The earthquake that occurred in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, has become caused panic and raised significant questions about the Thai capital鈥檚 preparedness in the face of natural disasters. As the nat...
America鈥檚 infrastructure is cracking, according to the latest report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers. In multiple categories, from aviation to roads to energy, the country鈥檚 infrastructure is earning Ds, almost-failing grades. Virginia Tech engineering experts can break down what these failing grades mean 鈥� and what needs to happen to rebuild to make our communities safer and better prepared for the future.
Can concrete canoes float, or will they sink? That鈥檚 what hundreds of college students will discover during one of the signature competitions of the American Society of Civil Engineers鈥� Mid-Ame
Explore the history of the Underground Railroad 鈥� a secret network of people and safe houses that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the United States. And learn about its most famous conductor, Harriet Tubman, who was commemorated with a statue on the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail.
MSU engineers create 鈥渟mart鈥� system to prevent future infrastructure disasters
Arizona State University faculty members are sharing sustainable concrete development expertise with transportation authorities in the state.
鈥淣atural Disasters and Local Resiliency,鈥� co-written by Binghamton University's Komla Dzigbede revolves around the increase in number, strength and frequency of natural disasters globally; the authors interview local government managers 鈥� many who may be the next to experience a disaster 鈥� to examine the lessons that they can use as they attempt to prevent, prepare, respond and recover from these events. The book鈥檚 major goal is to serve as a resource for practitioners at the local level leading government services and programs.
A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a robotic system to make bridge inspections faster, more comprehensive and safer. Dr. Genda Chen鈥檚 invention, called the Bridge Inspection Robot Deployment System, or BIRDS, has been selected for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation.
In a new study, Lisa Hasan, an UdeM doctoral student in architecture, proposes an analysis of the international process of promoting ANZ, a program to make all buildings carbon-neutral.
Xianming Shi, civil and architectural engineering department chair at the University of Miami, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to research how to turn farming byproducts into sustainable asphalt.
New York Institute of Technology expert offers building and design mitigation strategies for high-risk areas in California and beyond.
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a cost-effective and high-efficiency maintenance technology using satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data.
As companies worldwide switch from analog to automated digital industrial control systems, malicious cyber actors are finding new opportunities for extortion and mayhem. It鈥檚 happening in a range of industrial settings, from power stations to manufacturing plants, and it鈥檚 a growing problem in the aviation industry.
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) announced that it has developed the nation's first BIM (Building Information Modeling) and VR (Virtual Reality) based noise and vibration impact simulator for deep excavation blasting, aimed at expanding underground transportation infrastructure that citizens can use safely and comfortably.
A recent study introduced a novel in-plane inverse crack-tip element that aims to transform structural health monitoring (SHM) in structures with preexisting cracks.
The Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego is creating programs to improve safety for all roadway users, including drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. With support from two grants from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the NHTSA, the school is developing an educational program geared towards Native American youth as well as new online courses to improve older driver safety.
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