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What Is the Difference Between Drafting & Architecture?

Drafting and architecture are both essential parts of building design and construction, but they are definitely not one and the same. These two equally necessary parts of the process are usually done by different people and the two jobs, although they cross paths regularly, involve many different skills and ...

Mr. Adam Moon

MR. ADAM MOON Physics, Science Olympiad and Engineering Club FAVORITE SC MEMORY Doing the science shows for the 5th graders at St. Wenceslaus with my AP Physics students. I REALLY MISS… Seeing the students and catching up on their day-to-day lives. IN MY EXTRA SPARE TIME I’M... We are building...

Where Are Lower-Income Renters Supposed to Live?

While more Americans across all income levels and in all cities are choosing renting over buying, apartments are increasingly only being built for high-income renters.

Open Space Agency Releases First Set of Files for the Open Source, 3D Printed Ultrascope Explorer...

If there's one field you wouldn't expect to utilize crowdsourcing, it would be space exploration. However, that's pretty much what the Open Space Agency (OSA) does.

Self-Healing Asphalt Could Change Your Driving Experience [VIDEO]

Could potholes go the way of the Ford Pinto? Engineering professor Erik Schlangen may have created a way to make that happen with self-healing asphalt.

How to Get Started With Welding

Whether you want to restore a car or just make your own mailbox, with the right tools and a little bit of patience, welding is surprisingly easy to pick up.

How the Digital Twin Is Propelling Time Travel within the Power Industry

The power industry is witnessing a dramatic transformation, as wireless networking technologies improve the way it manages, optimizes, and delivers energy.

How to keep civil engineers safe at work, in the field

Civil engineers face many potentially dangerous situations, from working at height to being around moving vehicles. Keeping them safe is a critical job.

What is Urban Planning with a Civil Engineer?

Civil Engineers focus on construction projects, while urban planning concentrates on how a construction project will fit in an urban community.

You’re a Civil Engineer? So you want to build bridges right?

NO! Not necessarily anyway.<br>I have known that I wanted to be a civil engineer since junior year in high school, and never once did I want to design bridges (and that’s design bridges - building them...

Common Mistakes Young Civil Engineers Should Watch Out For

Starting a new career is an exciting time for young civil engineers. While mistakes are sometimes unavoidable, most can be avoided by following these steps.

Design and maintain infrastructure as a civil engineer

Are civil engineers doing enough to account for climate change?

Are civil engineers doing enough to account for climate change? Emily Grubert, in a word, says, "No."

Everything You Need to Know to Become a Successful Civil Engineer

Civil engineering has many different sectors, each one presenting a range of opportunities for those who want to get involved. You might prefer to work in an

Materials Innovations: What is Structural Engineered Bamboo (SEB)?

Bamboo allows for a high level of processing and can be laminated for flooring, appliances, and for Structural Engineered Bamboo (SEB) structures.

Lunching and Learning: A Civil Engineer’s View of a Campus Chilled-Water System

In this article, a departure from typical HPAC Engineering content, a fictional conversation about a system that may or may not be in existence is presented to, in the words of the author, “plant the seed of an idea with people (who) might actually implement” it and start a (real) discussion.

What Does a Structural Engineer Do?

A structural engineer can provide a number of services. Find out what you can expect when you hire one for your home or business.

What Do Changes in LEED Mean For Structural Engineers?

LEED has undergone an overhaul which aims to enhance sustainability codes and practices which will impact structural engineers.

Is there a structural engineer in the house?

The scandal of up to forty schools in the state possibly having structural flaws underscores the naivety of some of the interactions between the state and private sector over the years. One could a…