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Tag: civil engineering

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1993: Technology, Science and Contradiction

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 31, 2021 · Episode: 1993 Henry Augustus Rowland: of technology, science and contradiction. Today, technology, science and contradiction.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1822: Michael W. O’Neill

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 14, 2020 · Episode: 1822 Michael W. O’Neill, and the world below the surface. Today, we go below the surface.

Tags building foundations civil engineering Mike O'Neill piers pilings soil mechanics

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2870: The Canal Du Midi

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on March 5, 2019 · Episode: 2870 The Canal du Midi. Today, coast to coast.

Tags canal civil engineering france Leonardo da Vinci Riquet

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1590: The Great Wall of China

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on October 26, 2018 · Episode: 1590 The Great Wall of China — a long and checquered history. Today, a 2300-year-old wall.

Tags artillery cannon construction civil engineering geography Han Dynasty military defenses Ming Dynasty Mongolia Qin Dynasty Robert Frost the silk road

Houston Matters

How Do Potholes Happen?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on January 5, 2018 · Houston Matters learns about the science behind the formation of potholes on our streets and highways, and we learn how the city deals with repairing them.

Tags City of Houston Public Works civil engineering Houston potholes Larius Hassen potholes Roberto Ballerini sylvester turner

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3148: Water System Rehabilitation

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on November 9, 2017 · Episode: 3148 Rehabilitating The Nation’s Aging Water System. Today, we rehabilitate.

Tags civil engineering pipes plumbing water water system

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1391: The Johnstown Flood

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 30, 2017 · Episode: 1391 The Johnstown Flood. They didn’t see it coming. Today, a dam breaks.

Tags Barton Bessemer steel Carnegie civil engineering construction disasters earth fill dams hydraulics

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1325: The Day The Dam Broke

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on March 27, 2017 · Episode: 1325 The day Mulholland’s St. Francis Dam broke. Today, an almost-forgotten catastrophe.

Tags civil engineering construction disaster expertise Los Angeles water supply San Francisquito Creek

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1299: Stability of Pagodas

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 3, 2017 · Episode: 1299 The improbable earth-quakeproof Japanese pagoda. Today, pagodas and earthquakes.

Tags architecture civil engineering dynamics Ishida power transmission lines structural design vibration

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