges in Bago Region
Technological University, Pathein. Technological University (Pathein) is situated at the Apin-ne-se village which is in Pathein District, the Ayeyawady Division, Myanmar. It was opened on 27 December 1999 as Government Technological College (G.T.C) and became Technological University (Pathein) on 20 January 2007. The university is run by Ministry of Education (Myanmar).

Departments 

 Department of Civil Engineering
 Department of Electronic Engineering
 Department of Electrical Power Engineering
 Department of Mechanical Engineering
 Department of Information Technology

Academic Departments 

 Department of Myanmar
 Department of Engineering Chemistry
 Department of English
 Department of Engineering Mathematics
 Department of Engineering Physics

Programs
 B.E Degree Courses for following engineering majors:
Civil Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Electrical Power Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Information Technology

Degree Offer

Ranking
According to Universities Ranking of Myanmar 
by the collage wikipedia, Technological University (Pathein) was ranked 4th in Ayeyarwady Region and 38th nationally .
In 2020, according to  by the uniRank, it was ranked 57 th in the country .

See also
Yangon Technological University
West Yangon Technological University
List of Technological Universities in Myanmar

References

External links 
Technological University(Pathein) Official Web Site
Myanmar Engineering Society

Ayeyarwady Region
Educational institutions established in 1999
Technological universities in Myanmar
1999 establishments in Myanmar
Technological University, Mawlamyaing. Technological University, Mawlamyine () is a technological and engineering university located in Mawlamyine, Mon State, Burma.

Technological University (Mawlamyine) is teaching a total number of 2203 students in the Academic year 2015–2016.

History 
On 15 December 1982, the technological department was separated from Mawlamyine University to form Government Technical Institute (Mawlamyine). It was renamed as Government Technological College (Mawlamyine) in 1999. It became an independent university in 2007.

Departments 
Civil Engineering Department
Electronic and Communication Engineering Department
Electrical Power Engineering Department
Mechanical Engineering Department
Information Technology Department

Former Department
Mechatronics Engineering Department

Programs

References

Mawlamyine
Universities and colleges in Mawlamyaing
Universities and colleges in Mon State
Technological universities in Myanmar
Universities and colleges in Myanmar
Kaisa Sere. Kaisa Sere (3 June 1954 – 5 December 2012) was a Finnish computer scientist, specialising in research into formal methods.

Kaisa Sere was born 3 June 1954 in Gamlakarleby. She received an MSc in mathematics in 1979 and a PhD in computer science in 1990, both from Åbo Akademi University in Turku, southern Finland. She undertook formal methods research in action systems, distributed systems, hardware design, neural networks, and program refinement. She undertook joint research with Ralph-Johan Back and was involved in many collaborative European research projects. She also supervised 19 PhD students.

During 1984–5, Sere was a lecturer at Ohio State University in the United States. During 1991–2, she was a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science at the Utrecht University in the Netherlands. During 1993–8, she held an Associate Professorship at the Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics in the University of Kuopio in Finland. In 1997, she became a Docent of Computer Science in the same department in 1997. During 1998–9, she held a senior research professorship funded by the Academy of Finland. In 1998, she became a full professor of Computer Science and Engineering in the Department of Information Technology at Åbo Akademi University. She held a senior researcher position from the Academy of Finland during 2010–11. Sere was also affiliated with the Turku Center for Computer Science (TUCS) and a member of the Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering for the Academy of Finland.

Publications
Sere's books included:

 Emil Sekerinski and Kaisa Sere, Program  Development by Refinement: Case Studies Using the B Method. Springer-Verlag, Formal  Approaches to Computing and Information Technology (FACIT), 1998. .
 Michael Butler, Luigia  Petre, and Kaisa Sere (editors), Integrated  Formal Methods, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2335, 2002. .

References

External links
 
 

1954 births
2012 deaths
Åbo Akademi University alumni
Academic staff of Åbo Akademi University
Formal methods people
People from Kokkola
Finnish women computer scientists
20th-century women scientists
Finnish women academics
Place of death missing
Ned Ashton House. The Ned Ashton House in Iowa City, Iowa, also known as the Edward L. Ashton House or as Ashton House, was built in 1947-1948 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

The house was built in 1947 by Edward L. "Ned" Ashton as a private residence.  Ashton, who has been called "the most distinguished bridge engineer in the history of Iowa," was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1957. He designed several bridges over the Mississippi River including the Julien Dubuque and Davenport Centennial bridges, as well as smaller bridges such as the Iowa City Benton Street Bridge, which was a pioneering design of welded plate girder bridges.

The single-story raised-ranch house, built from Anamosa limestone (dolomite), and poured concrete, shows Prairie School influence in the way it was incorporated into its location alongside the Iowa River. Both the main and lower levels of the house provided excellent views of the river. 

The poured concrete construction of the house utilized bridge span design creating one large lower level open room. The concrete floor pour level was marked with a grease pencil when the water level of the then flooded Iowa River receded to the needed height, assuring a level floor.

The house was built in a flood prone area with knowledge that the Army Corps of Engineers Coralville flood control dam was to be built upstream. Ashton designed the house to facilitate the flow of flood water through the lower level.

Ashton employed his University of Iowa College of Engineering students.  The large, open lower level had nine full size drafting tables, bookshelves along the southwest wall, metal file cabinets and racks of printed plans along the southeast wall. The west side of the workshop provided excellent views of the river.

Flooding and Acquisition by Iowa City

The basement level of the Ashton House was flooded in both
the Great Flood of 1993 and the Iowa flood of 2008.
The latter flood caused an estimated $177,247 in damages
to the property, valued at $487,388 prior to the flood.

Following the 2008 flood, Iowa City began
buying up flooded properties.  As of Oct. 25, 2011, the
city had purchased the Ashton House.  By the end of the buy-out program in mid-2012, the city had purchased all but one neighboring house, with demolition slated for completion before 2013.  The city plans to preserve the Ned Ashton House, renting it out as a venue for such events as receptions and meetings.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Johnson County, Iowa

References

Prairie School architecture in Iowa
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Houses completed in 1948
Houses in Iowa City, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Iowa City, Iowa
Strategic Air Command Digital Information Network. The Strategic Air Command DIgital Network (SACDIN) was a United States military computer network that provided computerized record communications, replacing the Data Transmission Subsystem and part of the Data Display Subsystem of the SAC Automated Command and Control System.
SACDIN enabled a rapid flow of communications from headquarters SAC to its fielded forces, such as B-52 bases and ICBM Launch Control Centers.

Logistics
Major portions of SACDIN were developed, engineered and installed by the International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) company, under contract to the Electronic Systems Center.

Chronology
1969
 - Headquarters SAC submits a request to the Joint Chiefs of Staff to study an expanded communications system, known as the SAC Total Information Network (SATIN).  It would interconnect Air Force Satellite Communications (AFSATCOM), Advanced Airborne Command Post (AABNCP), Airborne Command Post (ABNCP), high frequency/single sideband radio HF/SSB radio, SAC Automated Command and Control System (SACCS), Automatic Digital Information Network (AUTODIN), Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (SLFCS) and Command Data Buffer (CDB)
1977
1 November - SATIN IV was effectively terminated by Congress.  The restructured program was renamed SAC Digital Network (SACDIN), and was formulated to meet SAC's minimum essential data communications requirements, but also had the capability to grow in a modular fashion.
1986
?? ??? - SACDIN replaces much of the SAC Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) and the SAC Automated Total Information Network (SATIN)

See also
Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS) - precursor (and resurrected successor) to SACDIN
Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS)
Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS)
Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)
Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)
Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (SLFCS)
Primary Alerting System (PAS)

References

United States nuclear command and control
Computer networks
Air Force Satellite Communications. The United States military's Air Force Satellite Communications (AFSATCOM) is a network of ground and space systems to allow rapid dissemination of communications to a worldwide audience.  AFSATCOM's creation was during the height of the Cold War to guarantee that Emergency Action Messages would be received by Strategic Air Command nuclear forces.

Operations
AFSATCOM operations used leased transponders off United States Navy Fleet Satellite Communications (FLTSATCOM) satellites for EAM transmission.

See also
Strategic Automated Command and Control System (SACCS)
Post Attack Command and Control System (PACCS)
Airborne Launch Control System (ALCS)
Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN)
Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network (MEECN)
Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (SLFCS)
Primary Alerting System (PAS)
Strategic Air Command Digital Information Network (SACDIN)

References

United States nuclear command and control
Wakefieldite. Wakefieldite () is an uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral. There are four main types described of wakefieldite- wakefieldite-(La), wakefieldite-(Ce), wakefieldite-(Nd), and wakefieldite-(Y), depending upon the dominant rare-earth metal ion present. Wakefieldite has a Mohs hardness ranging from 4 to 5. Wakefieldite forms crystals of tetragonal structure. In terms of crystal structure, it is the vanadate analog of the rare-earth phosphate mineral xenotime. Unlike xenotime, it is more favorable for wakefieldite to contain the lighter rare-earth elements over the heavier ones. Due to the lanthanide contraction, the heavier rare earths have smaller ionic radii than the lighter ones. When the phosphate anion is replaced by the larger vanadate anion, the tetragonal crystal system preferentially accommodates the larger light rare-earth elements.

Wakefieldite was first described for an occurrence in the Evans Lou mine, St. Pierre de Wakefield, Quebec, Canada and later designated Wakefieldite-(Y).

References

Lanthanide minerals
Vanadate minerals
Tetragonal minerals
Minerals in space group 141
Backwater (river). A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It can refer to a branch of a main river, which lies alongside it and then rejoins it, or to a body of water in a main river, backed up by the sea tide or by an obstruction such as a dam. Manmade restrictions to natural stream flow or temporary natural obstructions such as ice jams, vegetation blockage, or flooding of a lower stream can create backwater.

Alternative channel 

If a river has developed one or more alternative courses in its evolution, one channel is usually designated the main course, and secondary channels may be termed backwaters. The main river course will usually have the fastest stream and will likely be the main navigation route; backwaters may be shallower and flow more slowly, if at all. Some backwaters are rich in mangrove forest. This results in a more diverse environment of scientific interest and worthy of preservation. Backwaters also provide opportunities for leisure activities such as canoeing and fishing. 
 
The term has been applied as a metaphor to physical and social areas that have been bypassed. It may apply to places that have been neglected in economic development, or in the expression a "cultural backwater".

Water backed up by an obstruction

When a section of a river is near the coast or another feature that sets its base level, the section influenced by the conditions at its mouth is termed a backwater. If a river flows into a lake or sea, it is the region in which the slope of the river decreases because the lower water flux permitted at the mouth causes the water to back up. Where the river outlet is strongly affected by tides, the cyclic change in base level changes the portion of the river that is a backwater. As a result, fresh and salt water may become mixed to form an estuarine environment.

See also
Distributary
Lagoon
Kerala backwaters

References

Rivers