The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the Economic Fate of Cities By Austin Troy. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2012.

The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build A Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch By Thomas Thwaites. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Concrete Planet: The Strange and Fascinating Story of the World's Most Common Man-Made Material By Robert Courland. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2011.

Business at the Speed of Now: Fire Up Your People, Thrill Your Customers, and Crush Your Competitors By John M. Bernard. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

The Future of Engineering Licensure

Senate, House Pursue Divergent Approaches to Reauthorizing Surface Transportation

Cagelike Frame Will Support Shanghai Tower's Twisting Curtain Wall

One of the tallest hospital buildings in the world will soon undergo a dramatic face-lift. Guy's Tower opened in 1974, and its height of 143 m has made it a prominent feature in the London borough of Southwark...

Colorado City Plans Enhancements to South Platte River

The Sea Tree, proposed by the architecture firm Waterstudio.NL, of Rijswijk, the Netherlands, is a floating structure that can be anchored in the harbors of large cities or in rivers, lakes, and other offshore sites...

California Plans up to $17 Billion in Flood Protection Improvements

Light-Rail Line in Southern California Offers Alternative to Driving

Consulting and Design Engineering Lead Uptick in U.S. Water Industry Growth, Report Says

Project to Support Massive Artwork Boulder Will Have 'One Chance to Get It Right'

NewsBriefs: Artwork Shines Spotlight on Sea Level Rise (www.bbc.co.uk)

NewsBriefs: Engineers Transform Invasive Plant into Helpful Carbon (www.theengineer.co.uk)

NewsBriefs: Volcanic Eruptions May Be Predicted Decades in Advance (BBC)

NewsBriefs: Deeper Understanding of Spider Silk, Webs May Lead to New Building Designs (MIT and The Christian Science Monitor)

NewsBriefs: Which European Towers Now Lean the Most? (New York Times)

NewsBriefs: Institute Develops Robots to Work in Most Grueling Climates (Popular Science)

 

 

 

 

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