Civil Engineering News

Posted May 4, 2008:

• Protecting U.S. Troops With Fireproof Wool

Posted April 16, 2008:

• Incorporating Health And Safety Concepts In Building Plans Reduces Accident Rates And Costs

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Is It A Bird, Is It A Plane, No It's A Bridge!

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Foldable And Stretchable, Silicon Circuits Conform To Many Shapes

Posted March 21, 2008:

• Cycling For Food: Engineers Work On Pedal-powered Grain Crusher

Posted March 12, 2008:

• Climate Change Predicted To Have Major Impact On Transportation Infrastructure And Operations

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Quasicrystal Mystery Unraveled With Computer Simulation
• Nanatechnology Past And Future: Big Engineering Achievements On A Small Scale

Posted March 10, 2008:

• Colorful Idea Sparks Renewable Electricity From Painting Solar Cells
• New Composite Material Is Almost Better Than Mother-of-pearl

Posted March 8, 2008:

• Weaknesses In Structures -- From Massive Bridges To Nanotechnology -- Identified With New Gadget

Posted March 7, 2008:

• Invisibility Cloak: New Technique To Control Nanoparticles
• Paving The Way For Green Roads

Posted March 5, 2008:

• Surface Dislocation Nucleation: Strength Is But Skin Deep At The Nanoscale

Posted February 18, 2008:

• Spider Silk: Protein's Strength Lies In H-bond Cooperation

Posted February 4, 2008:

• DNA Is Blueprint, Contractor And Construction Worker For New Structures

Posted January 25, 2008:

• New Facility For Hydrogen Pipeline Testing Made To Prompt 'Hydrogen Economy'

Posted January 11, 2008:

• Method Developed For Key Micromechanical Property

Posted January 7, 2008:

• New Method For Developing Mechanically-reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites Developed

Posted December 18, 2007:

• Wind Power Explored Off California's Coast
• Quicky Assembled Bamboo Bridge, Strong Enough For Trucks, Opens In China

Posted December 15, 2007:

• New Oil-repelling Material Created

Posted December 4, 2007:

• New Micro-technology Will Need To Consider Fatigue In Silicon Crystals

Posted December 3, 2007:

• Catalyst-free Chemistry Makes Self-healing Materials More Practical

Posted November 2, 2007:

• Inverse Engineering Method Uses Advanced Scanner And '3D' Photocopier

Posted November 1, 2007:

• Modeling Protein Behavior: Speed Plays Crucial Role In Breaking Protein's H-bonds

Posted October 26, 2007:

• The Sensitive Side Of Carbon Nanotubes: Creating Powerful Pressure Sensors

Posted October 23, 2007:

• Hiking: A Backpack That Charges Your IPod?

Posted October 22, 2007:

• New Wireless Bridge Sensors Powered By Passing Traffic

Posted October 18, 2007:

• Engineers Hope To Build Better Roads By Using Ethanol Co-products

Posted October 17, 2007:

• Engineering Lab Helping Ensure Safety Of Small Buses
• Giant Wave Experiment Reveals Poorly Understood Behavior Of Tsunamis

Posted October 15, 2007:

• Home Fire Sprinklers Score 'A' In Cost-benefit Study

Posted October 13, 2007:

• Steep Sloped Roofs Lasted Through Katrina Better Than Low Sloped Roofs

Posted October 5, 2007:

• New Plastic Is Strong As Steel, Transparent

Posted September 28, 2007:

• New Material For Aircraft Wings Could Save Billions

Posted September 23, 2007:

• Preventing Future Bridge Collapses: Protective Coatings May Hold Key

Posted September 22, 2007:

• Computer Models Help Raise The Bar For Sporting Achievement

Posted September 21, 2007:

• Bridge Strengthening Research
• How Will Hurricanes Affect Evacuation Along Coastal Roadways?

Posted September 18, 2007:

• Computer Memory Designed In Nanoscale Can Retrieve Data 1,000 Times Faster

Posted September 17, 2007:

• Packaging Where Nothing Sticks

Posted August 30, 2007:

• Student Hopes To Break Human Land Speed Record Using Bullet Shaped Bicycle

Posted August 29, 2007:

• Arsenic Imports For Lumber Plunge; Center Sets Sights On Disposal

Posted August 28, 2007:

• Evaluating Concrete Bridges Is Hard Because Many Lack Documentation

Posted August 14, 2007:

• Full-time Sensors Can Detect Bridge Defects

Posted August 10, 2007:

• New System Of Wastewater Treatment Could Reduce The Size Of Treatment Plants By Half

Posted August 9, 2007:

• Bridge Skin Could Reveal Cracks And Corrosion Beneath

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