I grew up in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, a small French-speaking town in Québec, Canada. In Québec, almost all the electricity (close to 97%) comes from hydroelectricity due to its extensive freshwater ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - Fort Worth District Geotechnical Engineer Brian Brasher received the Modern-Day Technology Leader Award, at the 30th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards' Science, Technology, ...

Seminar abstract: The Millennium Tower is a 58-story reinforced concrete building that was constructed in San Francisco, California between 2005 and 2009. The tower is founded on an embedded, ...

The geotechnical engineering program at the University of Nevada, Reno has evolved over a period of years, which is a reflection of the hard work and dedication of its well-respected faculty members.

Over the course of his career, Chatterjee has worked in several different areas associated with geotechnical engineering. He has experience in heavy industrial onshore and near-shore oil, gas and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

All facilities are built on, in, or with earthen materials: soils, rocks, and systems thereof. The Ph.D. Program in Underground Science and Engineering at Northwestern pioneers new knowledge, ...

Q: How did your name direct your career path? A: I was named after my Uncle Roch (editor’s note: pronounced “Rock”). Actually, my dad is a geologist and when I was little he would take me out with him ...

Adel Hanna: “When buildings collapse or lean, the problem usually isn’t the concrete. The problem is the ground.” Geotechnical engineers focus on the design and construction of foundations — among ...

The graduate program in geotechnical engineering and geomechanics encompasses a broad spectrum of topics focused on the behavior of soil, rock, geosynthetics, and other porous media. Emphasis is ...