Leveling Metrication

Structural Engineering: NASA Looks to Roller Coasters in Devising Launch Pad Evacuation System

Flood Warning System for the Sutlej River in Remote Northern India
Through a collaborative effort of the Central Water Commission (CWC) of India, the U.S. Agency for International Development (which provided funding for the project), Riverside Technology,...

Metrication Matters

Short Takes: Online Course Explores GIS Application to Water Systems

Policy Briefing: Tsunami Warning and Education Act Becomes Law

Structural Engineering: Diagonal Grid Dome to Crown Scotland's National Arena

Analytical Solutions for Coupled Reactive Transport Equations
Modeling the transport of reactive contaminants is one of the key challenges faced by groundwater engineers worldwide. Specifically, problems involving the transport of sequentially decaying...

CoreBits: Industry News — Special Report on Geosynthetics; IFAI Expo 2008 to be Promoted Internationally; Basham Joins FMSM Team; Save the Bay Center from IBP; Smartec SA Develops Structural Health Monitoring System; Texas A&M University Announces Lecture; GeoStructures Adds ASCE Members to Staff; Call for Abstracts: 15th Annual Great Lakes Geotechnical / Geoenvironmental Conference, May 9, 2008, Indianapolis, IN.

Water Resources: Drought Spurs Southeastern Utilities to Conserve Water, Seek New Supplies

NewsBriefs: NASA Converts to Metric Units for Its Next Moon Mission (SPACE.com)

NewsBriefs: European Union to Allow Only Metric Products (U.S. Department of Commerce)

NewsBriefs: Test of Tsunami Warning Buoy a Success (Science Applications International Corporation)

NewsBriefs: China to Monitor Traffic and Tolls With RFID (Intelligent Transportation Society International (Intelligent Transportation Society International)

Structurally Enhanced Foundations: A Functional Solution to Thaw Strain in Frozen Sand and Gravel
Some building sites with perennially frozen soil profiles are developed using nonelevated, conventional-appearing foundation systems. These sites consist of frozen sands and gravels and...

NewsBriefs: Underwater Laboratories Use Telecommunications Infrastructure (British Broadcasting Corporation)

Historic Preservation: New Drainage System, Structural Improvements Stabilize Historic Virginia House

Challenges in Drinking Water Distribution Systems Security Modeling
This paper is on challenges in drinking water distribution systems security modeling connected to OCMS, addressing research and practical issues coming-out from two recent activities which...

2007 Honors and Awards: Charles Martin Duke Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Award

Drinking Water Distribution Systems: A Dual-Use Vision for Implementing an Environmental Observatory for an Engineered System
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7, has been tasked as the lead federal agency in protecting water infrastructure in the U.S....

 

 

 

 

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