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Vundela Malakonda Reddy. Vundela Malakonda Reddy (23 August 1932 – 20 April 2022) was an engineer who is better known as a Telugu poet and great writer. He is also the founder of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad. Reddy was born on 23 August 1932 in Inimerla, Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. He died on 20 April 2022 in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Career
Education:

Allur, Nellore, Madras (Chennai), Edinburgh, Great Britain

Qualifications:

B.E. (Civil Engineering), M.Sc.(Structural Engineering), Ph.D. (Structural Engineering)

Service:

Civil Engineer, P.W.D., Andhra Pradesh (1955–57)
Lecturer, Osmania Engg. College, Hyd. (1957–61)
Professor, Head of Civil Engg., Regional Engg. College (NIT), Warangal (1961–1979)
Founder Principal & Secretary, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Gandipet, Hyderabad (1979–1990)
Chairman, Chaitanya Bharathi Educational Society (2000–2003)
Executive Secretary, Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, Ghanpur, Medchal Mandal R.R. Dt., A.P. (since 2002)
Member, Executive Council, J.N.T. University, Hyderabad (since 1996)

Poetry (Telugu)
 Netaji (1946)
 Vivekanandudu (1953)
 Kanthi Chakralu (1959)
 Mogali Rekulu (1981)
 Odesela Rallu (1986)
 Vilapinche Uttaram (1992)
 Satyam Sivam Sundaram (1996)

Poetry (English)
 Gloating Grass (1988) presented at 10th World Congress of Poets at Bangkok
 Special Number (1992) International Poets Academy, Madras

Awards
 Balasaraswathi - 1951
 Kavikireeti - 1986
 Mikhale Madhusudan Award - 1990
 Dasaradhi Award - 1990
 Creative Writing Award of Telugu University - 1991
 R.C.C. Design Competition Award by Indian Concrete Journal, Bombay - 1954
 Best Technical Paper Award of Institution of Engineers, A.P. -1972
 Entrepreneurship in Technical Education by ATA USA Award -1998
 American Biographical Institute Directory of distinguished Leadership Member-1998
 Fellow of A.P. Science Academy - 2003
 Indira Gandhi National Award - 2003
 Excellence in Science and Technology Award by ATA USA - 2004

References

1932 births
2022 deaths
Telugu poets
Indian male poets
20th-century Indian poets
Poets from Andhra Pradesh
20th-century Indian male writers
People from Prakasam district
Vladimir Aseev. Vladimir Mikhaylovich Aseev (; born 19 June 1951) is a Russian politician and member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Biography 
He was born on June 19, 1951, in the village of Plotnikovo, Kemerovo Region.

Education and employment 
He graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Engineers as a civil engineer in 1974. He began his career as a machine worker at a nitrogen-fertilizer plant in the city of Kemerovo (1966–1969).

From 1974 to 1976 as a conscript of the Soviet Army, he worked on the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline. From 1976 to 1982  he was master, foreman, chief engineer of the site, head of the site in the building and assembly department of the Sibakademstroy trust (Belokurikha, Altai Krai). In 1982 and 1983  he was the section chief and from 1983- 1987 he was chief engineer of construction management in Langepas.

From 1987 to 1991 he was the first deputy chairman, then the chairman of the executive committee of the Langepas City Council. From 1991 to 1996 - Mayor of Langepas. From 1996 to 2000 - the head of the local self-government of Langepas. In 2000-2002 - first deputy chairman of the Government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Aseev supervised the construction, housing and transport.

On 24 March 2002, Aseev was elected member of the 3rd State Duma of Russia in the by-election in the Nizhnevartovsk constituency No. 221. He was reelected in 2003 and 2007.

Awards and titles 

 honorary worker of the housing and utilities sector of Russia
 Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I degree
 Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree

Family 
He is married and has a son and a daughter.

References 

Living people
1951 births
United Russia politicians
People from Kemerovo Oblast
Mayors of places in Russia
Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Siberian State Transport University alumni
Production Engineering Jadavpur University. This department was established in Jadavpur University by Late Prof. Amitava Bhattacharyya in 1980. This "Center of Excellence" at Jadavpur University has earned national and international reputation especially during the late 1980s. The department, with its state of the art engineering labs and modernized courses, offers specialized training in manufacturing and production that cater to the growing requirements of the manufacturing industry around the globe.

References

Jadavpur University
1980 establishments in West Bengal
Puxin Biogas. Puxin Biogas Digester or Puxin Biogas Plant is product of Shenzhen Puxin Science & Technology Co. Ltd. based in Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. The company was founded in November 2002. Its business is new energy and environmental protection.

Activities
The company's main business is:
 Design and build large and medium-sized biogas projects.
 Develop, manufacture and sell products needed to build family-size biogas system.
 Develop, manufacture and sell new style small size biogas digesters.

Accomplishments

 United Nations' 2006 BlueSky Award 
 23 years development of patented technology; the main inventor has PhD from McGill University, Canada
 Products sold to over 41 countries

Examples 
Puxin biogas digesters built in Kenya.

Tiwi, Kenya
TN P/2 Biogas System at Kenya Bixa Ltd, Tiwi, Kenya 
2-stage-biogas-system consisting of:
 six 20 cubic meter Puxin biogas digester 
 one 26 cubic meter overflow pit 
 six hydrolysis pits 
 two gas bags for storage of biogas 98 cubic meters and 36 cubic meters 
Designed for a daily feedstock of 10 tons of bio waste (seeds, chicken and slaughterhouse waste). With daily 2 tons of annatto seeds, the 6 digesters produce daily about 180 cubic meters of biogas. Biogas is used to run a steam boiler, run dryers. It can also burn diesel and firewood.

Bamburi, Mombasa
TN P/2 Biogas System at Mombasa Go-Kart, Bamburi, Mombasa 
2-stage-biogas-system consisting of:
 one 12 cubic meter Puxin biogas digester 
 three 1 cubic meter hydrolysis pits 
Daily feedstock: 70 – 100 kg kitchen waste. Daily biogas production about 7 cubic meters. The excess biogas that is not consumed is stored in a gas bag. Biogas is used to replace LPG in the restaurant and private houses.

Kikambala, Kenya
TN P/2 Biogas System at Sun 'n' Sand Beach Resort, Kikambala, Kenya 
2-stage-biogas-system consisting of:
 one 14 cubic meter Puxin biogas digester 
 two 4 cubic meter hydrolysis pits.
Designed for a daily feedstock of 400 kg of bio waste (kitchen and garden). Biogas is used to replace LPG and charcoal in the staff canteen.

References

External links 
 Puxin Biogas website
 Puxin Canada agent website
 Puxin Kenya agent website
 Puxin Chile agent website
 Puxin South Africa agent website

Renewable energy companies of China
Kharkovchanka. Kharkovchanka (Russian: Харьковчанка) or Kharkivyanka (, "Woman of Kharkiv"), code name: Manufacture 404S, is a model of Antarctic off-road vehicle made circa 1957–1958 in the Soviet Union, designed and built by the Kharkov Transport Engineering Plant, Ukraine and later manufactured in Kharkiv by the Malyshev Factory. Based on the AT-T tractor platform (itself based on the T-54 tank). In December 1959 two of them ("21" and "23") were delivered to Antarctica and reached the South Pole. The massive off-road snow vehicle had a total of a small galley, toilet, oven, and eight beds.

By the 39th Russian Antarctic expedition, Vityaz DT-30Ps replaced the Kharkovchankas. Those were themselves later replaced by  300 Polar vehicles.

History

Three Kharkovchankas were built in 1958, and shipped to Antarctica. They traversed from the ocean coast to the existing Soviet Vostok Station in February 1959.  Two of these, and a third AT-T tractor, left Vostok station for the geographic South Pole in early December 1959, arriving at the pole on 26 December 1959, and surprising the US crew that had been airlifted into the Amundsen–Scott Station the previous summer.  Dozens of more exploratory missions into Antarctica were made with Kharkovchankas in subsequent years.

In 1974–1975, a second generation Kharkovchanka was designed and built for Antarctic service. The largest design difference was the movement of the cab and engine back out in front of the main massive rectangular body structure, as well as the addition of auxiliary power generation for electricity and heat when the main engine was not operating. Three second generation Karkovchankas came off the production line in the fall of 1975.

A potential third generation based on the MT-T tractor was considered in the 1980s, but was put on permanent hold for budgetary reasons, and following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, left the Kharkovchankas as the main transportation system for Antarctic cargo into the early 2010s as part of the Russian Antarctic operation.

Description

First generation 
Like the Antarctic Snow Cruiser, the engine was inside the  living space to allow maintenance without being exposed to the elements. However, this meant that the noise of the engine prevented any sleep and that everything was covered by soot from the exhaust fumes.

Technical characteristics

First generation 
 Assembly: Kharkiv (Kharkov Transport Engineering Plant), Ukrainian SSR
 Manufacturer: Malyshev Factory
 Length: 
 Width: 
 Height: 
 Wheels: 7 each side with drive sprocket and idler
Track width: 
 Suspension: torsion bar
 Engine:  V-12 diesel
 Cruise speed: 
 Max. speed: 
 Max. grade: 30 degrees slope
 Weight: 
 Tow load: 60 tonnes

See also
 Antarctic Snow Cruiser, US vehicle, circa 1940, unsuccessful.

References

External links
Russian South Pole Traverse

Arctic exploration vessels
Land transport in Antarctica
Transport in Antarctica
Specialized polar vehicles
Soviet automobiles
Off-road vehicles
Soviet Union and the Antarctic
Land vehicles with sleeping facilities
SKP Engineering College. SKP Engineering College (SKPEC) is an engineering college in Chinnakangiyanur, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India, founded in 1999 with the aim of providing a technical education to rural citizens in and around Tiruvannamalai.

S.K.P Engineering College is a self-financing college, sponsored by Sri. S. Kuppusaamy Memorial Educational Trust. The college is approved by the AICTE, New Delhi and currently affiliated to the Anna University, Chennai. The college, initially approved to start with four B.E. / B.Tech. programmes with the student intake of 240, now is offering seven B.E. / B.Tech. programmes in UG and seven PG programmes in Engineering and one PG programme in Management with annual approved intake of 810 students.

Programs
SKP Engineering College offers a variety of courses aimed at educating students about engineering. Courses of study include:

B.E. Electronics And Communication Engineering
B.E. Computer Science And Engineering
B.Tech Information Technology
B.E. Electrical And Electronics Engineering
B.E. Mechanical Engineering
B.E. Civil Engineering
B.E Aeronautical Engineering
M.E. Applied Electronics
M.E. Computer Science
M.E. VLSI Design
M.E. Embedded System Design
M.E. Power System Engineering
M.E. Engineering Design
M.B.A-Master Of Business Administration

References

Engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu
Colleges affiliated to Anna University
Education in Tiruvannamalai district
Universities and colleges established in 1999
1999 establishments in Tamil Nadu
Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers. The Institution of Diesel and Gas Turbine Engineers is the professional association for engineers in the diesel and gas turbine industry in the UK and internationally.

Diesel engines and gas turbines are broadly related because they use a similar thermodynamic cycle, and both are often used (and interchangeable) for power generation for heating and electricity in large installations.

History
It was established in 1913 as the Diesel Engine Users' Association. It changed to its current name in 1984.

Structure
It is based in the north-west of Bedford towards Brickhill at Bedford Heights

Types of membership are Student, Associate, Member, Fellow, Retired, Retired Associate, Company and Subscriber.

Function
It represents engineers in the diesel and gas turbine industry in the UK and internationally, enabling current knowledge to be widely known. It organises conferences and industry-based training.

It registers Chartered Engineers Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technicians in the industry.

See also
 Energy Institute
 Royal Aeronautical Society
 National Gas Turbine Establishment

References

External links
 IDGTE

1913 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1913
Organisations based in Bedford
Mechanical engineering organizations
ECUK Licensed Members
Energy in the United Kingdom
Energy business associations
Gas turbines
Diesel engines
Viper Jaws pistol. The Viper Jaws pistol is a heavy duty single- and double-action pistol made in Jordan by Jordan Design and Development Bureau (JODDB, formerly King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau) and designed by American citizen Wildey Moore, designer of the Wildey pistol. It is also the standard-issue pistol for the Jordanian armed forces, hence another designation—JAWS, or Jordan Arms & Weapons System

Design details 
The Viper JAWS is a solid and well made pistol with several interesting features, such as simple and robust design and modular construction. It can be easily reconfigured for several pistol calibers simply by replacing the barrel, breech face insert, the extractor and the magazine. This reconfiguration, as well as the performance of a standard field-stripping procedure, requires no tools. Grip panels may also be easily replaced with parts from another unit, even those with different shape or dimensions.

The Viper contains a short recoil-operated, locked breech pistol with rotating barrel. On recoil, barrel rotates to unlock from the slide, by following the curved track on the frame. The double-action trigger with its linkage is easily accessible for maintenance and cleaning via a removable side plate. The ambidextrous safety lever is located on both sides of the slide and also acts as a decocker when safety is engaged. Both front and rear sight are dovetailed into the slide and can be easily changed if required.

Users

References

External links 
 The Viper
 Modern Firearms

Semi-automatic pistols of Jordan
Sun-free photovoltaics. Sun-free photovoltaics is a photovoltaics technology which does not require sunlight to produce electricity. This technique was developed by research team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Photovoltaic cells convert light to electricity most efficiently at specific wavelengths. The surface features of Sun-free photovoltaics is engineered such that it converts heat energy into the specific wavelengths. This increases the efficiency of existing thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems.

Principle of working
The surface of this material is etched with billions of nanoscale pits, so that it emits wave at the specified wavelengths and suppresses other wavelengths which are not required. When the surface is exposed to heat energy, it radiates light energy at required wavelengths. The atoms liberates free electrons when radiation is applied, thus generating electricity.

Development
A device that uses radioisotopes is capable of producing electricity for up to 30 years without interruption using a process called radioactive decay. Another similar device was developed by researchers from MIT, which uses butane as a fuel source. It has the size of a button and is estimated to operate three times longer than a similarly sized lithium-ion battery and has the advantage of recharging immediately upon refuelling. Thermo-photovoltaics, which is a technology developed in the 1960s, is capable of converting heat energy into electricity. It was previously known that sunlight is not absolutely necessary for photovoltaic cells to operate. Infrared radiation is not utilized efficiently in photovoltaic materials which are characterized by low band gap, though the performance is comparatively better than normal silicon photovoltaic cells. One example of photovoltaics utilizing heat is a photovoltaic diode which produces electricity from heat given off by a hydrocarbon fuelled thermal emitter.

In Sun-free photovoltaics, the thermal emitter described above is finely tuned to emit specific wavelengths that the photovoltaic diode can utilize, while at the same time stopping the wavelengths that cannot be used by the diode. This is achieved by etching features of nanoscale like ridges and holes on a photonic crystal so that the light passing through the crystal can be modified.

Operation
A slab of tungsten is used as a thermal emitter with billions of nanoscale pits on the surface, with each pit acting like a resonator. On heating, specific wavelengths are radiated by the slab as it generates an altered emission spectrum.

Applications
Sun-free photovoltaics can be applied in electronic devices like smartphones. Its value of current density has the capability to be tripled in the coming years, when it could power a smartphone for more than 20 days without needing to recharge in between. It can also be used to utilize waste heat from electric appliances like televisions and electronic appliances like mobile phones.

References

See also

 Quantum efficiency of a solar cell
 Energy conversion efficiency
 Photoelectric effect
 Solar cell efficiency

Photovoltaics
Rogožarski SIM-VIII. The SIM-VIII (Serbian Cyrillic:СИМ-VIII) was a 1931 Yugoslav, single-engined, 2-seat, sport, tourist and training aircraft, designed by Sima Milutinović and built at the Rogožarski factory in Belgrade from 1931 and by Ikarus at Zemun from  1933.

Design and development
The SIM-VIII was designed by Sima Milutinović at the end of 1930, with a desire to contribute to the development of aviation in Yugoslavia. The prototype  was built at the expense of the constructor and the first test flight was conducted at Zemun in the autumn of 1931. After certification the aircraft was purchased by the Yugoslav Royal Air Force and the Yugoslav Aeroclub at Belgrade.

The SIM-VIII was a parasol winged monoplane powered by an  Siemens-Halske Sh 14 engine driving a wooden 2-bladed propeller, seating two crew members in tandem open cockpits. Construction of the SIM-VIII employs several new construction solutions designed to reduce cost and streamline production, without compromising aircraft flight characteristics, built mostly of wooden construction with steel fittings at high stress areas. The fuselage is entirely made of wood covered with plywood, and the wings have supporting structure made of wood covered with fabric. On each side, the wings are supported by a pair of inclined struts attached to the lower fuselage longerons, and the fuel tank is also located in the centre fuselage. The control surfaces are made of welded steel tube, covered with fabric and the fixed V-strutted landing gear was built up from high strength steel tube enabling the SIM-VIII to handle rough landing strips.

Operational history
Three SIM-VIIIs were produced by Rogožarski 1931, owned by the Yugoslav Aerocub at Belgrade, (registered YU-PBC, YU-PBD and YU-PCI) which used them for propaganda flights and training sport pilots. The first of the listed aircraft flew until 1937, when it was withdrawn from use and the other two have no recorded history.

The two aircraft built in the Ikarus factory at Zemun in 1933 were not placed on the civil registry and are most likely to have been produced for the Yugoslav Royal Air Force.

Accolades awarded to the SIM-VIII include 1st place at the 1932 International Air Rally (Rundflug), held from 19 July 1932 at Warsaw.

Operators

Royal Yugoslav Air Force - 2 aircraft
Yugoslav Aerocub - 3 aircraft

Specifications

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

External links
 goldenyears - Yugoslovenski registar civilnih aviona
 - Siemens Zeitschrift November 1928

SIM-VIII
1930s Yugoslav military aircraft
Trainer aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1931
AlphaSphere (instrument). The AlphaSphere is a MIDI controller designed by the Bristol-based company Nu Desine. The device consists of a spherical shell with 48 pressure-sensitive pads on its surface which can be used to control third-party DAWs through the open source AlphaLive software.

Early versions of the AlphaSphere were shown at the NAMM Show, Musikmesse Frankfurt, three TEDx conferences, and the Future Everything Festival. The device received press from Sound on Sound, BBC, Wired and MusicRadar.

Development
Adam Place (Founder of Nu Desine) produced the initial concept and prototype for the AlphaSphere while studying at Nagoya University of Arts in Japan. In September 2010, Place was commissioned by Media Sandbox (a development funding scheme within iShed, a former subsidiary of Bristol's Watershed) to research smart materials and develop the AlphaSphere. Place formed the company Nu Desine, hiring engineers, designers and software developers to facilitate the production of the AlphaSphere.

In April 2012, Nu Desine began taking pre-orders for a limited edition series of AlphaSpheres. The first batch was shipped in March 2013. Later in 2013, the standard version of the AlphaSphere was made available in music stores in the U.S. and Japan and on the AlphaSphere website in Europe.

References

External links 
 
 Music Radar - Introducing the AlphaSphere
 AlphaSphere on BBC News
 AlphaLive software repository

MIDI controllers
STK SSW (firearm). The STK SSW is an experimental semi-automatic squad support weapon being manufactured by STK in Singapore. It is capable of firing 5.7mm rounds and four different caliber airbursting 40mm grenades. Within one of the bullets, there is a pocket full of 400 tungsten balls. When impacting on target, the pocket will burst resulting in a conical shape of damage similar to those of a shotgun. The platform consists of a fire-control system mounted on top. This is the master interface of the weapons firing systems, aiming, and more.

The SSW was planned as part of the Future Light Support Weapon program made by Sweden, its goal to replace the Mk19 and M203 grenade launchers at squad and platoon levels. Prototypes of the weapon have been made for display and testing, but as of 2017 it has not been put into service or made into a full-scale production project.

References

5.7×28mm submachine guns
Grenade launchers of Singapore
Infantry support weapons
Submachine guns of Singapore
Antonov A-15. The Antonov A-15 is a Soviet mid-wing, V-tailed single-seat, FAI Open Class glider that was designed by Oleg Antonov and produced by Antonov.

Design and development
The A-15 was a follow-on design, based on the bureau's experience gained with the A-11 and A-13 gliders. This new open class design quickly proved its worth as a record-setter.

The aircraft is made from aluminium. Unusually for a Cold War Soviet aircraft, its  span wing employs an American NACA 64-618 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an NACA 64-616 section at the wingtip. The A-15 carries  of water ballast. The landing gear is a retractable monowheel.

A total of 350 A-15s were built.

Operational history
The A-15 was used to set many world records, including a world goal distance record of , flown in June 1960.

In August 2011, there was one A-15 registered with the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States.

Specifications (Antonov A-15)

See also

Notes

References

External links

A-15 Three view
Photo of the A-15
Video of A-15 landing

1960s Soviet sailplanes
A-15
Glider aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1960
V-tail aircraft