omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Lachlan Macleay. Lachlan "Mac" Macleay (born June 13, 1931) is a retired colonel in the United States Air Force and a former USAF astronaut. Although he trained for the USAF Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL), the program was cancelled before any of the MOL crews reached space.

Macleay was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and graduated in 1954 from the United States Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. Although a USNA graduate, he chose to begin his career in the United States Air Force. In 1970, he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California.

Macleay was a flight instructor in the F-86D at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School in Class 60A, Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS) Class IV, and MOL. In 1965, Macleay was selected as one of the first astronauts to the Air Force's classified Manned Orbital Laboratory. The MOL program, canceled in 1969 before sending any astronauts into space, was to man a military space station with Air Force astronauts using a modified Gemini spacecraft.

Macleay continued flying for the Air Force and served a combat tour in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War as commander of the 23rd Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS) at Nakhon Phanom, Thailand. The 23d TASS, flying the OV-10 Bronco under the callsign Nail, served as forward air controllers directing air strikes against enemy troops.

Macleay retired from the Air Force on May 1, 1978, and joined Hughes Aircraft in Tucson, Arizona, where he worked on a series of missile systems. He currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The history of the MOL program was presented in the Public Television series NOVA episode called Astrospies which aired February 12, 2008. Several of the MOL astronauts, including Lachlan Macleay, were interviewed for this documentary.

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Spacefacts biography of Lachlan Macleay

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Living people
American astronauts
Marshall School of Business alumni
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U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni
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European Science and Technology Observatory. The European Science and Technology Observatory (ESTO) was the first project of the Joint Research Centre's Institute for Prospective Technological Studies based in Seville, Spain.

It was set up to attempt to "create a platform of experts engaged in monitoring and analysing scientific and technological developments and their relation and interaction with society." After some 10 years of work, ESTO developed into two new networks:
the ERAWATCH Network, a web-based service that presents information on national research policies, actors, organisations, programmes; and the ETEPS Network (European Techno Economic Policy Support Network), a network of European organisations that  operates in all 27 EU Member States, covering policy subjects such as agriculture, consumer protection, energy, environment, enterprise, health, information society, innovation, research, and transport.

See also 
 Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
 Directorate-General for Research (European Commission)

External links 
 Institute for Prospective Technological Studies  (IPTS)

Science and technology in Europe
International research institutes
ESTO
Research institutes in Andalusia
History of Seville
Japanese aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru. was a Japanese "Type C" landing craft depot ship and escort aircraft carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). In some sources Akitsu Maru and  are also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships, although, this title can be disputed with  that served a similar role, and being a template for Akitsu Maru.

Design features
Akitsu Maru was a passenger liner taken over before completion by the Imperial Japanese Army. The ship was fitted with a flight deck above the hull, but had no hangar so the aircraft were stored below the flight deck on the original main deck. Conventional aircraft were able to fly off from her deck but could not land aboard due to lack of landing mechanisms, although in July 1944 KX arresting gear was fitted on the flight deck. The Kokusai Ki-76 and Kayaba Ka-1 were flown off Akitsu Maru, as the former was a small, slow aircraft that could land on its short deck and the latter was an autogyro which could even more easily land on a short deck without assistance. She could also carry 27 .

Akitsu Marus planned role was to provide aircover during amphibious and landing operations; in practice the ship was essentially an aircraft ferry.

With the deployment of the   and a further refinement, the larger Akitsu Maru, the Japanese amphibious forces had in hand prototypes for all-purpose amphibious ships. In 1937, British and American observers watched Shinshū Maru at work off Shanghai and immediately recognized a significant development in amphibious warfare. The ship carried landing craft in a well deck that could be flooded, which allowed the landing craft to float free from an open stern gate. The ship could also hold additional craft on davits, but its next-most impressive function was an ability to discharge vehicles from a deck-level parking garage directly onto a pier. It also carried two catapults for aircraft but did not embark operational seaplanes. It could, however, transport and unload aircraft if necessary, a capability further developed in the Akitsu Maru, which even had a short take-off flight deck.

Fate

While a part of Convoy HI-81 Akitsu Maru was torpedoed by . One of the torpedoes set off her aft magazine holding depth charges, the explosion shattering the aft portion of the ship. As the seas hit her boilers, they exploded and she sank in the Korean Strait () on 15 November 1944.  2,046 men, mainly of the Imperial Japanese Army's 64th Infantry Regiment, including the commander, were killed. Also 104 Maru-ni explosive motor boats (EMB) went down with the ship. The escorts rescued 310 survivors.

See also
 Imperial Japanese Army Railways and Shipping Section

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Open Architecture System Integration Strategy. The Open Architecture System Integration Strategy or OASIS Model was presented by Apple Computer as the philosophy behind the Mac in marketing beginning in 1989.

In the late 1980s, Apple Computer was worried about the legion of graphical user interfaces that would compete with the Mac OS. In addition to improved versions of Microsoft Windows, which had previously been unsuccessful, they were now facing IBMs Presentation Manager, HP's NewWave, Sun Microsystems' OPEN LOOK, and a host of other X11-based GUIs on various Unix platforms.

In response, Apple released a blizzard of marketing materials in 1989 trumpeting Apple's advantage, the OASIS Model. OASIS was the philosophy behind the Mac. In the documents they outlined the problems with grafting a GUI on top of an existing operating system, and showed how the Mac's "all in one" design allowed Apple to produce a much cleaner system.

OASIS was the little red book for the Mac-using community, an effort to rally the users around a single vision. In this respect it was a failure, as it seemed to many that it was an attempt to fend off competition. OASIS marketing disappeared with the release of System 7 in 1991.

External links
Apple philosophy is an Oasis for users, PC Dealer, 07/1989
OASIS, MacUser issue no. 42 

Macintosh operating systems
Dresselhaus. Dresselhaus may refer to:
Dresselhaus effect, a case of spin-orbit coupling in crystalline solids

People 
 Gene Dresselhaus (1929–2021), American solid-state physicist, discoverer of the Dresselhaus effect, spouse of Mildred Dresselhaus
 Mildred Dresselhaus (née Spiewak; 1930–2017), American physicist particularly known for research on carbon nanomaterials, spouse of Gene Dresselhaus
Aero Controls. Aero Controls, Inc. is an aerospace engineering company founded in October 1984 by John Titus, the CEO and President of the Company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

History 

It is a minority-owned, FAA certified repair station. The company overhauls, repairs, sells, exchanges and  modifies components of aircraft. It opened a satellite location in Shelton, Washington in 1993. In 1995 Aero Controls was presented with the Federal Express Minority Supplier of the Year Award. In 1996 the Company acquired Aero Systems Aviation Corp. in Miami. In 2006 Aero Controls Avionics was merged with Aero Controls, Inc. In 2007 the company acquired Ft. Lauderdale based Patriot Aviation Services, LLC. The company has approximately 250 employees and revenues of 50 M.It is actually headquartered in Auburn, Washington.

Community service 

Aero Controls Inc participates in community services such as, food drive: assisting local food banks in feeding the homeless and underprivileged in the Auburn, Kent, Federal Way, Shelton and Miami Florida areas; Heart Walk: Benefits the American Heart Association; Relay for Life: Benefits the American Cancer Society; Backpack Program: Provides school supplies for needy children; Aero Controls Golf Tournament: held annually to raise money for the community service fund; Adopt-A- Family; Highway Clean Up; Puget Sound Blood Mobile.

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Aero Controls

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1984 establishments in Washington (state)
Shenzhen Energy. Shenzhen Energy Group Company Limited, formerly Shenzhen Energy Investment Company Limited, is one of the main power generation companies in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It involves in developing all types of energies, researching and investing high new energy-related technologies. Huaneng Power International is now the second largest shareholder of Shenzhen Energy.

On 3 April 2010 a tanker owned by the Shenzhen Energy Group ran aground on Australia's Great Barrier Reef after straying out of shipping lanes.

2010 Great Barrier Reef grounding 

On 3 April 2010  ran aground approximately  east of Great Keppel Island, Australia. The ship, which was carrying 975 tonnes of heavy bunker fuel oil, began leaking oil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which is closed to commercial shipping (it had been  off course). The Australian Maritime Safety Authority has revealed that a shipping plan was lodged for Shen Neng 1 to travel between Douglas Shoal and the Capricorn Group, where there is a gap of .

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Companies based in Shenzhen
Energy companies established in 1993
Companies owned by the provincial government of China
Electric power companies of China
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1993 in Shenzhen
Glasflügel BS-1. The Glasflügel BS-1, sometimes called the Björn Stender BS-1 or the Stender BS-1, is a West German, high-wing, single seat, T-tailed, FAI Open Class glider that was designed by Björn Stender and produced by Glasflügel.

Design and development
The prototype BS-1 was designed by Stender as the initials indicate; the BS-1 was closely based on his earlier Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-6 Nixope, produced whilst he was still an undergraduate. Two prototypes were built by him and his three assistants in 1962. He was then a young engineering student and designed the aircraft at the request of a South African sailplane pilot and industrialist, producing a design that was very advanced for its time. While the designer was test flying of one of the prototypes in 1963 the aircraft suffered an in-flight structural failure and Stender was killed. Glasflügel then took over the project and re-engineered the design, based on their experience producing the Glasflügel H-301 Libelle. The company went on to build 18 production aircraft.

The BS-1 is constructed entirely from fiberglass and features an  wing with flaps and dive brakes. For further glidepath control the BS-1 has a tail-mounted parachute. The landing gear is a retractable monowheel.

A planned improved model, the BS-1b, was never produced.

Operational history
The BS-1 was considered one of the first soaring "super ships" and was one of the most high-performing gliders of its time, the mid-1960s. Alfred Rohm of West Germany flew a BS-1 to a world  speed record of  in 1967. Thierry Thys of San Leandro, California flew a BS-1 on a  flight in 1970. At that time it was the third-longest soaring flight ever made.

Aircraft on display

Frontiers of Flight Museum
National Soaring Museum - one, listed as in "storage"

Specifications (BS-1)

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1960s German sailplanes
Glasflügel aircraft
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Glasflügel 604. The Glasflügel 604 is a high-wing, T-tailed, single seat, FAI Open Class glider that was designed and produced in West Germany by Glasflügel starting in 1970.

Developed from the Kestrel 17, the 604 is often erroneously called a Kestrel 22 despite the company never giving it a formal name beyond its number designation.

Design and development
The 604 was originally intended as a test aircraft for a proposed two-seat glider that was never built. The prototype did so well in competition that a ten-aircraft production run was completed, resulting in a total of eleven 604s being completed.

Due to the aircraft's huge size, including its  three-piece wing that weighs over , the aircraft picked up the nickname "the Jumbo". The wing centre section alone weighs , requiring a large crew in order to rig it for flight.

The 604 is constructed from fibreglass. The wing employs a modified Wortmann FX 67-K-170 airfoil at the wing root, changing to a Wortmann FX 67-K-150 at the wing tip. The wing features six flaps, with the outer pair moving at a 2:1 differential ratio with the ailerons. For glidepath control, the 604 has wing top-surface spoilers and a tail-mounted drag chute. The aircraft can carry  of water ballast. The landing gear is a retractable monowheel.

Operational history

The 604 prototype, flown by Walter Neubert, came in sixth in the 1970 World Gliding Championships held at Marfa, Texas, even though the pilot was lost overnight after a land-out during the competition and missed the following day. A 604 came second in the Open Class at the 1974 World Championships held at Waikerie, South Australia. The aircraft also set several world records between 1970 and 1974.

In 1981, Marion Griffith Jr. flew a 604 for  from Refugio, Texas to Liberal, Kansas to win the Barringer Trophy, while also setting a US distance to a goal record.

In July 2011, five of the eleven 604s built were located in the United States and registered with the Federal Aviation Administration in the Experimental - Racing/Exhibition category.

Specifications (604)

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References

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 Photo of a 604 in flight
 Photo of a 604 in flight 

1970s German sailplanes
Glasflügel aircraft
T-tail aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1970
Richard D. McCormick. 

Introduction 
Richard David McCormick was born on July 4, 1940, and is an American business executive. McCormick served as the CEO of US West from 1990 to 1998.  He was also a director for Wells Fargo & Company (1983-2010) and an honorary chairman to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Biography
McCormick was born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the son of Elmo Eugene McCormick and Virgilla (Lawler) McCormick. He received his BS degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1961.  During his time as an undergraduate, he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.  Post graduation, he went to work for AT&T as an engineer in Kansas City, Missouri.

On June 29, 1963, he married Mary Patricia Smola, and together they had four children.

He moved to Northwestern Bell in 1969, rising to the presidency of the Omaha based company in 1982. A year after the divestiture of the Bell System, he went to Denver in 1985 as executive vice president of US West, Inc., the new regional Bell operating company.  McCormick was elected president and chief operating officer in 1986, chief executive officer in 1990, and a chairman in 1992 (replacing Jack A. MacAllister in both instances).

In 1995, McCormick was named chairman of the United States Council for International Business, the US affiliate of the International Chamber of Commerce. Later, he stepped down as chairman and was named vice chairman in February 2001. Elected chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce in 2001, he retired in 2003 and was given the emeritus title of honorary chairman.

Having been elected the director of Norwest Bank in 1983, upon the merger with Wells Fargo & Company in 1998, he became the director of Wells Fargo. McCormick retired as the CEO of US West in 1998 as well as the chairman of the board of directors in 1999.  Solomon J. Trujillo replaced him as the chairman then. In January 1999, McCormick was appointed vice president of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and in January, 2001 he became the president of the body.

In the past, McCormick had served on the boards of Nortel Networks Corporation, United Technologies Corporation, Health Trio, UAL Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company, Unocal, and as a trustee for the Denver Art Museum.

Active in Republican politics, he has been a member of George W. Bush for President, Bush-Cheney in 2004, John McCain in 2008, the Freedom and Free Enterprise Political Action Committee.

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Michael Fredman. Michael Lawrence Fredman is an emeritus professor at the Computer Science Department at Rutgers University, United States. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University in 1972 under the supervision of Donald Knuth. He was a member of the mathematics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1974 to 1976. and of the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of California, San Diego until 1992. Among his contributions to computer science are the development of the Fibonacci heap in a joint work with Robert Tarjan, the transdichotomous model of integer computing with Dan Willard, and the proof of a lower bound showing that  is the optimal time for solving Klee's measure problem in a joint work with Bruce Weide.

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Adonit. Adonit also refer to a chemical compound (adonitol or ribitol) which is a polyalcohol. It is used as a cryopreservation agent. 

Adonit is a privately owned multinational corporation based in Austin, Texas and Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 2010 with a Kickstarter campaign, the company provides consumer electronics and software, including capacitive styluses, mobile apps and SDKs primarily for the Apple iPad.

In 2012, Adonit launched Jot Touch, its first connected bluetooth stylus with pressure sensitivity. It was regarded as the most precise pressure-sensitive stylus for the iPad. In 2013, Adonit developed Pixelpoint technology to build the first 1.9 mm tip, making it the smallest iOS stylus tip on the market. Jot Script, the first stylus with Pixelpoint technology, was designed to provide a natural handwriting experience for notetakers.

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Electronics companies of Taiwan
Display technology companies
Electronics companies established in 2010
Taiwanese brands
2010 establishments in Taiwan
Bradley Alpert. Bradley K. Alpert is a computational scientist at NIST. He is probably best known for co-developing fast spherical filters. His fast spherical filters were (and remain) critical in the construction of the most efficient three-dimensional fast multipole methods (FMMs) for solving the Helmholtz equation and Maxwell's equations. Other well-known work of his includes contributions to computational methods for time-domain wave propagation, quadratures for singular integrals, and multiwavelets.

Alpert was awarded the 2006 Flemming Award for his work on spherical filters and his other contributions to scientific computing. He was awarded a Bronze Medal from the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1997 for joint work on processing antenna measurements corrupted by errors in the positions of probes.

Alpert received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1990, under the supervision of Vladimir Rokhlin. Alpert worked as a casualty actuary early in his career, and was a Hans Lewy postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and U.C. Berkeley.

References

External links
 Bradley K. Alpert's home page

Scientific computing researchers
Numerical analysts
Living people
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Yale University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Audi Steppenwolf. The Audi Steppenwolf was a concept car produced by Audi and presented at the Paris Motor Show in 2000. The Steppenwolf was a study for a three-door compact crossover SUV based on the Volkswagen Group PQ34 platform used in the contemporary Audi A3 and Audi TT. Powered by a 3.2L V6 engine with four-wheel drive, the Steppenwolf had several novel features, including four-level adjustable air suspension (similar to the Audi allroad quattro), a removable carbon fibre hardtop or optional soft top, and an electro-hydraulic parking brake.

The Steppenwolf didn't result directly in a production model. However, six years later, Audi presented the Audi Cross Coupé quattro, another concept car in the same class, which was the basis of a production version called the Audi Q3 for 2011.

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Steppenwolf
All-wheel-drive vehicles