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Tag: CIVIL ENGINEERING
Project aims to make mining more efficient, safer
Efficiency and safety are two aspects paramount to an effective mining operation that industry constantly seeks to improve. Virginia Tech researchers are leading a multidisciplinary team in a three-year, $900,000 project to improve the efficiency of dust scrubbers in underground…
City research draws on Formula 1 technology for the construction of skyscrapers
Civil engineering academic is developing new vibration-control devices based on Formula 1 technology for skyscrapers
City research draws on Formula 1 technology for the construction of skyscrapers
Civil engineering academic is developing new vibration-control devices based on Formula 1 technology for skyscrapers
Smart, self-powered patch to put an end to €2.3 trillion bill caused by rust worldwide
The cost of corrosion runs to 3-4% of the gross world product annually, and therefore there is increasing focus on monitoring infrastructure; Danish researchers are developing a smart patch that can cut huge amounts off the costs of rust
A solution for cleaning up PFAS, one of the world’s most intractable pollutants
Treatment train for a PFAS compound known by its trade name, GenX
Smart, self-powered patch to put an end to €2.3 trillion bill caused by rust worldwide
The cost of corrosion runs to 3-4% of the gross world product annually, and therefore there is increasing focus on monitoring infrastructure; Danish researchers are developing a smart patch that can cut huge amounts off the costs of rust
Microwave treatment is an inexpensive way to clean heavy metals from treated sewage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A team of Florida State University researchers studying new methods to remove toxic heavy metals from biosolids — the solid waste left over after sewage treatment — found the key is a brief spin through a microwave.…
A solution for cleaning up PFAS, one of the world’s most intractable pollutants
Treatment train for a PFAS compound known by its trade name, GenX
Microwave treatment is an inexpensive way to clean heavy metals from treated sewage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A team of Florida State University researchers studying new methods to remove toxic heavy metals from biosolids — the solid waste left over after sewage treatment — found the key is a brief spin through a microwave.…
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution
Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades up to 70% more…
Smog-eating graphene composite reduces atmospheric pollution
Graphene Flagship partners the University of Bologna, Politecnico di Milano, CNR, NEST, Italcementi HeidelbergCement Group, the Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and the University of Cambridge have developed a graphene-titania photocatalyst that degrades up to 70% more…
Sustaining roads with grape and agricultural waste
The U.S. spends $5 billion a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow and ice control operations and the use of traditional deicers. A team of researchers at WSU is developing a more sustainable solution using grape…
Sustaining roads with grape and agricultural waste
The U.S. spends $5 billion a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow and ice control operations and the use of traditional deicers. A team of researchers at WSU is developing a more sustainable solution using grape…
UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding
Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disasters
UTA conducting pioneering research on concrete pipes reinforced with synthetic fibers
Sustainable pipes that last for a century
UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding
Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disasters
UTA conducting pioneering research on concrete pipes reinforced with synthetic fibers
Sustainable pipes that last for a century
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 management
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 management
Zhu examining tolled & priced lanes
Shanjiang Zhu, Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering, received $110,119 from the Federal Highway Administration for the project: “Modeling Strategies for Reflecting Demand Response to Tolled and Priced Lanes Framing Paper.” For this project, Zhu and a team of…
$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 plants
Wind more effective than cold air at cooling rooms naturally
The effectiveness of non-mechanical, low-energy methods for moderating temperature and humidity has been evaluated in a series of experiments by researchers from the University of Cambridge. The researchers found that a temperature difference between inside and outside has a remarkably…
UTA multidisciplinary project aims to improve transportation for older adults
Improving transportation for older adults
Emissions from electricity generation lead to premature deaths for some racial groups
Air pollution doesn’t just come from cars on the road, generating electricity from fossil fuels also releases fine particulate matter into the air. In general, fine particulate matter can lead to heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer and other diseases, and…
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the globe after about 30 years of gradual slowing. Research led by a team at Princeton University shows that wind speeds in northern mid-latitude…
Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendly
Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed
In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the globe after about 30 years of gradual slowing. Research led by a team at Princeton University shows that wind speeds in northern mid-latitude…
Living bridges
How traditional Indian building techniques can make modern cities more climate-friendly
AI could transform how we monitor the structural health of civil infrastructure
The University of Surrey and King’s College London have developed a new machine learning algorithm (AI) that could transform the way we monitor major infrastructure – such as dams and bridges. In a paper published by the journal Structural Health…
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 products that can be fed into other mapping applications like Google Earth, ArcGIS
Urban development reduces flash flooding chances in arid West
Urban development in the eastern United States results in an increase in flash flooding in nearby streams, but in the arid West, urbanization has just the opposite effect, according to a Penn State researcher, who suggests there may be lessons…
Visualizing heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings
Modified natural materials will be an essential component of a sustainable future, but first a detailed understanding of their properties is needed. The way heat flows across bamboo cell walls has been mapped using advanced scanning thermal microscopy, providing a…
Urban development reduces flash flooding chances in arid West
Urban development in the eastern United States results in an increase in flash flooding in nearby streams, but in the arid West, urbanization has just the opposite effect, according to a Penn State researcher, who suggests there may be lessons…
Visualizing heat flow in bamboo could help design more energy-efficient and fire-safe buildings
Modified natural materials will be an essential component of a sustainable future, but first a detailed understanding of their properties is needed. The way heat flows across bamboo cell walls has been mapped using advanced scanning thermal microscopy, providing a…
Superconducting wind turbine chalks up first test success
A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time. The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, manufactured a full-size superconducting generator for a 3.6 megawatt wind turbine, and field-tested it in Thyborøn, Denmark. They report…
Engineers help with water under the bridge and other tough environmental decisions
In two new papers, civil engineers explore how to make decisions using quantifiable social, economic and environmental guidelines. It’s called a sustainability-based optimized algorithm. It’s designed to help land managers, city planners, engineers and policymakers make decisions about civil engineering…
Superconducting wind turbine chalks up first test success
A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time. The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, manufactured a full-size superconducting generator for a 3.6 megawatt wind turbine, and field-tested it in Thyborøn, Denmark. They report…
Engineers help with water under the bridge and other tough environmental decisions
In two new papers, civil engineers explore how to make decisions using quantifiable social, economic and environmental guidelines. It’s called a sustainability-based optimized algorithm. It’s designed to help land managers, city planners, engineers and policymakers make decisions about civil engineering…
New efficiency world record for organic solar modules
A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic modules (OPV). The scientists from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE), and the Helmholtz…
New efficiency world record for organic solar modules
A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic modules (OPV). The scientists from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE), and the Helmholtz…
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 mechanical, aerospace, civil, ocean and marine engineering fields
AI learns to design
AI agents imitate engineers to construct effective new designs using visual cues like humans do
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night … Mars is not very hospitable! It’s for these extreme conditions that the research team of Christophe Craeye, a professor at the UCLouvain Louvain School of Engineering, developed antennas for the…
UCLouvain researcher makes the heart of Mars speak
For 20 years, Véronique Dehant, a space scientist at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Royal Observatory of Belgium, has been working on understanding the Earth’s core. In a few months, she will be able to complete her research by…
Civil engineering professor recognized for impact on sustainable urban development
A global expert on landfill management
AI learns to design
AI agents imitate engineers to construct effective new designs using visual cues like humans do
132 grams to communicate with Mars
Dust storms, ionising cosmic radiation, extreme cold at night … Mars is not very hospitable! It’s for these extreme conditions that the research team of Christophe Craeye, a professor at the UCLouvain Louvain School of Engineering, developed antennas for the…
UCLouvain researcher makes the heart of Mars speak
For 20 years, Véronique Dehant, a space scientist at University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and the Royal Observatory of Belgium, has been working on understanding the Earth’s core. In a few months, she will be able to complete her research by…
Civil engineering professor recognized for impact on sustainable urban development
A global expert on landfill management