UTA conducting pioneering research on concrete pipes reinforced with synthetic fibers
Sustainable pipes that last for a centuryCredit: UT Arlington The chair of the Civil Engineering Department at The University of ...
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UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding
Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disastersCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineer is determining how ...
FAU receives $1.3 million grant from Florida Division Of Emergency Management
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and FDEM project will create framework for flood risk managementCredit: Florida Atlantic University ...
$2 million DOE grant supports Lehigh researchers building thermal battery
Interdisciplinary team to develop innovative approach to thermal energy storage for more flexible, efficient power plantsCredit: Lehigh University The addition ...
UTA multidisciplinary project aims to improve transportation for older adults
Improving transportation for older adultsCredit: UT Arlington A multidisciplinary team of engineers and social workers from The University of Texas ...
Emissions from electricity generation lead to premature deaths for some racial groups
Credit: Rebecca Gourley/ University of Washington Air pollution doesn't just come from cars on the road, generating electricity from fossil ...
Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendlyCredit: Ferdinand Ludwig Inaccessible valleys and ravines lead from the ...
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
Credit: Erping Sun In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the ...
New US Army software rapidly converts live drone video into 2D and 3D maps
Software-only solution creates maps in a matter of minutes, allowing locally collected video to be processed into immediately usable geospatial ...
Urban development reduces flash flooding chances in arid West
Credit: Lauren McPhillips Urban development in the eastern United States results in an increase in flash flooding in nearby streams, ...
Engineers help with water under the bridge and other tough environmental decisions
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech In two new papers, civil engineers explore how to make decisions using quantifiable social, economic and ...
New efficiency world record for organic solar modules
Credit: Copyright: ZAE/Kurt Fuchs A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion ...
First book on the Timoshenko-Ehrenfest beam theory in 100 years
Dr. Isaac Elishakoff authors the key reference in study of stocky beams and thick plates in its numerous applications in ...
Civil engineering professor recognized for impact on sustainable urban development
A global expert on landfill managementCredit: UT Arlington Sahadat Hossain's passion is trash. The environmental and civil engineering professor at ...
AI learns to design
AI agents imitate engineers to construct effective new designs using visual cues like humans doCredit: Carnegie Mellon University College of ...
UCLouvain researcher makes the heart of Mars speak
Credit: UCLouvain For 20 years, Véronique Dehant, a space scientist at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Royal Observatory of ...
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Credit: UCLouvain Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night ... Mars is not very hospitable! It's for these ...
UTA to study bridge safety during floods, ecological impact of bridge construction
Examining the safety and environmental impacts of bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher has received two ...
Abrupt shifts in Arctic climate projected
Likelihood of an abrupt increase in wildfires also notedCredit: Northwest Territories Geological Survey Researchers from McGill University project that as ...
Research on large storm waves could help lessen their impact on coasts
Credit: Frederic Dias When cyclones or other massive oceanic storms make landfall, their giant waves batter coastlines and sometimes cause ...
