Architecture and Construction

As earthquakes take their toll, Virginia Tech engineers look at enhancing building designs

Finley Charney (http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php do=view&content=0&apps=2&level=2&id=17&pid=e0577ab728bb4dee2bd802ecb54abd3f), a structural engineering…

‘Shaky’ Plan: Quake Experiments May Lead to Sturdier Buildings

To help find an answer, Johns Hopkins researchers have been awarded a three-year $923,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how seismic forces affect…

As Earthquakes Take Their Toll, Engineers Ehnance Building Designs

Finley Charney, a structural engineering associate professor in the civil and environmental engineering department, and Mahendra Singh, the Preston Wade…

Urban aspirations – a laboratory

In a new research project “Urban Aspirations in Global Cities”, headed by Peter van der Veer, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of…

Minneapolis disaster spawning new concepts in bridge research, testing and safety

When testing is complete and the technology implemented, the system might allow a technician working for a day to produce a better analysis of a bridge’s…

Small materials poised for big impact in construction

Pedro Alvarez and colleagues note that nanomaterials likely will have a greater impact on the construction industry than any other sector of the economy,…

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