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Find Your Ideal Graduate Degree
Liaison International and ASEE have launched a new centralized application service for graduate engineering programs.
PortaCount Quantitative Respirator Fit Tester from TSI Incorporated
The new PortaCount® Respirator Fit Tester platform features intelligent touchscreen solutions that offer you expertise and assistance beyond the fit test.
Tunnel Plug Spares Subways During Flooding
A giant, inflatable structure designed to prevent flooding in subways has been developed and demonstrated.
Google Goes Modular with Construction of 300 Employee Apartments
Google is often touted as having offices you never have to leave. Now Google is considering investing in modular short-term housing for its workers near its Bay Area campus.
Female-Led Tech Start-Ups Employ More Women Than Larger Companies
Tech start-ups with at least one female founder employ more women than some of the nation’s largest tech companies, according to a recent study.
Shape-changing Tensegrity Objects Open Up Many Possibilities
By combining the principles of tensegrity with components 3D printed from shape memory polymers, Georgia Tech engineers produced an object that can be compressed and re-expanded to its original shape.
New Off-highway Trucks: More Power, Reduced Fuel Use
Two new off-highway rigid frame trucks from Kamatsu America Corp. feature a new traction control system for improved productivity.
Restoring Ecosystems Key to Fighting Climate Change in Cities
Instead of responding to predictions of increased flooding and extreme heat with hard infrastructure, Simon Fraser University (SFU) researchers are calling on cities and communities to maintain and restore ecosystems.
Beetles Inspire Color-Changing Nanoparticles
Scientists have developed color-shifting nanoparticles that change hue after being embedded in a material. The inspiration for the new nanoparticles is from an unlikely source, beetles.
London Highrise Blaze Highlights Fire Systems and Codes
Multiple systems are typically used to detect, report, and suppress fires in commercial and residential buildings. In addition, multiple local and international building codes and standards exist and apply to virtually all new construction.
TransCanada Plans Natural Gas Delivery Expansion
The new pipeline infrastructure would connect Western Canadian natural gas production to key markets within the basin and across North America.
Tank Pump Offers Safe, Quiet Operation
The motor and impeller system have been configured to achieve a low operating noise level of 44d(A).
Recycled Tires Extending the Life of Concrete
Researchers believe that the addition of rubber will both extend the life and improve the resilience of the concrete.
ConTech Engineered Solutions Aluminum Box Culvert
ConTech Engineered Solutions new aluminum box culverts are a practical and cost-effective solution for small bridge replacement. According to ConTech, the wide-span, low-rise culverts are lightweight, faster and easier to install than cast-in-place concrete structures.
Built in the U.S.A.: Inches to Protect a City from Floods
Des Moines, Iowa, is undertaking a 10-year effort to replace and raise three vehicle bridges, install pump stations, raise levees, and better protect the city’s wastewater treatment facility from inundation during floods.
China Launches World's Largest Floating Solar Farm
Attempting to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, China has launched the world’s largest floating solar farm.
Utility Details $350m Power Plant Investments
The investment plan by Minnesota Power includes a share of a 500 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant, plus wind and solar.
VIDEO: Furniture System Moves with the Push of a Button
MIT Media Lab has developed a new furniture system named Ori which transforms your apartment in seconds.
Toshiba to Send Billions to Georgia Power to Finish Nukes
The Tokyo-based company will pay Georgia Power $3.68 billion between October 2017 and January 2021.
Watch: A plyscraper grows in Portland. Engineering is one of the most sex-segregated jobs a study says. A big utility is shelving $2b in project work
Watch: A plyscraper grows in Portland. Engineering is one of the most sex-segregated jobs a study says. A big utility is shelving $2b in project work.