TheCivilEngineer.org

University-led initiative assesses mine-water district energy in Cumberland, B.C.

Cumberland, British Columbia, is partnering with the University of Victoria-led Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) initiative to evaluate a district energy system that would use wate...

PolyU deploys ai-enabled bridge inspection system across 11 Hong Kong bridges

A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has unveiled an intelligent bridge inspection system that integrates proprietary non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies with advanc...

UCI and NASA JPL link Antarctic ice loss to short-term ocean features

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory report that stormlike circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves are driving aggressive melting, with...

University of Urbino and Saipem launch GgeotherMOOC, a free MOOC on geothermal energy

The University of Urbino Carlo Bo and Saipem have launched “GeotherMOOC,” described as the first Massive Open Online Course dedicated to geothermal energy. The free, open-access program examines the...

VR, remote labs, and the future of civil engineering education

Civil engineering programs now treat virtual labs as essential. Students run structural tests, soil behavior analyses, and systems modeling from laptops with professional-grade tools. The rapid pivot...

What should countries do with their nuclear waste?

A comprehensive review from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) addresses strategies for the long-term management of nuclear waste generated by commercial reactors, with emphasis on engineeri...

Construction’s carbon footprint to double by 2050, study warns

A new global analysis published in Communications Earth & Environment warns that the construction sector’s carbon footprint has more than doubled since 1995, and, under current trends, is expecte...

Just 1% of coastal waters could satisfy a third of global electricity demand

A recent global assessment estimates that occupying merely 1 % of the world’s suitable coastal waters—defined as waters less than 200 m deep, within 200 km of population centers, and relatively ice-f...

Scientists convert waste plastics into high-value carbon materials

Researchers from Shenyang Agricultural University, the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (Chinese Academy of Sciences), and South China University of Technology have demonstrated that waste pl...

Space-based data-centres engineered for orbit with new construction techniques

A specialist in-space construction firm has announced plans to build “massive data centres” in orbit, leveraging modular assembly and space logistics to address terrestrial data-centre constraints. T...

News

News