Sustainable structural engineering integrates durability, safety, and environmental performance in the design, assessment, and rehabilitation of civil and mechanical infrastructure. Methods include probabilistic lifetime design, seismic and shake-table testing, and performance evaluation of materials such as precast concrete, cold-formed steel, ultra-high performance concrete, and 3D-printed components. Life cycle assessment and AI-driven optimization support decisions on material reuse, modular construction, and clean-energy systems, aiming to reduce global warming potential while maintaining structural reliability and resilience under extreme loads and degradation.
Engineering
A new form of 3D-printed twisting metamaterial which can mitigate the effects of impact could lead to improved crash protection for vehicles in the years ahead.
Oct 24, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
According to Statistics Norway, an average of approximately 1,100 detached houses have been demolished each year in Norway over the course of the past decade. However, only 7% of the wood from these buildings was recycled.
Oct 23, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers at the University of Manchester are developing pioneering technology to harness powerful wind in railway tunnels, turning them into renewable energy power stations.
Oct 22, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Last year, wind energy accounted for 23.2% of all energy injected into the Spanish electricity system, according to data published by Red Eléctrica in its latest 2024 report. Although wind power leads national energy production, ...
Oct 15, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Waiting until water damage occurs is expensive. But it also doesn't make financial sense to replace pipes too early. We looked into the best time to do it.
Oct 13, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
SUTD researchers have developed a streamlined life cycle assessment method that makes environmental evaluation faster, cheaper, and more accessible to product designers without compromising reliability.
Oct 9, 2025
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers from TU Delft, a partner of the SUDOCO project, in collaboration with the Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory of Golden (U.S.), have developed a new open-source ...
Oct 8, 2025
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Software
A Cornell doctoral student has developed an open-source software package that could transform how engineers design floating offshore structures for renewable energy and other ocean applications.
Oct 8, 2025
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Engineering
Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Software
Time and again, unexploded aerial bombs from the Second World War need to be defused or detonated in controlled explosions. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI are working ...
Oct 1, 2025
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