Bridges have always been one of the most awe-inspiring marvels of engineering. However, in the last few decades, record-breaking structures have redefined bridge building and taken it to a new level.

Lectures and readings focus on bridges, railroads, power plants, steamboats, telegraph, highways, automobiles, aircraft, computers, and the microchip. Historical analysis provides a basis for studying ...

Students in Amanda Bao’s dynamics lab watch intently as their model skyscrapers are shaken, rattled, and rolled on a test platform. Some stand tall, others collapse. The test—understanding earthquake ...

Short-span bridges provide vital links in the nation’s infrastructure network. Yet, on average, there are 188 million trips taken across structurally deficient bridges each day. Congress is currently ...

Researchers discovered that the distance between dislocations in nanolayer interfaces of pearlite can determine how much the material can stretch or contract without breaking (ductility). The ...

LAS CRUCES — One of the highest bridges in the United States, the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, has stood proudly for 50 years. As the bridge enters its 50th year, a group of New Mexico State University ...

Danielle Schroeder, civil engineering ’17, considers herself a latecomer to engineering. As a high school student, she never knew that it was a viable course of study, let alone a career option. “I ...

WASHINGTON — While truck-to-truck communication, driver training and safety have advanced the effort to hasten platooning to market, another critical aspect is looming and just may cause this momentum ...

Students in Amanda Bao’s dynamics lab watch intently as their model skyscrapers are shaken, rattled, and rolled on a test platform. Some stand tall, others collapse. The test—understanding earthquake ...