omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Smeed. Smeed may refer to:

People
Smeed, Eben C. (1830-1892) an American civil engineer who was best known for his civil war work supporting Sherman's Atlanta and Savannah campaigns.
Smeed, George (1812- 1881) Sittingbourne entrepreneur supplying bricks to Victorian London.  
Smeed Cross, Katherine (1858-1943) was an American social leader in Kansas.
Smeed, Norah Lillian Emily (1900-1968) was a British actress of stage and screen.
Smeed, Reuben CBE (1909–1976) was a British statistician and transport researcher.

Other
Eliza Smeed (1867) the biggest barge ever launched in Kent,U.K. and rigged as a barquentine fitted with leeboards.
George Smeed a Thames barge built in 1882 by Smeed Dean & Co. Ltd. in Murston, U.K.
Smeed's Law, empirical rule relating traffic fatalities to traffic congestion.
Smeed Report, (1962-1964) a study into alternative methods of charging for road use, commissioned by the UK government.

See also
Molemax. MoleMax was the first digital epiluminescence microscopy (dermatoscopy) system developed in cooperation with medical faculty Department of Dermatology of the Medical University of Vienna. It is currently owned and distributed by DermaMedicalSystems.

History 

In 1997, MoleMax was presented to international experts at the Melanoma World Congress and the following Dermatology World Congress in Sydney and generated great public interest. Since then, over 2000 MoleMax systems are in use in over 50 countries. 
Today, MoleMax is worldwide accepted clinical standard in digital epiluminescence microscopy.

Methodology 

Thanks to the worldwide patented light polarisation technique for cameras with skin contact, these camera systems do not require any immersion fluid for the epiluminescence microscopic analysis.

Scientific use 

The MoleMax system was part of multiple scientific works such as measurements of the growth rate of pigmented skin lesions
 
and verification of follow-up imaging. 
Images made by this system also ended up in large public image databases such as HAM10000.

References 

Microscopy
Dermatology
Software Communications Architecture Reference Implementation. The Software Communications Architecture Reference Implementation (SCARI) is an implementation of the US Military's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Software Communications Architecture (SCA) Core Framework. It was developed mainly by the Canadian Communications Research Centre (CRC) under contract by the Software Defined Radio Forum (now Wireless Innovation Forum).

The code is openly available, as well as the full documentation, which is extensively cross-referenced with the original SCA specification documents.

History
The initial release of SCARI was based on version 2.1 of the SCA (released in mid-2001). This first release was developed by the CRC in collaboration with Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).

In 2004 the SDR Forum contracted Canada's CRC one more time, in order to upgrade the SCARI to version 2.2 of the SCA (released in late 2001). This time CRC collaborated with three private
companies and two US Government entities:
ISR Technologies (Canada),
Mercury Computer Systems (USA),
Rohde and Schwarz (Germany),
Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), and
the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC).

The CRC team was successful in getting the SCARI-Open tested for SCA compliance by JTEL. It was accomplished in only 6 days.

In November 2013, the CRC licensed its SCARI technologies to NordiaSoft, a spinoff from CRC.

Different product versions
Three different SCARI products exist:
SCARI-Open is written in the Java programming language and is freely publicly available
SCARI++ is written in C++ and is not a free product
SCARI-Hybrid includes the SCA CF written in Java and uses C++ for the signal processing (DSP) functionality

References

External links
 NordiaSoft's web site
 CRC's website
 Defense Research and Development Canada

Military radio systems
Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou. Evangelia Micheli-Tzanakou (March 22, 1942 – September 24, 2012) was a professor of biomedical engineering and the Director of Computational Intelligence Laboratories at Rutgers University. Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou was also a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Fellow of the New Jersey Academy of Medicine. Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou's areas of interest included neural networks, information processing in the brain, image and signal processing applied to biomedicine, telemedicine, mammography, hearing aids and electronic equivalents of neurons.  Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou received international attention in 1974 when she established the first Brain to Computer Interface (BCI) using her algorithm ALOPEX. This method was used in the study of Parkinson's disease. The ALOPEX algorithm has also been applied toward signal processing, image processing, and pattern recognition. Dr. Micheli-Tzanakou died on September 24, 2012, after a long fight with cancer.

Books

Awards 
 Meritorious Achievement Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010. Micheli-Tzanakou's citation reads "for vision and leadership in establishing the IEEE Biometrics Certification Program." 
 Meritorious Service Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - CIS, 2006.
 New Jersey Women of Achievement Award, 1995. "For the application of neural networks to engineering in medicine and biology".
 Achievement Award of the Society of Women Engineers, 1992
 Outstanding Advisor Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1985.

Education 

 B.S. Physics, University of Athens, Greece, 1968
 M.A. Physics, Syracuse University, 1974
 Ph.D. Physics, Syracuse University, 1977

References

Further reading
 Tzanakou was honored in 2000 by this listing as an "Innovator" on the IEEE homepage.
 Each year in March, the IEEE honors several women members; Micheli-Tzanakous was one of five selected in 2004.

American bioengineers
2012 deaths
Rutgers University faculty
Syracuse University alumni
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Women bioengineers
1942 births
Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Fellows of the IEEE
Engineers from Athens
USS Engineer. Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Engineer:

 Engineer was a side wheel steamer, purchased at Baltimore, Maryland, in 1836. She was used as a tug and dispatch boat at the Norfolk Navy Yard and in 1839 and 1842 performed survey duty. In 1857 Engineer was condemned by survey and on 13 April ordered sold at public auction.
 , was a seagoing tug renamed San Felipe on 1 November 1922.

United States Navy ship names
BIG-NSE. The Berlin Graduate School of Natural Sciences and Engineering (BIG-NSE) is part of the Cluster of Excellence "Unifying Concepts in Catalysis" (UniCat) founded in November 2007 by Technische Universität Berlin and five further institutions in the Berlin area within the framework of the German government‘s Excellence Initiative.

The main research interest of the UniCat and BIG-NSE Faculty is Catalysis, in a broad sense. The research fields involved cover a broad range of topics, from natural sciences to engineering. The faculty consists of professors and junior researchers from 54 research groups at 6 participating institutions and active in 13 research fields, who will be intensively involved in the supervision and mentoring of the BIG-NSE students, among them the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, the working place of Professor Gerhard Ertl, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007.

Ph.D. Curriculum 

The BIG-NSE offers a structured curriculum for obtaining the degree of "Doctor" within 3 years. The main characteristic of the BIG-NSE is a comprehensive integration and mentoring programme for its students, especially foreign students. It includes:

 An "Initial Phase", with intensive support, especially for administrative and integration aspects. Preparation of a schedule by the students themselves during the first semester. 
 Continuous supervision by two professors/senior scientists and one mentor. 
 Regular evaluation of the students’ work/study achievements. 
 Continuous support for all professional and social aspects. 
 Regular lectures presented by guest scientists from all over the world. 
 Language and soft skill courses. 
 Financial support for scientific and teaching materials.

Entry Requirements 

The entry requirements for the BIG-NSE are: 
 A Master‘s degree or German Diploma in chemistry, biology, physics or engineering.
 A Certificate of English Proficiency (TOEFL with a minimum of 550 - paper-based version, or equivalent) for applicants whose native language is neither English nor German.
 Two letters of recommendation.

See also
 Cluster of Excellence Unifying Systems in Catalysis (UniSysCat) (follow-up project of Unifying Concepts in Catalysis (UniCat))
 Technische Universität Berlin
 Free University Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)
 Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
 University of Potsdam (Universität Potsdam)
 Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)
 Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces (Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung)

Chemistry education
Education in Germany
Esprida. Esprida is a privately held company that creates and markets remote device management middleware built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform.

Esprida software enables communication between devices and users via the Internet. From a single computer, a user is able to send and receive messages from multiple self-service kiosks or standalone intelligent devices. 

The largest non-ATM deployments in the world are Powered by Esprida. Customers include Kodak Alaris, Aisle7, Michigan Department of State, and BehrColorSmart.

Other organizations that provide similar software products include Axeda Corp. and Questra.

History 

Formerly called TouchPoint Solutions Inc., Esprida was renamed in August 2005 to reflect its position in the self-service market as purely a software provider with a platform to manage large numbers of geographically dispersed devices.

References 
Esprida named to list of top 100 most influential M2M providers 
New software speeds response times, cuts costs
KODAK, Esprida offer Remote Business Manager for photo kiosks

Companies based in Mississauga
Tropical (vehicles). Tropical (successor to Alfa) is a Greek manufacturer involved in machinery and vehicle development and production. Its history is characteristic of a company which has made significant efforts to evolve in a country that effectively forbids production of locally developed passenger cars.

History

Alfa was founded in 1976, originally producing vehicle bodies, but it soon ventured into vehicle design and development (it customers included ELBO, for which it developed both bus models and production technology). In 1986 it announced its plans to produce a 4-seat city car it had designed; however, the difficulties for obtaining production permit and, possibly, the poor prospects of the car in the Greek market, cancelled its further development. Instead, Alfa focused on the production of a variety of bus types, as well as air-conditioning and refrigeration units for commercial vehicles.

The company went out of business due to the crisis in the bus market in Greece (after imports of used buses were allowed), but it was re-founded as Tropical in 1991. Its main activity switched to design and production of  air-conditioning and refrigeration units for commercial vehicles and trains (with significant exports), as well as body and specialized vehicle manufacture. A new chapter in its history opened in 1995, though, when it entered the field of power based on renewable energy sources.

Hydrogen-powered engines and vehicles

Since the late 1990s, Tropical has invested heavily in research and development of a wide variety of hydrogen-powered generators, appliances and vehicles. A number of hydrogen-powered vehicles have been introduced since 2005, including 2- and 4-seat city cars, light trucks, buses, scooters, forklifts and ATV’s (the vehicles are only assembled by the company and are also available with "conventional" electric engines). Two hydrogen-powered city cars have even been exported, to Portugal and South Korea. In November 2007 it introduced the first hydrogen refueling plant powered by wind generators (developed in collaboration with Greek research institutes), while in January 2008 it was one of three Greek companies to receive an award for innovation by Bill Gates. A new city car was introduced in 2008 (strongly resembling the Smart Fortwo), while latest research projects include the "zero-accident electric car" designed with the aim to provide complete safety to its passengers.

Micro combined heat and power
In 2013 Tropical entered the European micro combined heat and power market with its 5kW system.

References

External links 
 Tropical website
L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History", Marathon (2012)  (eBook)
 Award by Bill Gates (in Greek)

Motor vehicle manufacturers of Greece
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1976
Greek brands
Greek companies established in 1976
List of IEEE publications. The publications of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) constitute around 30% of the world literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, publishing well over 100 peer-reviewed journals. The content in these journals as well as the content from several hundred annual conferences are available in the IEEE's online digital library. The IEEE also publishes more than 750 conference proceedings every year. In addition, the IEEE Standards Association maintains over 1,300 standards  in engineering.

Some of the journals are published in association with other societies, like the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Optical Society (OSA), and the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).

Journals

Magazines

Other
 Communications and Networks, Journal of, by the Korean Institute of Communications Sciences (KICS) and technically cosponsored by the IEEE Communications Society

See also
 :Category:IEEE conferences, many with published proceedings.
 List of American Society of Mechanical Engineers academic journals
 List of American Society of Civil Engineers academic journals

References 

IEEE
User analysis. In systems design, user analysis is the means by which scientists, engineers and technical writers determine the characteristics of users which will influence the development of software systems or other technological products. During the process, developers in technical fields gather information about users of their products through interviews, focus groups and other forms of qualitative research. This is typically performed by forming use cases based upon the actual work flow tasks which the users will perform while using a given piece of technology. Such analyses are vital to the composition of software documentation.

Though very distinct, user analysis is related to task analysis.

Approach
When developing new technology or software, identifying the potential users of a system and their attributes is necessary in order to ensure that said technology or software will be more user friendly.

During this development, the user analysis is the basic research phase which takes place before actual drafting of the technology's technical documentation. In this way, it's typically the first step of the document composition process. Such an analysis is intended to result in tacit knowledge, or a set of facts regarding the users' values, behaviors, knowledge of the documentation and product and motivation for using said documentation and product. Revealing the tacit knowledge of users' activities, as opposed to the simple operations which a given technology can perform, is often referred to as an unspoken but understood trick of the trade for the technical communicators who conduct user analyses.

A good technical communicator will perform a user analysis aimed at finding both what exactly a user needs to do, and what the user would do with the technology in question. Some experts in the field of user analysis have emphasized the importance of understanding the transfer of learning during this process, though the concept itself is a controversial one.

Interacting with users
User analysis is a process which calls for qualitative research. Because such research usually (though not always) centers around human subjects, the degree of formality and personalness is an issue. In the modern era, users are often reached via virtual communities, which themselves often form around the use of a particular technology.

Statistical analysis of usage
Besides traditional way to interacting with users, analysis can be done with statistical analysis of the usage of log of users. With artificial techniques like machine learning, tremendous analysis results can be generated in parallel.

Citations

External links
User analysis checklist at Writing Software Documentation.

Technical communication
Usability
Neuronetics. Neuronetics is a Malvern, PA based, publicly traded company incorporated in Delaware in April 2003, that develops non-invasive treatments for psychiatric disorders that have shown resistance or lack of improvement using traditional medicine. The treatments are based upon neuromodulation technology. 

Neuronetics became the "first and only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the clinical treatment of a specific form of medication-refractory depression using a TMS Therapy device (FDA approval K061053)."

They manufacture a transcranial magnetic stimulation device, NeuroStar. The NeuroStar TMS therapy is delivered via a precisely positioned magnetic coil against the patient's head.

References

External links
 NeuroStar.com: Neuronetics website

2003 establishments in Pennsylvania
American companies established in 2003
Companies based in Chester County, Pennsylvania
Health care companies based in Pennsylvania
Health care companies established in 2003
Manufacturing companies based in Pennsylvania
Manufacturing companies established in 2003
Medical technology companies of the United States
Neurotechnology
Physical psychiatric treatments
Privately held companies based in Pennsylvania
Treatment of depression
Dewoitine D.19. 

The Dewoitine D.19 was a fighter aircraft built in France in 1925 in response to a French Air Force solicitation.

Design and development
A development of the D.1, the D.19 shared the D.1's parasol-wing configuration, but featured an all-new wing of increased span, and had double the engine power. Although rejected by the French Air Force, a demonstration for the Swiss government in August 1925 led to an order for three aircraft. An additional example was sold to Belgium, incorporating the same changes requested by the Swiss. These included a change in the wing (changing back to become more similar to the D.1), and the replacement of the Lamblin radiators with a more conventional frontal radiator.

Operational history
While the first Swiss D.19 was entirely constructed by Dewoitine in France, the remaining two aircraft were supplied to be assembled by the Swiss factory EKW. The aircraft were used for many years by the Swiss Fliegertruppe as trainers for fighter pilots, remaining in service until 1940. All three participated in the international aviation meet at Dübendorf in 1927, with one of the D.19s winning the closed-circuit race.

Operators

Belgian Air Force

Swiss Air Force

Civil registration L-BYSA

Specifications (D.19 C.1)

References

Further reading
 

1920s French fighter aircraft
D.019
Parasol-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1925
McMillin Bridge. The McMillin Bridge (also known as the Puyallup River Bridge) is a concrete half-through truss bridge crossing the Puyallup River, in Pierce County, Washington, built in 1934.

The main span of the bridge is  long, which was the longest beam span or concrete truss in the US when it was built. It was part of State Route 162 until it was replaced by a new span in 2015.

Design
The bridge design uses a hollow-box system, which was suggested to the design company of W. H. Witt Company by Homer M. Hadley.

The bridge was then built by Dolph Jones.

The bridge was built to replace a steel span that had been washed out by the flooding river in 1933.

Because of economic conditions, the concrete design was chosen over a steel design, with a savings of $826, in addition to lower maintenance costs.

The bridge is unusual in that it combines concrete with the half-through truss design, which was usually built with steel.

Construction
The previous bridge was damaged in 1933, but the replacement bridge was ready to open in 1934, despite the Great Depression.

Historic preservation
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was saved from demolition after its replacement by a new bridge carrying State Route 162, which opened in 2015.

See also
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state)

References

Sources

External links

1934 establishments in Washington (state)
Bridges completed in 1934
Bridges in Pierce County, Washington
Bridges over the Puyallup River
Concrete bridges in the United States
Historic American Engineering Record in Washington (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County, Washington
Pratt truss bridges in the United States
Puyallup, Washington
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
Dewoitine D.26. The Dewoitine D.26 was a military trainer developed in Switzerland for the Swiss Air Force in parallel with the D.27 fighter.

Design and development
The D.26 airframe was similar to that of the D.27. Differences included:
The engine cowling was omitted on the D.26;
The D.26 radial engine was smaller and produced 340 hp power;

Operational history
10 examples were built by Dewoitine for assembly by the Swiss factory K+W Thun in Switzerland. These were followed by an order for two more aircraft equipped with a slightly higher-powered version of the Wright 9Q engine that powered the initial batch, and one of the original D.26s was similarly re-engined. The original D.26s were used principally for training in gunnery and formation flying, while the more powerful aircraft were used for air-to-air combat training. To this end, they were equipped with gun cameras.

The D.26 enjoyed a long service life, not being withdrawn until 1948. At this time, they were transferred to the Aero-Club der Schweiz where they were used as glider tugs. The last example was not retired from aeroclub use until 1970, whereupon it was preserved at the military aviation museum at Dübendorf.

Only 2 planes are still airworthy in original condition. Number 286 is based in Grenchen LSZG and number 284 is based in Lausanne LSGL. Both planes tour in airshows as "Patrouille Dewoitine - Swiss Air Force 1931".

Operators

Swiss Air Force

Specifications

References

 
 

1920s French military trainer aircraft
D.026
Parasol-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Glider tugs
Aircraft first flown in 1929