The Hudson Yards’ Creative Structural Platform
Recently, my alma mater, North Carolina State University, hosted the annual Paul Zia lecture, a distinguished structural engineering annual lecture series to highlight exceptional projects and their designers. Thornton Thomasetti presented on the Hudson Yards project in New York City. The premise of this project is fascinating because it involves development of the actual air […]
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With our Pay-As-You-Go option, you can now try out our courses for only $50, before you buy the remaining course modules. We’re so sure you’ll like what you see that there’s no obligation beyond your initial purchase. Just buy the next course module when you’re ready for it – a nice way to spread out […]
Busy as a Bee, Beaver, Bird…
A delightful new ASME video, Nature’s Best Engineering Animals, highlights some of the world’s “animal” engineers. In the opening scene shows a typical beaver dam, beavers being one of the most determined of the animal kingdom’s engineers. Here at the farm, I must be ever vigilant to foil beavers from damming up the spillway that keeps […]
Lumber Shortage Drives Up Prices
According to a Fortune Article, COVID-19 shutdowns have reduced the supply of lumber, just as folks stuck at home have increased there home improvement project. As a result, the price of lumber has gone up 134% and adding $14,000 to the cost of new home. I’ve experienced the lumber shortage first-hand at local Lowes and […]
Robots Down on the Farm
Robotic technology is changing agriculture. It is amazing what is being done with robots we normally associate with manufacturing. These changes were already in the pipeline, however Covid-19 and its requirements for a safe workplace have accelerated the application of this technology. A recent ASME Special Reports video highlighted these changes. The video runs a little over 10 […]
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Hidden Benefit of Traffic Congestion?
The human element is an omnipresent component of transportation engineering. No matter how a road is designed, we need to consider how drivers will react and behave. As congestion has decreased and roads have been more sparsely populated during COVID-19, some drivers have decided to excessively speed – putting their lives and others at risk. This is perhaps […]
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Everyone loves a bargain, and with our Pay Up Front option, you can save $200. At DTC, we realize that buying a PE Exam prep course is a major commitment in both in time and money, and we work to make sure our courses are worth every penny. “Dr Tom’s course content alone is worth […]
Will This Supersonic Jet Be the Next Air Force One?
When I was working on my BS degree in Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Tech, our senior design project was to design a supersonic business jet. It was to carry about a dozen passengers. There were 5 teams, each with a different wing configuration: straight, swept, two delta, and an ogive. Since the Concorde had a ogive wing, that […]
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL – Best Option on the Market, Hands Down
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