Future Forward Full Interview: Infrastructure Operators Increasingly Look to Industrial Wireless Networks
This page profiles innovative and impactful applied research in civil and structural engineering to spur continuing thought and dialog to create a better industry. These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Stewart Kantor, CEO of Full Spectrum, helped develop a new wireless network connectivity standard that’s helping critical infrastructure operators in the electric utility,...
ReEngineering the Engineer: To Fail or Not to Fail?
True confession: I didn’t always want to be a structural engineer. I grew up in the 1960s when the space race with Russia was at its peak. In those days, all I could think about was being an astronaut, probably like most other kids my age on the planet. How exciting would it be to fly to the moon and then walk on it? Ah, the engineering of it all! When my wife travels, the dog and I go to the basement and watch my favorite movies. Although I agree to watch the “chick-flicks” with my wife, she...
Change Leader: Technology Can Improve Construction Close-Out and Accountability
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Si Katara, co-founder and president of Pavia Systems, is helping DOTs across the country meet accountability requirements using his firm’s infrastructure technology solutions. Since the startup of Pavia Systems in 2005, Katara has had roles ranging from “head janitor all the way up to sales, product development and technology....
Change Leader Full Interview: Technology Can Improve Construction Close-Out and Accountability
These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Si Katara, president of Pavia Systems, is helping DOTs across the country meet accountability requirements using his firm’s infrastructure technology solution. V1 Media: Please provide a brief background of your education and career before Pavia Systems. Katara: I graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor...
Hilton Head Airport Extension Sustainably Overcomes Environmental Concerns
Residents of Hilton Head, S.C., have long been sensitive to the island’s environment. The island covers more than 69 square miles, but nearly 40 percent of it is water. The island includes 12 miles of Atlantic Ocean beachfront and has grown in popularity among tourists, retirees and people seeking vacation homes or a full-time residence on or near the shoreline. Harbour Town Village, the island’s primary shopping and resort destination, opened in 1969 when 2,500 residents lived full-tim...
Future Forward: Will Composites Be the Dominant Material of the 21st Century?
This page profiles innovative and impactful applied research in civil and structural engineering to spur continuing thought and dialog to create a better industry. These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Tom Dobbins is president and CEO for the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the trade association for composites manufacturers in North America a...
Future Forward Full Interview: Will Composites Be the Dominant Material of the 21st Century?
This page profiles innovative and impactful applied research in civil and structural engineering to spur continuing thought and dialog to create a better industry. These profiles are based on interviews, and the opinions and statements are those of the subject and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by this publication. Tom Dobbins is president and CEO for the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA), the trade association for composites manufacturers in North America and their...
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge: Innovative Design Wins Awards, Moves More People
The original “Q Bridge” was built over the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Conn., in 1958, but within 30 years its six lanes were insufficient for the growing traffic. Shortly before it was officially dedicated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in 1995 (to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor), local officials had decided it was time to replace the structure with a new bridge. For two decades the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CONNDOT), the Federal Highway Administration, t...
A Tunnel That Improves Automated Vehicles
Willow Run, a manufacturing complex located near Ypsilanti, Mich., was built by the Ford Motor Company in 1940 as one of the first facilities dedicated to the mass production of military aircraft, primarily the famous B-24 Liberator heavy bomber, the most produced American military aircraft of all time—at its peak, Willow Run produced 650 B-24s per month. The airport built to support this production is considered by some historians to be the first modern airport. Though no longer used to m...
From the Editor: Bridges to the Future
Every time my sister crosses a bridge, she gets anxious. This has happened her entire life, and, although not quite panic-attack-inducing, the anxiety is palpable. The fear of crossing bridges is common enough that it has a name: gephyrophobia. Trained as a structural engineer, I often marvel at the amount of weight a bridge carries and how many people cross them without ever giving it a thought. That is, until bridges make the headlines when tragedy strikes, and then bridges are on everyone’s m...
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