Before Wallenda Walked Tightropes, Engineers Studied Chicago Skyscrapers

It's not a flying saucer but a 360-degree viewing platform that will hover over Chicago once the construction of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by the movie director and producer George Lucas, of Star Wars fame, is completed...

Maryland County Turns to Public-Private Partnership to Meet Permit Requirements

Grade Separation Project Improves Rail, Road Safety

Utility Tests Ion Exchange Process to Comply with California's Chromium 6 Limit

San Diego Looks to Indirect Potable Reuse to Address Water Needs, Fix Waiver Issue

The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, By Walter Isaacson. New York City: Simon & Schuster, 2014

Leonardo's Brain: Understanding da Vinci's Creative Genius, By Leonard Shlain. Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2014

Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism, By Robert D. Lifset. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2014

The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science, By Armand Marie Leroi. New York City: Viking Penguin, 2014

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President's Letter: Cooperation � Ideas for the Future

Letters: To Use or Not Use Geosynthetics

Letters: When is an Article Also an Ad?

As I See It: Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance � Turning Disaster into Knowledge

GEER Response to the Oso Landslide: Documenting Perishable Details Helps Turn Disaster into Knowledge
Two months after the disastrous March 22, 2014 landslide near Oso, Washington, GEER representatives visited the affected area to gather data. This article is based on the report generated...

Dry Dams and the Dayton Flood of 1913: The Origins of Integrated Systems Engineering Concepts
This article examines the history of integrated flood protection with particular focus on the 1913 Dayton Flood....

Ground Feature Monitoring Using Satellite Imagery: How Interferometric Stacking of SAR Can Mitigate Geo-Disasters Along Transportation Corridors
Landslides, debris flows, and other types of ground movements are among the most common hazards to humans and infrastructure. According to the United States Geological Survey, annual domestic...

Applying Scanning Technology to Tunnel Inspections: Leveraging Technology to Reduce the Public Agita
A large number of transit and vehicular tunnels in the New York Metropolitan area were inundated by the tidal surge caused by Super Storm Sandy on October 29, 2012. The storm created major...

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