San Diego, Calif., June 13, 2016—A team of engineers is testing a six-story, lightweight steel-frame building on the world’s largest outdoor seismic shake table this month at the University of California San Diego. The goal is to better understand how…
Virginia Tech Water Study Team Assembles Water-Testing Kits Bound for Flint, Michigan
For people worried about bad water, testing begins at home. “The water has to rest in the plumbing for at least six hours,” said Siddhartha Roy, a…
CTDOT to Test Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System (UAV) for Bridge Inspection
As part of the CTDOT's ongoing mission to improve and evaluate its operations and to assess the usefulness and functionality of new technologies, on…
Iowa State Engineers Test Taller Wind Turbine Towers Made From Precast Concrete
AMES, Iowa, Nov. 12, 2015 – Hydraulic equipment in two civil engineering labs recently pushed and pulled at test sections of a new kind of wind turbine tower, simulating the heavy, twisting loads that towers have to withstand. In Iowa State University’s…
Siemens New ICx High-Speed Train Begins Trials
As of today, the ICx – the new high-speed train from Siemens built for German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) – is underway in Germany’s public rail network. Siemens began the train’s first high-speed trials today. Beginning with a maximum speed…
New Solutions to Concrete Testing Challenges
According to the authors of a recent article on concrete testing in ACI’s Concrete International magazine, improving the quality of concrete testing can be achieved by stressing education and quality. “Improving the Quality of Concrete Testing” discusses…
FAA Dedicates Runway Pavement Testing Facility
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today dedicated its new National Airport Pavement & Materials Research Center at the William J. Hughes Technical Center at Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The research center is a unique facility that allows FAA engineers…
Dow Evaluation of Advanced Energy-Saving Sealant for Buildings
July 1, 2015—Drafty buildings are a thermostat’s worst enemy. Leaks around windows and a multitude of other breaches in the building envelope can cause heat and air-conditioning systems to run excessively, hogging energy as it continually warms — or…
Wind River and Mathworks Integrate Leading Simulation Technologies for Advanced Model-Based Design
ALAMEDA, Calif., Apr. 13, 2015—Wind River, a world leader in delivering software for intelligent connected systems, is working with MathWorks to integrate Wind River Simics with Simulink for improved model-based design workflows. This collaboration creates…
Making ÖBB Fit for All Climes: Siemens Trains Tested in Vienna
The new Desiro cityjets for Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) are currently undergoing extensive testing in the world’s largest climatic wind tunnel at Rail Tec Arsenal (RTA) in Vienna, Austria. Capable of mimicking extreme climates that range from tropical…
