What is the best way to encourage innovation? Competitive pay may be the answer
Field work from UC San Diego and Thermo Fisher finds providing a sizable award to top performers is most effective ...
Tag: Civil Engineering
Extreme weather conditions can tax urban drainage systems to the max
New design approach needed to handle impact of climate changeCredit: UBC Okanagan During a typical Canadian winter, snow accumulation and ...
Southern Illinois’ Len Small levee likely to fail even if repaired, study says
Credit: Ken Olson, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Alexander County sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio ...
Self-learning heatÂing control system saves energy
Smart heatCredit: Zooey Braun, Stuttgart / Empa Factory halls, airport terminals and high-rise office buildings are often equipped with automated ...
Coalition to study impact of sea-level rise, climate change on bays and estuaries
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Cheryl Nemazie CAMBRIDGE, MD (January 30, 2020)-- The University of Maryland Center for ...
New understanding of condensation could lead to better power plant condenser, de-icing materials
Credit: Images courtesy Nenad Miljkovic CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- For decades, it's been understood that water repellency is needed for surfaces ...
What’s in Puget sound? New technique casts a wide net for concerning chemicals
Credit: Ryan Moriarty/UW Tacoma The waters of Puget Sound support many species, including mussels, salmon and killer whales. But researchers ...
Helping roadside soils bounce back after construction
Credit: Jamie Luther Everyone hates road construction, even the soils and bodies of water around the roads. Paved roads can't ...
Kirigami designs hold thousands of times their own weight
Credit: Erica Brockmeier The Japanese art of origami (from ori, folding, and kami, paper) transforms flat sheets of paper into ...
Bacteria and sand engineered into living concrete
Credit: College of Engineering and Applied Science at Colorado University Boulder Cement and concrete haven't changed much as technology in ...
Who’s liable? The AV or the human driver?
Columbia researchers use game theory to help policy makers create liability rules for accidents involving self-driving cars and those driven ...
UTEP receives $1M to increase number of students who pursue graduate engineering studies
Credit: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications, The University of Texas at El Paso's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was awarded ...
Ultrasound can make stronger 3D-printed alloys
Credit: RMIT University Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing. A ...
Arup SenGupta awarded second Fulbright research fellowship
Water technology expert returning to India to explore new opportunities to deploy HIX-Nano to mitigate drinking water crisis in affected ...
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