Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory was felled by the combination of a hurricane, an equipment failure never before seen in the annals of engineering, and an “alarming” lack of concern from engineers ...

Soluble rocks, such as limestone and dolomite, can create karst formations, including caves, gullies, and troughs, due to ...

Automation is necessary, but it can bring an "automation paradox": Speed without insight may simply propagate errors faster ...

Insight into Hurricane Katrina told by those who lived through it. How systemic failures from local and national government agencies helped throw the disaster into overdrive. How responses to national ...

Power system failure analysis and diagnostics constitute a critical field within electrical engineering, addressing the reliability and safety of the complex networks that underpin modern society. In ...

A federal report released Tuesday by the United States Coast Guard cites "critically flawed" safety practices, misleading claims, and regulatory gaps as contributing factors in the 2023 Titan ...

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster serves as a powerful lesson in engineering and aerodynamics. The collapse on November 7, 1940, stands as one of the most dramatic and instructive engineering ...