U of O professor engineers a defence against terrorism
Murat Saatcioglu’s lab boasts a half-million dollar ‘shock tube’ that can simulate blast waves set off by car bombs and other explosions. The results of those experiments may soon offer Canadians a better defence against terrorism.
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Wireless nano sensors could save bridges, buildings
Could inexpensive wireless sensors based on nanotechnology be used to alert engineers to problematic cracks and damage to buildings, bridges, and other structures before they become critical? A feasibility study published in the International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity would suggest so.
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Bridges in Trouble: Diagnosing Their Ills from a Distance
Tess Ahlborn believes we could learn a lot from bridges, if only we could hear what they have to say. Now, she aims to find the best ways to listen in.
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Shake, Rattle, Seattle
Construction codes are based on the probability of earthquakes striking a region. That means Seattle’s buildings, for example, are designed for roughly half of the earthquake loads of buildings in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
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Engineering for Disaster
Recent earthquakes highlight the importance of disaster preparedness. Engineers, scientists, architects and designers are well positioned to develop the tools and technologies to save lives.
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UCLA engineers develop faster method to detect bacterial contamination in coastal waters
Engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have sped up the process of analyzing bacterial concentrations to under one hour, through the development of a new in-field, rapid-detection method.
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Engineering Researcher Part of National Team Investigating Haiti Earthquake
Civil engineering professor and earthquake expert Brady Cox will travel to Haiti Saturday, Jan. 30, as part of a national team of engineers who will study the effects of the massive earthquake that struck the small Caribbean nation on Jan.
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Paper on "tsunami resistant" houses wins the Institution of Civil Engineers Bill Curtin prize
A paper by Dr Indrasenan Thusyanthan, former Lecturer in the University of Cambridge Geotechnical Research Group and Dr Gopal Madabhushi, Reader in Geotechnical Engineering, has won the Bill Curtin prize awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) for the Best Paper in the 'ICE Civil Engineering' magazine.
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Engineers Help Secure California Highways and Roads
Sprays of dirt flew out of a soil box that held a retaining wall as it violently shook from a simulated 7.4 magnitude earthquake. The wall was put to test recently by engineers at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center, which has the largest outdoor shake table in the United States.
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How tech is helping to build better buildings
Advances in sensors, concrete, nanotech are making structures – from bridges to office towers – safer, stronger and better looking.
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