Throughout my career, I have been asked countless times about what exactly I do as a civil engineer. Some people ask just to be polite, but most legitimately didn’t know what a civil engineer does. It seems that we, as engineers, have not done as good…
Gannett Fleming Prepares for National Tunnel Inspection Deadline with 12 Certified Inspectors
Harrisburg, Pa.—Twelve Gannett Fleming engineers became Nationally Certified Tunnel Inspectors after passing a national certification program developed…
Skanska Helps Engineers Transition from Hardship to Hope
Finding a job and establishing a career is a big challenge for anyone. But if you are a refugee in a foreign country, in a foreign cultural setting, your…
Dewberry Announces the Promotion of Transportation Engineers
Dewberry has announced the promotion of David Hicks, PE, to associate vice president and Kerri Tyerman, PE, to associate in the firm's Bloomfield, New Jersey, office. Hicks is responsible for the analysis, design, and report and contract preparation for structural…
In Cities, Flooding and Rainfall Extremes to Rise as Climate Changes
Cities face harsher, more concentrated rainfall as climate change not only intensifies storms, but draws them into narrower bands of more intense downpours, UNSW engineers have found. This has major implications for existing stormwater infrastructure, particularly…
Iowa State Engineers Build Cyber Security Testbed to Help Protect the Power Grid
AMES, Iowa – It’s easy to think of the electrical grid as the power plants, the high voltage lines, the transmission towers, the substations and all the low-voltage distribution lines that bring power to our homes and businesses. An attack on that grid…
IMAGINiT Technologies Extends Reality Capture Services with Pix4D Partnership
OWINGS MILLS, Md., June 16, 2015—Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announces that its IMAGINiT Technologies division is partnering…
Engineers Now Understand How Complex Carbon Nanostructures Form
COLUMBIA, Mo., April 15, 2015 – Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are microscopic tubular structures that engineers “grow” through a process conducted in a high-temperature furnace. The forces that create the CNT structures known as “forests” often are unpredictable…
“Pulse of Engineering” Study Reinforces Idea That Pace of Engineering Is Accelerating, Engineers Are Tasked to Do More with Less
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Mar. 5, 2015—Which issues cause the biggest headaches for today’s engineers around the world? According to a new global study by business information provider IHS, (NYSE: IHS), the pressure to work faster, the threat caused by institutional…
SKF Examines the Future of Industry with New Thought Leadership Report
Gothenburg, Sweden, Feb. 4, 2015—SKF, in partnership with industrial technology experts and academics from across the globe, has released a new thought leadership report focusing on the future of manufacturing and engineering. The document, entitled ‘Power…
