Researchers modify air quality models to reflect polluted reality in Latin America
Credit: James East Computational models of air quality have long been used to shed light on pollution control efforts in ...
Tag: Civil Engineering
Geological engineers create landslide atlas of Kerala, India
Credit: Sajinkumar KS Dedicated to the thousands of lives lost in landslides, the new atlas assesses landslide risk in 13 ...
UTA engineer aims to reduce natural disaster damage to transportation infrastructure
UTA gauges resilience of highways, bridges during natural disastersCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering assistant ...
Cooperative eco-driving automation improves energy efficiency and safety
Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech Imagine you're driving up a hill toward a traffic light. The light is still green so ...
Indoors, outdoors, 6 feet apart? Transmission risk of airborne viruses can be quantified
The dynamics of how aerosols travel from one person to another, under different circumstancesCredit: Mj Riches In the 1995 movie ...
Toronto’s COVID-19 bike lane expansion boosted access to jobs, retail
A study by University of Toronto Engineering researchers found Toronto's temporary cycling infrastructure increased low-stress road access to jobs and ...
Short-term climate modeling forecasts drought for Southeast US
Credit: Photo courtesy Mundoo CHAMPAIGN, Ill. --Many climate models focus on scenarios decades into the future, making their outcomes seem ...
Showcasing the green construction sites of tomorrow
There hasn't been much focus on green transition of construction sites, but there's a lot to be gained; a number ...
DOD selects NPS to advance research in environmental resilience and surprise
Credit: U.S. Navy Illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico The Department of Defense's (DOD) Strategic Environmental ...
Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material
Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University ...
Project examines how to make ‘farm to table’ more sustainable
UTA research into Iowa farming has potential impact for urban and rural areas in TexasCredit: UT Arlington A University of ...
Tunnels to become CO2-neutral energy suppliers
Brenner Base Tunnel as a Lighthouse ProjectCredit: © BBT SE After completion in about ten years, the Brenner base tunnel ...
New NIST framework strives for cleaner, more secure power grid
Credit: B. Hayes/NIST Whether it's a new set of solar panels glistening on a neighbor's roof or a freshly installed ...
GW receives funding to develop AI systems to help people with health problems drive safely
New partnership hopes to detect and predict health abnormalities in driversCredit: Samer Hamdar/GW WASHINGTON (Feb. 18, 2021) -- Diagnosed with ...