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When Vicki Colvin joined Louisiana State University as dean of its engineering college, she was immediately struck by the school’s vast Patrick F. Taylor Hall, one of the largest freestanding engineering buildings in the U.S....
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For Roni Deitz, this work is personal. She grew up in New Jersey, so Deitz had never experienced a major hurricane. Then Hurricane Ike stormed ashore the Texas coastline in 2008, while she was an engineering student in Houston. “I...
Philadelphia can claim a variety of firsts — from where the first general-purpose digital computer was built to being home to the country’s first botanical garden. Let’s add another one: Hosting the inaugural Cesium Developer Conference, an event that brings...
Leopold Bloom, the protagonist in James Joyce’s Ulyssess, famously quipped that a “good puzzle would be to cross Dublin without passing a pub.” Nearly a century later, Rory McCann solved the puzzle. The software developer and open data enthusiast has...
Ezzat Sabry hung up the phone call, overcome by excitement and pride. Geomatex, an Egyptian geo-intelligence firm where he serves as founder and managing director, had just been selected to help overhaul the legendary sound-and-light show at the Pyramids of...
Karl-Alexandre Jahjah is nearly impossible to catch off guard – or to outrun. He, where quick thinking means survival and glory. He also runs marathons, including one less than a year after rupturing his Achilles tendon. That mindset – face...
We’re only halfway through 2025, yet we’ve already brought you stories from around the world about how AI and digital twins are transforming the way we design, build, and maintain the infrastructure around us. From flood-proofing the bustling streets of...
Nothing is certain except death and taxes, the cliché goes. But even taxes come with surprises—like the cost of crumbling infrastructure. “When we fail to invest in infrastructure, that’s a hidden tax we pay today,” said Tom Smith, executive director...
The Premier League is known as the Greatest Show on Earth, and it’s not just hype. The English soccer competition has a worldwide TV audience of around 3.2 billion people, from fans in Los Angeles who rise before dawn to...
A major economic shift is underway: the rise of artificial intelligence. From tools like ChatGPT to AI-driven infrastructure maintenance, the rapid adoption of AI is poised to reshape how we work and how society operates. Although we’re still in the...
