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.
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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Engineering
Artificial intelligence-powered large language models (LLM) need to be trained on massive datasets to make accurate predictions—but what if researchers don't have enough of the right type of data?
Sep 22, 2025
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Engineering
An EPFL Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering has developed a device that significantly dampens the flow-induced vibration caused by rotating parts, such as those in boat propellers, turbines and hydraulic pumps. His device ...
Sep 19, 2025
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Engineering
Soil liquefaction can be a major threat to the infrastructure and built environments in an earthquake-prone area. This happens due to substantial loss of soil stiffness and strength due to applied stress. Loose, moderately ...
Sep 12, 2025
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Engineering
As extreme wind events are becoming more intense across New Zealand and the Pacific, roofs are often the first point of failure. But they remain one of the most overlooked elements in discussions about resilience and safety.
Sep 9, 2025
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