There is a “silent hazard” lurking underneath our major global cities, and our buildings were not designed to handle it. A new Northwestern University study has, for the first time, linked underground ...

Bridges, roads, buildings, railways, distribution systems, canals, dams, even lighthouses. Yes, lighthouses. If you encountered any of these structures today, or stopped to marvel at one on a recent ...

NPR's Audie Cornish chats with civil engineering expert David Prevatt about how to prepare buildings for tornadoes following a series of deadly storms. After a series of tornadoes tore through ...

On September 20, a massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico’s capital city. Most of the approximately 230 deaths weren’t from the original movement of the ground, however—in this quake, as in ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Addressing the challenges of global environmentalism is a broad field that involves untold skills and research. Finding a niche in such a broad field is also a challenge, one that ...

Michel Bruneau, a professor in UB’s Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering and Amit Varma of Purdue University have received over $750,000 in research grants from the Charles ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are grappling with a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable: Can ...

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Deciding between a career in civil engineering or architecture is an exciting step. Both jobs work together to create the world around us, from tall skyscrapers to long bridges. However, the ...

Civil Engineering vs Computer Science Engineering: Since Civil Engineering (CE) and Computer Science Engineering (CSE) are fundamentally different from one another, your choice must be in line with ...

NPR's Audie Cornish chats with civil engineering expert David Prevatt about how to prepare buildings for tornadoes following a series of deadly storms.

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