omniomni/omni-engineering huggingface dataset:
Modern Water. Modern Water plc  is a British company which was first listed on the AIM submarket of the London Stock Exchange on the 12 June 2007. It owns, installs and operates advanced membrane technologies and develops and supplies systems for water monitoring.

In December 2011, the company completed its acquisition of the water quality division of Strategic Diagnostics Inc. ("SDIX"), including its Microtox toxicity testing technology.

In January 2024, it was announced that Microsaic Systems had acquired the company.

Divisions

Membrane Process Division 

Modern Water has developed a number of Forward Osmosis (FO) membrane processes including: desalination, evaporative cooling systems, enhanced oil recovery and hydro osmotic power (HOP).

Modern Water has deployed Forward Osmosis as a platform technology to produce both desalinated water
 and evaporative cooling make-up water
, with sites in Oman  and at a pilot plant in Gibraltar. In 2014, Modern Water is the only company in the world with a commercial Forward Osmosis plant which is located in Al Najdah in Oman. Construction of the plant was completed in September 2012 and it is now being operated by Modern Water.

In March 2010, National Geographic  magazine cited forward osmosis as one of three technologies that promised to reduce the energy requirements of desalination.

In 2013, Modern Water contracted to build desalination projects in China, which require more water in some areas for drinking and for irrigation. One of the company's main competitors in Asia is Consolidated Water.

Following the success of its Gibraltar forward osmosis pilot plant, In 2014, Modern Water and Northumberland Services signed a 22 million pound, 20-year contract to build and operate a wastewater plant on the rock of Gibraltar.

Monitoring Division 

The Monitoring division develops systems for monitoring and improving water quality. It provides acute toxicity monitoring systems for online, portable and lab use, together with on-line and portable trace metal measurement technology. Modern Water has installed its systems in various countries worldwide, from local installations in the UK and as far away as Argentina.

References

External links 
 Modern Water plc Home Page

Annual Report and Accounts 2014
Annual Report and Accounts 2013
Annual Report and Accounts 2012

Companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market
Companies based in Guildford
Water companies of England
2024 mergers and acquisitions
Egyptian State Railways 545 class. The Egyptian State Railways 545 class was a type of standard gauge mixed traffic steam locomotive on Egyptian State Railways (Egyptian Republic Railways after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952; now Egyptian National Railways).

History
Between 1920 and 1938 various locomotive builders supplied ESR with 180 2-6-0 tender locomotives, of which 80 were of the 545 class. The initial order for 58 of this class was built in Britain in 1928. Of these, 40 came from the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, Scotland and 20 from Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. The design was very British in style, but in 1931 Borsig Lokomotiv Werke GmbH in Berlin, Germany supplied ESR with another 20 to the same design.

Numbers 551, 568, 573 and 596 were rebuilt in 1939 with Caprotti valve gear. Number 590 was damaged at El Daba in June 1942 and withdrawn from stock in September 1943.

In ESR service all members of the class were painted green. In August 1941 Palestine Railways started operating a through passenger service between Haifa and Cairo via El Kantara East and a newly completed swing bridge at El Ferdan; in 1942–43 number 560 had "The Orient Express" painted on the sides of its cab for hauling this service between Cairo and El Kantara East.

All standard gauge steam locomotives in Egypt were withdrawn by 1963.

545 class in Israel
During the 1956 Israeli invasion of Sinai five members of the class were captured on the former Palestine Railways main line between El Kantara East and Gaza: numbers 546, 550 and 557 (NBL works numbers 23683, 23687 and 23714) and numbers 607 and 613 (Borsig works numbers 13985 and 13991). Israel Railways may have taken four of them into stock and used them around Lod in central Israel for one or two years. They were withdrawn and scrapped by 1959, when steam traction on Israel Railways officially ceased.

References

Sources

2-6-0 locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1928
1920s in rail transport
Suez Crisis
NBL locomotives
Armstrong Whitworth locomotives
Borsig locomotives
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Egypt
Scrapped locomotives
Standard gauge steam locomotives of Israel
Black Shark torpedo. The Black Shark is a heavyweight torpedo developed by WASS of Italy.

Development
Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Italy developed the Black Shark torpedo as an evolution of the A184, with more advanced electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) abilities and sonar. The advancements in electric motor design and battery allowed an increase in both range and speed.

Features 
The Black Shark torpedo offers fiberoptic wire for increased bandwidth and signal processing ability compared to copper wire-guided torpedo types. The sonar capability include non-doppler shifted target discrimination and multi-frequency capability that features advanced spatial and angular analysis abilities. The design goal for the torpedo was 300% improvement of passive acquisition and 200% active acquisition with its sonar system. The brushless motor design coupled with the aluminum-silver oxide (Al-AgO) battery gives the system a top speed , and a range of , performance envelope. Like all other battery powered HWTs, the battery power system does not suffer the loss of performance of Otto fuel II types at greater depths since there is no exhaust to deal with at greater pressures. The result is a 150% improvement in speed and 200% in torpedo endurance.

NSP/BSA - Nuovo Siluro Pesante / Black Shark Advanced 
Meanwhile, in Italy, WASS is developing NSP / BSA (Nuovo Siluro Pesante / Black Shark Advanced), new future torpedo for the Italian Navy as result of government program A/R SMD 1/2010 for development new BSA torpedoes for 87.5 million euros, within 2020:
 On 12 January 2014, first test launch new NSP / BSA (Nuovo Siluro Pesante / Black Shark Advanced) by SSK Scirè
 On 19 June 2014, second test launch new NSP / BSA (Nuovo Siluro Pesante / Black Shark Advanced) by SSK Scirè
BSA will arm Italian Todaro-class submarines, with about 80 torpedoes expected.

NSP/BSA - Nuovo Siluro Pesante / Black Shark Advanced will be on board new Italian Navy PPA vessels (Full version), with two launchers under the flight deck.
Warhead weight = 350/400 kg.

Users

 O'Higgins class (100 in 2003) 
 Thompson class

 Shiri class (16 in 2012 for 24.6 million euros)

  (29 in 2019)

 Todaro class - all batches (BSA - Black Shark Advanced -; planned about 80 torpedoes for 4 U212A)

 Tunku Abdul Rahman class (30 in 2003 for 90 million euros) 

  (24 in 2005 for 47 million euros)

  (50 in 2012)

See also
 DM2A4 Seehecht - German torpedo
 F21 French torpedo
 Mark 48 - US torpedo
 Spearfish - British torpedo
 Varunastra - Indian torpedo
 Yu-6 - Chinese torpedo
 A184 - previous Italian heavy torpedo

References

External links 
 BLACK SHARK page on Leonardocompany.com

Torpedoes of Italy
Naval weapons of Chile
Military equipment introduced in the 2000s
Fieseler Fi 253. The Fieseler Fi 253 Spatz, (English: Sparrow), was a light civilian aircraft, manufactured by the German company Fieseler in Nazi Germany. Only six units were produced, however, due to the Second World War.

Development
In January 1937 Major Werner Junck, chief of the LC II, the technical wing of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium responsible for the development of new aircraft, informed various minor aircraft manufacturers such as Bücker, Fieseler, Gothaer Waggonfabrik, Flugzeugwerke Halle and Klemm that they would not get any contracts for the development of military aircraft. He therefore advised them to concentrate in the development of a Volksflugzeug or a small twin-engined plane. As a result, Fieseler developed the Fi 253, while the other companies produced the Kl 105, the Si 202, the Bü 180 and the Go 150.

Specifications

References

1930s German civil utility aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Fi 253
Aircraft first flown in 1937
Abraham Byandala. Abraham James Byandala is a Ugandan engineer and politician. He is the former Minister for Works and Transportation in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 27 May 2011. He replaced John Nasasira, who was appointed Government Chief Whip. Byandala also serves as the elected Member of Parliament for Katikamu County North, in Luweero District.

Background
He was born in Luweero District on 14 January 1950.

Education
Abraham Byandala holds the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (BSc.Civ.Eng.), obtained from Makerere University, the oldest and largest public university in Uganda. His degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSc.Civ.Eng.), was obtained from the University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Work history
His work history spans over 40 years in Uganda's road transport. Prior to his appointment as Minister of Transport and Works, he  served as the Kampala City Engineer and Surveyor. At one time he served as the chairman of the government's Committee on Physical Infrastructure. He is the elected Member of Parliament, representing Katikamu County North, Luweero District.

See also
 Cabinet of Uganda
 Parliament of Uganda
 Kampala Capital City Authority

References

External links
  Full of List of Ugandan Cabinet Ministers May 2011

1950 births
Living people
Government ministers of Uganda
Members of the 8th Parliament of Uganda
Members of the 10th Parliament of Uganda
Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda
Ugandan civil engineers
Ganda people
People from Luweero District
Makerere University alumni
National Resistance Movement politicians
Alumni of the University of Strathclyde
Matteson M-1. The Matteson M-1 was an American high-wing, single-seat, FAI Open Class glider that was designed and built by Fred Matteson of Palo Alto, California and Alfred Vogt of Schempp-Hirth.

Design and development
Work on the M-1 started in 1955 at the Schempp-Hirth factory, while Matteson was on military duty in West Germany. The design that Matteson had conceived was adapted to German metric standards and materials by Alfred Vogt who did the early construction work. After being posted back to the United States Matteson completed the aircraft in 1959 in California.

The M-1 was built from wood and covered with doped aircraft fabric covering. The semi-tapered wing was of  span and used a NACA 63-518 wing root airfoil, transitioning to a NACA 4412 airfoil at the wing tip. The three-piece wing, with a fixed center section and removable tips, featured a foam-filled leading edge and large-sized lower surface dive brakes. The aircraft had a conventional tail with a tall, straight vertical fin. The M-1 used a take-off dolly, landing on a fixed skid.

Only one M-1 was ever built.

Operational history
Matteson later sold the completed aircraft and subsequent owners included Dr Gary Grant of Yuba City, California, Robert R. Kirby of Santa Ynez, California and Ron Tabery of Austin Texas.

Kirby described the aircraft: "I have flown the ship and it is a very fine machine. Its drawbacks are difficult assembly and a poor landing gear system." While he owned it Kirby modified the aircraft to try to address some of the noted deficiencies.

The M-1 is no longer on the Federal Aviation Administration aircraft registry and its registration has been reassigned. It was reported that the aircraft was likely written off.

Specifications (M-1)

See also

Notes

References

1950s United States sailplanes
Homebuilt aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1959
Aviation in North Dakota. Aviation in North Dakota takes place around the state's 89 public airfields, including 8 commercial airports.  Notable North Dakota aviators include Carl Ben Eielson, Bruce Peterson, and James Buchli.

North Dakota's first aeronautical event was the flight of a Wright Model B on July 19, 1910, at the Grand Forks Air Meet flown by Wright Exhibition Team member Archibald Hoxsey.

Events 

 June 9, 1911, a Curtiss Biplane named "Sweetheart" flew at the Fargo Fairgrounds before an audience of 12,000 spectators piloted by Robert "Lucky Bob" St. Henry
 July 12, 1911 Thomas McGoey flies the first North Dakota designed and built aircraft, the Kenworthy-McGoey flying machine at Grand Forks.
 July 1916 Bismarck, North Dakota, has its first flight.
 1928 North Dakota native Carl Ben Eielson, along with Hubert Wilkins become the first men to fly across the Arctic Ocean.
 1990 Three crew members of a Northwest Airlines flight are sentenced to jail for flying while drunk from Fargo to Minneapolis.

Aerospace Industry

Aircraft Manufacturers
 Cirrus Aircraft, Grand Forks, North Dakota
 1911-1911 Kenworthy-McGoey Aviation Company. Founded to produce and demonstrate aircraft.
 The Boughton Flying Machine Corporation lost its prototype in 1916.

Components
Northrop Grumman, New Town, North Dakota 
Goodrich Corporation, Jamestown, North Dakota
Ideal Aerosmith, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Appareo Systems, Fargo, North Dakota

Flight Schools 
 The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota is one of the largest civilian flight training operations in the country.

Airports 
 List of airports in North Dakota

Commercial Service 
 Bismarck Municipal Airport
 Hector International Airport, Fargo
 Grand Forks International Airport
 Williston Basin International Airport
 Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport
 Minot International Airport
 Devils Lake Regional Airport
 Jamestown Regional Airport

People
 James Buchli, born in Fargo, flew aboard four Space Shuttle missions.

Organizations 
 The North Dakota Aviation Council comprises six organizations promoting aviation in North Dakota.

Government and Military
All flight operations in North Dakota are conducted within FAA oversight.
The North Dakota Air National Guard was activated on 16 January 1947 with the formation of the 178th Fighter squadron, 178th utility flight, 178th weather station, and detachment B of the 233rd Air service group.

Museums 
 Bonanzaville, USA Eagles hangar features a range of aircraft.
  The Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot was founded in 1986.
  The Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, features flying examples of World War II aircraft.

Gallery

Notes

References 

 
Transportation in North Dakota
Jewell James Ebers. Jewell James Ebers (November 25, 1921 – March 30, 1959) was an American electrical engineer who is remembered for the mathematical model of the bipolar junction transistor that he published with John L. Moll in 1954. The Ebers-Moll model of the transistor views the transistor as a pair of diodes, and the model is a fusion of the models of these diodes.

J.J. Ebers was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 25, 1921. He served three years in the U.S. Army. Ebers attended Antioch College where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946. He entered Ohio State University studying electrical engineering, obtaining his master's degree in 1947 and Ph.D. in 1950. Ebers continued at Ohio State as a research associate in the university's research foundation, as an instructor, and as an assistant professor until 1951.

In September 1951 Ebers joined Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey. There he worked with J.L. Moll with whom he published the frequently-cited article on "Large-signal behavior of junction transistors" which is the basis of the Ebers-Moll model. According to James M. Early, Ebers' technical contributions, qualities of personal leadership, and management skill led to promotions to supervisor, department head, and Director of the Allentown Lab of Bell.

Ebers was a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Sigma Xi, and the American Physical Society.

Jewell James Ebers died on March 30, 1959, following an undisclosed short illness.

As a memorial to his scientific work, every year the IEEE Electron Devices Society grants the J J Ebers Award to a worthy engineer.

References

American electrical engineers
1921 births
1959 deaths
Antioch College alumni
United States Army soldiers
People from Grand Rapids, Michigan
20th-century American engineers
Ohio State University College of Engineering alumni
Torpaskolan. Torpaskolan was a school located in Vänersborg, Sweden. It was finished in 1965, when it was built to educate the increasing youth population in Vänersborg. The school consisted of one main building housing the standard classrooms, physics, biology and chemistry classrooms, as well as residence rooms. Scattered "in front" of the main building, is four smaller buildings, containing engineering, crafts, music, home economics and art education classrooms. In the largest of the smaller buildings, there a canteen as well as an auditorium. The physical education takes place in the so-called "Arena Fritid", about a hundred metric meters from the main building. Arena Fritid is also where the floor ball team IBK Red Stars practice.

New Torpaskolan 

Due to outdated equipment as well as housing, the decision was taken in 2010 to demolish Torpaskolan, and to construct a new school on the old schoolyard. It would be more expensive to update the existing buildings to modern state than to simply build a new school. The scattered smaller buildings are also to be demolished, with the exception of the building containing the canteen and auditorium, which will be modernized and re-equipped. The new school, yet to be named, but expected to be named Torpaskolan as its predecessor, is according to budget expected to cost about 75 000 000 SEK, and is to be finished in August 2011. During the building of the new school, the students are remaining in the old school, having classes as normal. The old Torpaskolan is expected to be demolished in June or July 2011, then having educated students for 46 years.

Schools in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Västra Götaland County
Vänersborg Municipality
Miso (disambiguation). Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning.

MISO or Miso may also refer to:

 MISO, short for Multiple Inputs, Single Output in system analysis 
 Master Input, Slave Output, a data line in the Serial Peripheral Interface Bus
 Military information support operations, the U.S. military term for the function formally known as Psychological Operations
 Midcontinent Independent System Operator, formerly known as Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator
 Misophonia, a neurological and hearing disorder characterized by fear or anxiety over certain sounds

See also
 Misoprostol, a medication used to start labor, induce abortions, prevent and treat stomach ulcers, and treat postpartum bleeding
Strange–Rahman–Smith equation. The Strange–Rahman–Smith equation is used in the cryoporometry method of measuring porosity. 
NMR cryoporometry   is a recent technique for measuring total porosity and pore size distributions. NMRC is based on two equations: the Gibbs–Thomson equation, which maps the melting point depression to pore size, and the Strange–Rahman–Smith equation,  which maps the melted signal amplitude at a particular temperature to pore volume.

Equation
If the pores of the porous material are filled with a liquid, then the incremental volume of the pores  with pore diameter between  and   may be obtained from the increase in melted liquid volume for an increase of temperature between  and  by:

Where:	  is the Gibbs–Thomson coefficient for the liquid in the pores.

References

Equations of physics
DeconGel. DeconGel is a gel created by CBI Polymers INC used to clean up after chemical and nuclear disasters. The product has been tested by numerous agencies and organizations in Japan including first responders, nuclear power plant operators, and private companies.

History
DeconGel was created by CBI Polymers INC in Honolulu, Hawaii in June 2011. Since then it has been used commercially to clean up chemicals and nuclear waste. Most notably being in Japan after the Fukushima nuclear disaster after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami compromised reactors and cooling baths at TEPCO’s Daiichi Nuclear Power Station left high levels of radiation on the Asahimachi Baptist School Building.

Formulation
While CBI Polymers has kept the full formulation a secret, The formula is a mix of Surfactants, Chelates, Thixotropy, Wetting Agents, Defoamer, Biocides and Buffers.

DeconGel is currently active in 3 different formulas

 DeconGel 1102 – Formulated for increased effectiveness on petroleum-based contaminants, including PCBs and oil spills. Applied by brush or trowel; spray on version also available.
 DeconGel 1108 – Formulated for heavy nuclear, toxic industrial chemical (TIC) and toxic industrial material (TIM) decontamination. Applied by brush or trowel.
 DeconGel 1128 – Spray-on version of 1108 for industrial sprayers and large coverage areas.

Usage
DeconGel can encapsulate most radioactive isotopes such as H-3, C-14, F-18, I-125, I-131, Tc-99, TI-201, Tritiated-Thymadine and Transuranics such as Am-241, Pu-238, Pu-239, Pu-240, Pu-241, Pu-242, Cs-137, Cs-134, Co-60, Mn-54, Fe-55, Ni-63, Ni-59, Sr-90 and Co-58 as well as most Toxic Industrial Chemical and Materials such as Meth lab wastes, Asbestos, PCB, Crude Oil, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Lead, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Zinc, and Molybdenum.

DeconGel has special properties that “wet out” a surface allowing the gel to penetrate into contiguous pores. Often contamination is considered “fixed” when in fact the contaminants are actually “loose” but trapped within pores, unable to be removed via common decontamination techniques. DeconGel can get within these pores and remove these contaminants making it appear that DeconGel has actually penetrated the substrate.

DeconGel can be applied by brush, trowel (small hand-held or large stand-up trowel) or sprayer (sprayer and/or product may need to be modified to work).  For small surface areas a paint brush, a small trowel or a hand-held sprayer can be used. For large complex surfaces, an industrial type sprayer may be more practical. For large horizontal surfaces, either a sprayer or a stand-up trowel may be used.

When spraying DeconGel, multiple coats may be needed before peeling the gel from the surface.  The thicker the dried gel is, the easier it is to remove from the surface.

See also
 Decontamination foam
 Diphoterine

References

Further reading

Hygiene
Safety equipment