omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Costain West Africa. Costain West Africa is a building and civil engineering firm founded in Nigeria in 1948. Notably, it was the first building and civil engineering firm to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The company has undertaken various significant projects, including the construction of the 140-meter-high NECOM house, which was built over loose sands using a shallow raft foundation design, as well as the University College Teaching Hospital in Ibadan. As one of the oldest civil engineering and building companies established in Nigeria, Costain West Africa executed highway, road, building, and civil works projects in both the private and public sectors from 1950 to the end of the twentieth century. However, in recent years, the company's fortunes have been mixed, with occasional difficulties in meeting its obligations.

History
Costain West Africa was established in 1948 as a civil engineering and building company with substantial shareholdings held by John Holt Plc. It was founded as a subsidiary of Richard Costain. Involved in projects in all regions of the country, in the mid-1950s, the firm completed civil works at Ijora Power Station and extension of Apapa Wharf, and its building division built Bishopscourt along the Marina, Lagos. In 1957, a partnership with CDC and the government of Northern Nigeria led to the construction of a housing estate in Kaduna, the firm was involved in the construction of Wuya bridge over Kaduna River a Bida and Shell estates in Port Harcourt.

In 1982, the company won a state bid that gave it one of its biggest orders, a project to develop Oyo State water supply system.

Projects
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna work order from the regional Ministry of Social Welfare and Cooperatives, Northern Nigeria.
Bata Shoe factory.
Phase II Nigerian Telecommunication System
Central Bank, Enugu
Apapa factory of Flour Mills of Nigeria.

References

Construction and civil engineering companies of Nigeria
1948 establishments in Nigeria
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1948
Jeep Treo. The Jeep Treo was an electric concept car produced by Chrysler under their Jeep brand in the early twenty first century. Launched at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show, it was envisaged for production in 2008, but the single prototype remained a one-off. Designed for the Asian young urban driver, the car was fitted with three seats and had the provision to carry mountain bikes as an integral part of the near-teardrop shaped design. Although the prototype was designed to be powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, in its production form the car was to be given hybrid petrol-electric drive.

Design
Designed by the Chrysler Advanced Product Design Center in California by a team led by designer Freeman Thomas, the Jeep Treo was envisaged as "the ultimate student car" to attract young urban drivers. The car was designed to appeal to a younger audience than others in the Jeep range, it being expected that they would then move onto the more traditional models as they aged. It had a wheelbase of  and the body was  long,  wide and  high. It weighed . Power was provided by two electric motors, one mounted on each axle, to give four-wheel drive, driven by a hydrogen fuel cell mounted under the floor, to offer a zero-emissions vehicle.

The design was inspired by anime concepts. The exterior was in the shape of a near-teardrop with an open grill at the front. The interior was designed to be light and airy with a large windshield and glass roof extending over the rear cargo space. The cabin had two seats forward with a single foldable seat behind, and the ability to carry two mountain bikes at the back. The bike mountings were integral to the design to emphasise that the car was envisioned for use by the more active city-dweller. The car was designed to use drive by wire to eliminate the need for heavy and bulky mechanical components, while the driver's controls were modular so that the car could be easily switched from left to right hand drive.

Production
The Jeep Trio was produced to appeal to the young urban market in Asia and was unveiled at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show. The design was promoted as a vision of urban driving “a decade or more” in the future. The concept car was well received by motor journalists and a production vehicle was planned powered by a petrol/electric hybrid drivetrain to be launched by 2008. However, the vehicle remained a one-off build.

See also
List of fuel cell vehicles
List of hybrid vehicles

References

External links
 Image gallery at favcars.com

All-wheel-drive vehicles
Cars introduced in 2003
Fuel cell vehicles
Hybrid electric vehicles
Hydrogen cars
Treo
Motor vehicles manufactured in the United States
Engineer Kochin's Error. Engineer Kochin's Error, () is a 1939 Soviet thriller directed by Aleksandr Macheret.

The film tells the story of how an aircraft engineer's decision to take classified blueprints home unravels a deadly web of espionage, betrayal, and intrigue in late 1930s Moscow.

Plot
The story is set in late 1930s Moscow. An aircraft design engineer at an aviation plant, Kochin, makes the mistake of taking classified blueprints home to quickly revise them based on recent test results. Murzin, the head of the department, does not explicitly forbid the act but also fails to authorize it. Unbeknownst to Kochin, Murzin is an informant for a foreign intelligence agency and immediately alerts his handler, Trivosh.

With the help of Kochin’s neighbor and romantic interest, Ksenia Lebedeva, Trivosh breaks into the engineer’s room and photographs the blueprints.  

The transmission of the spy's encoded message, urging the urgent smuggling of the photographs abroad, occurs in a tailor's workshop, a meeting spot chosen by the agents. However, Murzin accidentally drops the coded note. The tailor, finding the suspicious scrap of paper, promptly hands it over to the NKVD. Investigators decode the message, and detective Lartsev begins an investigation.

Kochin and Ksenia go on a stroll in Pushkino, unaware they are being followed by Trivosh. During the outing, Ksenia confesses to Kochin that she is a spy but promises to cooperate with the authorities.  

Trivosh eliminates Ksenia by pushing her under a train, but state security operatives manage to apprehend the spies before they can escape.

Cast 
 Mikhail Zharov as Lartsev
 Sergey Nikonov
 Lyubov Orlova as Kseniya Lebedeva
 Nikolai Dorokhin as Kochin
 Boris Petker		
 Faina Ranevskaya	
 Leonid Kmit
 Pyotr Leontyev as Galkin

References

External links 
 

1939 films
1930s Soviet films
1930s Russian-language films
1930s thriller films
Soviet black-and-white films
Soviet thriller films
Russian-language thriller films
Acumulador de Carga Rápida. Acumulador de Carga Rápida (ACR) () is a battery electric tram system marketed by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) of Spain. Trams equipped with ACR are fast-charged while at stops; elsewhere they require no overhead line, which is desirable for reasons of safety, reliability, cost, and aesthetics. It also allows regenerative braking where direct current electrification systems cannot return (much) energy to the grid.

Operation 

ACR-equipped trams are powered between stops by discharging a rooftop supercapacitor battery, weighing around , which gives a range of around . The battery is partially recharged between stops by regenerative braking; at stops, it is completely recharged in around thirty seconds by current drawn via pantograph from a short section of overhead line.

Marketing 

CAF offers ACR as an option on its Urbos 3 tram; for retrofitting on trams built by CAF or other manufacturers; and for standard gauge and metre gauge tram systems.

ACR's most direct competitor is the ground-level power supply (APS) marketed by Alstom; CAF differentiates ACR against APS through its support of regenerative braking. CAF claims that ACR could be useful in rapid transit systems for the same reason.

Installations 
Since Seville's MetroCentro tramway opened in 2007, sections of its overhead line around the Seville Cathedral had been dismantled annually to allow Holy Week processions to pass safely. ACR's first commercial installation was aboard Urbos trams supplied to MetroCentro in 2011, allowing the permanent removal of overhead lines around the cathedral.

Line 1 of the Tranvía de Zaragoza has also used ACR since its second construction phase was completed in 2013. The use of ACR avoided the installation of overhead lines in the city's historic centre.

ACR was included in the Newcastle Light Rail in Australia and Luxembourg's new tram system.

See also
Ground-level power supply

References 

Battery electric vehicles
Tram transport in Spain
Ruhsar Pekcan. Ruhsar Pekcan (born 1958) is a politician and electrical engineer who served as the Minister of Trade of Turkey between 2018 and 2021.

Professional career
Pekcan started her professional career joining the development and investment bank (). After working at different positions in several companies, she became a member of executive boards. In 2005, she co-founded an engineering company, which supplies pipelines for drinking water, irrigation, petroleum and natural gas. She was the managing director of the company.

She was chairperson of the Turkey-Syria business councils of the Turkish Foreign Economic Relations Corporation (, DEİK) on three occasions. She served as the chairperson of the Turkey-Jordan business council, and as a member of the executive boards of the Turkey-Iraq and Turkey-Libya business councils of the same corporation. She served as deputy chairperson of the women entrepreneurs committee at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), and as a member of women entrepreneurs committee at the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) as well as some other business organizations.

Pekcan is recipient of the IWEC 2010 Award, and she was named Global Ambassador of IWEC.

Political career
On 9 July 2018, the newly elected President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced his cabinet of the new Turkish political system. Ruhsar Pekcan was appointed Minister of Trade. On 16 April 2021, it was claimed that Ruhsar Pekcan sold disinfectants to her ministry from the company which she owned with her husband in 2020. Some opposite politicians also asked to Ruhsar Pekcan about these claims. On 20 April 2021, the Ministry of Trade confirmed the purchases but stated the amounts was less. She was succeeded by AKP's parliamentary group chairman Mehmet Muş on 21 April 2021.

Private life
Ruhsar Pekcan was born in Manisa, Turkey in 1958. She was educated in electrical engineering at Istanbul Technical University. Following her bachelor's degree, she obtained a master's degree from the same faculty.

She is married with two children.

References

Living people
1958 births
People from Manisa
Istanbul Technical University alumni
Turkish electrical engineers
Turkish businesspeople
Turkish business executives
Women government ministers of Turkey
Government ministers of Turkey
Ministers of customs and trade of Turkey
Members of the 66th government of Turkey
21st-century Turkish businesspeople 
21st-century Turkish businesswomen 
21st-century Turkish women politicians
20th-century Turkish businesspeople 
20th-century Turkish businesswomen 
20th-century Turkish women politicians
Turkish women engineers
Smart Weapon End-to-End Performance Model. The Smart Weapon End-to-End Performance Model (SWEEPM) is a modeling software developed by the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL), designed to measure the overall effectiveness of all types of munitions. SWEEPM was conceived in 2008 and completed in April 2013.

The model provides simulated performance data on conceptual or existing guided artillery rounds. Ballistic engineers analyze information gathered on the effectiveness of a round in battle, such as impact against a tank or truck.

SWEEPM software can measure other variables such as material composition of the round, muzzle velocity, how soldiers aim and fire weapon systems, weather, and stationary or moving targets. This information assists researchers in studying scenarios that indicate the amount of damage the round causes.

Researchers rely on high-performance computers housed within the ARL Supercomputing Research Center managed by ARL's Computational and Information Sciences Directorate at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. SWEEPM's high-fidelity physics sub-modules can only be run on these supercomputers.

Mary K. Arthur, a mathematician in the Lethality Division of ARL, is the principal investigator credited with developing SWEEPM after recognizing a void in modeling and analyzing smart weapon systems from target acquisition through damage estimation.

References

Military research of the United States
Simulation software
DATAmatic 1000. The DATAmatic 1000 is an obsolete computer system from Honeywell introduced in 1957. It uses vacuum tubes and crystal diodes for logic, and featured a unique magnetic tape format for storage.

The CPU uses a 48-bit word (plus four check bits). A word can hold 12 decimal digits (11 digits plus sign) or 8 six-bit alphanumeric characters. The system includes magnetic core storage of 2000 words or 24,000 digits in two banks, called "High-Speed Memory." Words in High-Speed Memory are also called "registers" in the documentation. The system also includes two input and two output tape buffer storage units of 62 words (744 digits) each.

The instructions are three address and all operations are storage-to-storage.

History
Datamatic Corporation was established in 1954 as a joint venture of Raytheon and Honeywell. In 1955 Honeywell bought out Raytheon's interest and the company became known as "Honeywell DATAmatic." Later Datamatic was renamed Honeywell Information Systems (HIS).

Tape format
The DATAmatic uses  long reels of  wide magnetic tape. The tape format uses 36 tracks ("channels")—31 data and 5 for checking. Data is recorded as blocks of 62 words. Within a block two words are recorded serially on each of the 31 tracks. A full reel of tape can contain 50,000 blocks (37,200,000 words). Data transfer rate is 60,000 digits per second. A DATAmatic 1000 system can attach up to 100 tape units.

When the tape is initially written data is recorded only in alternate blocks. When the end of the reel is reached the tape is recorded in reverse in previously unused blocks. This eliminates a rewind operation when reading or writing full reels. The format allows individual blocks to be rewritten in place.

Other peripherals
Standard card, paper tape, and line printer output was via offline input and output converters that wrote or read magnetic tape. Available peripheral devices included:
 Punched card reader, standard 80-column punched cards, 900 cards per minute
 Punched tape reader,  60 characters per second
 Line printer, 900 lines per minute
 Punched card output – 100 cards per minute

Staffing
Typical staffing for a DATAmatic 1000 installation (per shift) might be 32 people tasked with:
 Supervisors            1
 Analysts               5
 Programmers           11
 Coders                 2
 Clerks                 3
 Operators              2
 In-Output Operators    6
 Tape Handlers          2

(Bank of Boston, 1961)

References

External links
 A THIRD SURVEY OF DOMESTIC ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS
 Honeywell’s First Computer: The Datamatic-1000

Computer-related introductions in 1957
Vacuum tube computers
Honeywell computers
48-bit computers
Mercedes-Benz OM639 engine. The OM639 is a turbocharged inline-three diesel engine produced by Mercedes-Benz, in collaboration with Mitsubishi Motors.

Design 
The OM639 is based on the four-cylinder OM640 engine and features a dual mass flywheel, exhaust gas recirculation, and Euro 4 emission standard compliance. It is transversely mounted behind the front axle and inclined 60 degrees due to the sandwich floor design used in the Smart and Mitsubishi models, so the engine slides underneath the floorpan instead of into the cabin in the event of a head-on collision to improve safety.

Models

OM639 DE15 LA R 
 2004–2006 Smart Forfour 1.5l CDI
 2004–2009 Mitsubishi Colt 1.5 DI-D

OM639 DE15 LA 
 2004–2006 Smart Forfour 1.5l CDI
 2004–2009 Mitsubishi Colt 1.5 DI-D

Reception 
Due to the relatively low sales of the cars the engine was placed in to (compared to the class leaders), the engine is in a niche between owners.

At the time, the 70 kW version was the world's most powerful three-cylinder passenger car diesel engine. Despite this, it was only used in the Smart Forfour (until discontinuation) and the Mitsubishi Colt (until its facelift in 2008, citing lack of demand). Today, the most powerful three-cylinder passenger car diesel engine is the BMW B37, which achieves 116 hp.

The engine is reliable, with no common issues or widespread issues noted by owners, and no recalls issued.

Lastly, real world MPG is very close to Mitsubishi's numbers out on the road, with it getting over 90% of its rated official MPG of 58.9 rated by owners of the vehicles.

References 

OM639
Diesel engines by model
Straight-three engines
Mitsubishi Motors engines
Garry Kearns. Garry Kearns is a Canadian retired ice hockey head coach and player who was in charge of the program at Rensselaer for five seasons.

Career
Kearns joined the Rensselaer program a year after it won its first national title in 1954. After sitting out his freshman year (a standard practice at the time), Kearns joined the varsity squad for the 1955–56 season and led the engineers in goals (26), assists (32) and points (58), finishing in a tie for second in NCAA scoring. despite his superlative campaign the Engineers finished third out of four teams in the Tri-State League and were left out of the NCAA tournament. The following year Kearns scoring prowess declined but the Engineers managed to win their conference title. Unfortunately they were once again passed over as second-place Clarkson had a superior record (18-2 compared to RPI's 14-6-1). For his senior season Kearns was named as team captain and responded with a resurgent 56 points in 21 games. Despite this the Engineers were left out of the tournament yet again after finishing second to the powerhouse Golden Knights in their conference.

After graduating Kearns pursued a short professional career with Milwaukee of the United States Central Hockey League then turned to coaching high school hockey. In 1964 Kearns returned to Troy, New York to become the head coach for his alma mater. Kearns became the fourth head coach in the span of three years and was entering as the program was in its nadir. After three years with virtually no recruits and no athletic scholarships available the ice hockey program was in jeopardy of becoming an afterthought. The team struggled to a 10-10-2 record in his first season but once the last recruited senior class graduated the Engineers slipped to dead-last in the ECAC the next year, finishing 3-19 and being outscored 42 to 161. Kearns' team again finished last in 1966–67 season but almost tripled their win total (8) when his first batch of recruits began hitting the ice. By his fourth year with the program Kearns had gotten the Engineers back to .500 with an 11–11 record and followed that up with a 12-8-1 mark. In 1969 Rensselaer made their first appearance in the ECAC tournament since 1964 and provided the first of only two losses to the dominant Cornell team headed by Kearns' former coach Ned Harkness.

With program no longer in dire straits, Kearns left to start a career as an architect. He was inducted into the Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 and the RPI hockey ring of honor the following year.

College Head Coaching record

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Awards and honors

References

External links

1935 births
Living people
RPI Engineers men's ice hockey players
RPI Engineers men's ice hockey coaches
Ice hockey people from Peterborough, Ontario
Canadian ice hockey forwards
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Institute of Water. The Institute of Water is the main professional association for the water industry in the UK.

History
It was founded in 1945 as the Association of Water Distribution Officers. It was incorporated on 12 October 1954. It became the Institution of Water Officers in 1990, then the current name in 2010.

Function

Accreditation
It maintains a register of engineers in the British water industry, being affiliated to the Engineering Council to register Chartered Engineer (CEng) since 1998, Incorporated Engineer (IEng) and Engineering Technician (EngTech) since 1973. It is affiliated to the Society for the Environment since 2004. It is also affiliated with the Science Council to award Registered Science Technician (RSciTech), Registered Scientist (RSci), and Chartered Scientist (CSci).

Structure
It is situated on Team Valley Trading Estate in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, west of the River Team. It has been in North East England since 1975, and in Gateshead since 1998.

See also
 Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, situated in the London Borough of Camden
 List of professional associations in the United Kingdom
 Natural Environment Research Council

References

External links
 Institute of Water
 Science Council

ECUK Licensed Members
Gateshead
Organisations based in Tyne and Wear
Organizations established in 1945
Professional associations based in the United Kingdom
Science and technology in Tyne and Wear
Water industry
Water organizations
Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom
Eurofins BLC Leather Technology Centre. Eurofins | BLC Leather Technology Centre or Eurofins | BLC is a testing, auditing and consulting business that specialises in chemicals, leather, footwear and other associated products and related materials, and is based in Northamptonshire.

Overview
One of the specialism is the safe use and management of chemicals in the supply chain; a concept from which Eurofins | BLC developed the ZDHC approved Chem-MAP® certification process for chemicals, chemical companies, brands and their suppliers.

A significant item of note is that Eurofins | BLC is the official facilitator of the Leather Working Group (LWG) which is a significant environmental stewardship programme within the leather industry. The LWG has over 1600 member companies that includes over 150 major clothing and footwear brands.

Acquisition
In March 2018, BLC was acquired by Eurofins Scientific of Belgium who now have a majority share holding in the company.

See also
 Leather production processes

References

External links
 Eurofins | BLC Chemical Testing
 Eurofins | BLC Leather Technology Centre

Leather industry
Materials science institutes
Research institutes established in 1920
Science and technology in Northamptonshire
1920 establishments in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures in Northampton