Cranes are the backbone of modern construction, but sometimes they collapse with devastating results. This video explains why crane failures happen, using historical examples to reveal the dangers of ...

The catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible was not a freak accident, but the result of systematic flaws in ...

The marvels of engineering far outweigh the failures/disasters. These failures and/or disasters result when engineers and designers push boundaries by building taller buildings, longer bridges, or ...

Each installment explores a different engineering disaster, from the sinking of the MS Estonia to the Grenfell Tower fire to the Goiânia radioactive contamination accident.

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The trip proved transformational for Miyamoto, both personally and for his privately held company. Although the firm had begun to foray into international disaster and recovery contracting in the ...

Engineering is not often billed as an adrenaline infused profession. Indeed, introducing yourself as an engineer at a party likely won’t earn you the admiring ooh’s and ahh’s that, say, a fireman, or ...

While we must continue fighting the pandemic, we cannot neglect to prevent other natural disasters and environmental calamities from wreaking havoc on our communities. Smarter engineering can help.

That combination eventually led her to an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Virginia Tech in 2016. But pursuing a doctorate seemed unlikely, she said. “I never expected to do a PhD,” ...

Brandon Runnels, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, often kicks off his undergraduate mechanics course by showing images from engineering disasters.