An innovation from University of Wisconsin is impressive not only for its ability to make buildings better resistant to earthquakes, but also for its simplicity. A new design of fiber-reinforced ...

I’m going to put this as gently as possible: 3D printing entire buildings, right down to the fixtures, doesn’t make a ton of sense yet. It’s an exciting vision of the future, of course, but it’s also ...

A team of students from UB’s Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering won first place in an international competition involving ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), a class of ...

A recent series of dynamic tests demonstrates that there are several types and doses of steel-fiber reinforcement that can be used in performance-based seismic design of coupling beams—headers that ...

Dapped‐end beams, featuring a reduced or notched termination, are widely implemented in reinforced concrete structures, particularly in precast systems where construction efficiency is paramount. The ...

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) announced the winners of the organization's 2021 Engineering Student Design Competition - known as the Big Beam Competition. The national competition, ...

After years of virtual classrooms and online courses, September 2022 marks the restart of the new normal. We find students returning to classrooms, pencils sharpened, and brand new foundations in ...

New research shows steel I- and T-sections inside concrete beams can offset shear loss from web openings—enhancing safety in ...