University of Florida research study adds new twist to previous studies of the nation's water supplies; finds that when infrastructure is included in the mix (reservoirs, dams, etc.), water vulnerability is less of a threat than previously believed.
Even in the age of social media, the closer you live to another persons, the more likely you are to be friends with them, according to a study that drew on data from the location-based social network provider Gowalla.
Roundabouts, also known as traffic circles, are increasing in number across the U.S. However, modern roundabouts are sometimes described as confusing for drivers. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer has developed a new concept for roadway illumination called "Ecoluminance" which incorporates LED lighting and vegetation.
The City of Boston is riddled with more than 3,000 leaks from its aging natural-gas pipeline system, according to a new study by researchers at Boston (BU) and Duke Universities.
The mindset that uses the extreme unlikelihood of a catastrophic event as a rationale for not taking measures before a disaster happens, factored into the risk management failures of the Fukushima Tsunami, 9/11 and other such events, but a better approach is available.
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, attention has shifted to coordination between agencies and the subsequent recovery that are part of the disaster management cycle. Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez, an assistant professor of operations and decision technologies at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, is an expert on management in humanitarian operations and has studied some aspects of the International Red Cross' relief efforts.
An engineer at The Johns Hopkins University is predicting power outages for 8 to 10 million people in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
As Hurricane Sandy makes landfall, University at Buffalo experts can discuss topics from infrastructure damage to psychological trauma in the wake of disaster.
The Physical Internet – a concept in which goods are handled, stored and transported in a shared network of manufacturers, retailers and the transportation industry – would benefit the U.S. economy and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study by engineers at the University of Arkansas and Virginia Tech University.
Transportation practices tend to be more environmentally friendly in wealthier metropolitan areas located within states that mandate comprehensive planning, new research suggests.
Uncovering the sources of fresh food contamination could become faster and easier thanks to analysis done at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC).
For airline passengers who dread bumpy rides to mountainous destinations, help is on the way. A new NCAR turbulence avoidance system has for the first time been approved for use at a U.S. airport and can be adapted for additional airports in rugged settings across the United States and overseas.
A Virginia Tech Transportation Institute researcher studies the causes of intersection vehicle collisions.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have received funding from the National Science Foundation to create distortion-tolerant communications for wireless networks that use very little power. The research will improve wireless sensors deployed in remote areas where these systems must rely on batteries or energy-harvesting devices for power.
An economically feasible way to store solar energy in existing residential power networks is the subject of an award winning paper written by two Virginia Tech electrical engineers and presented at an international conference.
New software helps in-road traffic detectors count cars more accurately -- and save city planners money.
The University of Utah created a new Center for Mining Safety and Health Excellence to help those who depend on the mining industry, university President David Pershing announced.
A ratings system developed by a group of Kansas State University researchers could keep bridges safer and help prevent catastrophic collapses. The researchers have created a bridge health index, which is a rating system that more accurately describes the amount of damage in a bridge. Additionally, the health index can extend beyond bridges and apply to other structures, such as gas pipelines, dams, buildings and airplanes.
A Tennessee Tech University alumnus' company is building robots that the U.S. Navy is testing. Developed using TTU research, robots could help repair our deteriorating infrastructure.
An analysis of the costs and benefits associated with implementing a distributed generation system to improve security and reduce a regional blackout’s impacts finds key advantages.
From solutions for urban aquaculture to new centers for Great Lakes genomics and water policy, go inside the largest academic research institution on the Great Lakes - the UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences.
Regional planning may seem sensible--even essential--but it is notoriously tough to implement. Its enemies are often local officials, who view regional planning as a threat. To succeed, planners must be just as cagey and tough as the opposition.
Sandia National Laboratories is expecting the unexpected to help the nation prepare for severe weather and figure out the best ways to lessen the havoc hurricanes and other disasters leave on power grids, bridges, roads and everything else in their path.
Sweet and biomass sorghum would meet the need for next-generation biofuels to be environmentally sustainable, easily adopted by producers and take advantage of existing agricultural infrastructure.
GTRI researchers have developed a prototype automated pavement crack detection and sealing system. In road tests, the system was able to detect cracks smaller than one-eighth-inch wide and efficiently fill cracks from a vehicle moving at a speed of three miles per hour.
The research and joint patent leading to the Minova license began in 2009 when CAER partnered with Minova on a project for the U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate (DHS). This ongoing development and deployment project for the structural stabilization of shock-damaged structures is managed by the National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS) in Somerset, Ky.
Engineers and scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working to develop powerful new decision-making and data visualization tools for emergency management. These tools aim to help law enforcement, health officials, water and electric utilities, and others to collaboratively and effectively respond to disasters.
It took only 13 seconds for Minneapolis I-35W bridge to collapse and plummet into the Mississippi River. Sabotage? Not that time, but such a scenario is indeed possible, and DHS and its partners is testing to prevent it.
Use of advanced internet technology to bring scientists and leading-edge research infrastructure together half a world apart was demonstrated today between the national synchrotron facilities of Canada and Brazil.
Levels of copper, cadmium, lead and other metals in Southern California's coastal waters have plummeted over the past four decades, which researchers attribute to sewage treatment regulations that were part of the Clean Water Act of 1972 and to the phase-out of leaded gasoline in the 1970s and 1980s.
Iowa State University engineers are working with the Iowa Department of Transportation to develop and test a comprehensive system to monitor the stresses, strains and security of bridges.
A massive slowdown in California’s population growth means the state likely won’t reach 50 million residents until the year 2046, a new USC analysis released Tuesday shows.
The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has successfully tested an unprecedented technology for containing flooding or dangerous gases in mass transit tunnels: a giant plug.
Except when an event such as the infamous 2003 blackout in the northeast takes place, the nation's electric grid isn't something most of us think much about. But, maybe we should.
The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, which links New York & Ontario, will benefit from Clarkson University research. The collaboration involves monitoring & sensor data fusion technology to improve performance; cross-border Internet & communication technologies; & small business development.
High levels of Internet connectivity in South Korea underlie amplified public attention to ecological risks of a major new high-speed railway tunnel project forcing it onto the national agenda.
The current fracture control plan for bridges was developed in the 1960s and has not kept up with advances in materials and computerized system analysis. Researchers from Virginia Tech and Purdue are developing an improved method to determine the structural consequence if brittle fracture occurs.
In recent decades, population growth and scarcity of undeveloped metropolitan land have changed urban land use patterns and placed an increasing number of people and infrastructure in areas susceptible to topographic effects during earthquakes.
A technology being developed as a solution to the historic problem of acid mine drainage could also have applications for the newest environmental challenge: hydraulic fracturing of Marcellus Shale.
Study of 2010 Census numbers.
A new report from the Global Information Industry Center at the University of California, San Diego examines the projected disconnect between U.S. wireless infrastructure capacity and consumer demand. According to “Point of View: Wireless Point of Disconnect,” wireless use is growing rapidly and if present trends continue, demand will often outstrip capacity, causing congestion.
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $8 million over five years to the DataNet Federation Consortium, a group that spans seven universities, to build and deploy a prototype national data management infrastructure. About half the award will support research and development at UNC.
Energy industry claims of jobs created by the TransCanada Corporation Keystone XL Pipeline are inflated at best and misleading at the worst, according to a new report by Cornell University’s ILR Global Labor Institute. Corporation Keystone XL Pipeline are inflated at best and misleading at the worst, according to a new report by Cornell University's ILR Global Labor Institute.
A Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher has developed an app that can help captains of commercial fishing vessel and other small boats better and more safely maneuver their craft in water.
Helicopters that service the drilling platforms and vessels in the Gulf of Mexico crash on average more than six times per year resulting in an average of 5 deaths per year.
In the 10 years since Sept. 11, engineers like University of Texas at Austin Professor Eric Williamson are designing structures and transportation systems that are more resistant to attacks.
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