Engineering is commonly thought of in terms of specialization and branches, and there is still a tendency to equate engineering and engineers with their products instead of the underlying thinking ...

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The lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi accident have focused on preventive measures designed to protect nuclear reactors, and crisis management plans. Although there is still no end in sight ...

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For William Woodburn, a background in engineering was the perfect segue into a career in business. As founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, one of the world’s leading infrastructure ...

This posed a critical question: how could the EBE faculty improve their approach to design education to better prepare students for the complexities of the engineering world? At the time, Dr Amit ...

The Golden Gate Bridge, the longest suspension span in the world when it was completed, in 1937, is widely recognized as an engineering marvel and a symbol of technology in harmony with its ...

True plug-n-play is the holy grail manufacturers strive to attain when systems must work with each other. The ideal scenario lets users take a device out of the box, plug it in, and start using it.