NEWS ARCHIVE
February 9, 2016
Virginia Tech’s Nuclear Science and Engineering Lab in Arlington, Virginia, and the U.S. Naval Academy’s newest academic program, nuclear engineering, have joined in a research and educational partnership.
February 8, 2016
The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, Mo., has announced the winners of its eighth annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition.
February 8, 2016
An important new book from The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Press, Incamisana: Engineering an Inca Water Temple investigates the engineering skill of the Inca and the importance of water in their culture.
February 5, 2016
The International Code Council (ICC) and ICC Evaluation Service (ICC-ES) had another successful year exhibiting at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) and the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS)…
February 4, 2016
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the world’s largest advocate for women in engineering and technology, joined with iRelaunch…
February 3, 2016
A team of student researchers from the Old Dominion University (ODU) Vision Lab and the Virginia Institute of Vision Analysis placed fourth in a recent worldwide competition involving sophisticated methods of separating brain stroke lesions…
February 2, 2016
A Florida State University researcher has discovered an artificial material that mimics photosynthesis and potentially creates a sustainable energy source.
February 2, 2016
ASHRAE issues invitation for public comment on revised Standard 201P.
February 1, 2016
How do you teach robotic insects to see?
By equipping them with tiny laser-powered sensors that effectively act as eyes, enabling the miniature machines to sense the size, shape and distance of approaching objects.
January 29, 2016
The International Code Council’s (ICC) theme for 2016 Building Safety Month, a public safety awareness campaign celebrated in May, is Building Codes: Driving Growth through Innovation, Resilience and Safety.
January 29, 2016
ACEEE releases comprehensive environmental ratings for vehicles.
January 28, 2016
During the holiday season, Wagman offices in Pennsylvania and Virginia collected clothing and shoes to benefit respective local area shelters.
January 27, 2016
Old Dominion University (ODU) and Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, have signed a far-reaching memorandum of understanding…
January 27, 2016
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the Woolpert-KZF Joint Venture (W-KZF JV) three task orders totaling approximately $6.95 million to support the design of a $150 million CV-22 complex.
January 26, 2016
Construction on the new five-story Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia is in full swing and a great deal of progress…
January 25, 2016
LIGHTFAIR® International’s 27-year precedent of education innovation continues with the creation and launch of the LFI IoT & Smart Lighting Forum, a new one-day series of six 60-minute sessions designed to explore the impact of Internet of Things (IoT)…
January 22, 2016
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January 21, 2016
The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, has completed the Spanish translation of its Concrete Finishing Training DVD.
January 20, 2016
Television, radio, and wireless signals ride on a cluster of frequencies in the radio band of the electromagnetic spectrum, and the band is increasingly crowded.
January 19, 2016
The Keck Futures Initiative — a program of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and National Academy of Medicine, with the support of the W. M. Keck Foundation—will award $20,000 prizes to individuals or teams who have developed…
January 19, 2016
The Clifford H. “Ted” Rees, Jr., Scholarship Foundation has announced the award of $60,500 in scholarship funds to 35 students studying to become technicians in the HVACR and water heating industry.
January 18, 2016
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has published a groundbreaking new book, Nanomaterials in the Environment.
January 18, 2016
North American Technician Excellence (NATE) has launched two new certificate exams.
January 18, 2016
ASHRAE has announced approval of Addendum d to the 2016 edition of Standard 62.1 due to be published in October.
