List of Contributions

When considering nuclear power, we tend to associate that with nuclear fission. Some potential good news is that nuclear fusion (less expensive, less hazardous, and more environmentally friendly than fission) may be a reality one of these days, according to this article: https://www.machinedesign.c ...

Some good questions, Bill. Environmentally, nuclear is probably the best form of power generation we currently have available to us. Economically, however, it is relatively expensive. ------------------------------ Michael W. Hall, PE, M.ASCE Sr. Engineer Dolese Bros. Co. Oklahoma City, OK - ...

This has been a good discussion. My thinking is yes, any professional association such as ASCE should be politically neutral. In addition to the topics debated so far, there is the matter of organizations such as ASCE acting as special interest groups, to solicit Congress for taxpayer funding of projects; ...

When I had my UAS license, the drone used was designed specifically to measure bulk material stockpile volumes; I was the one in assigned that task for my employer. It was a good use of the technology, considering the alternative was much more expensive and time consuming. ------------------------------ ...

I believe the Stakeholder Model, which concept was proposed in the linked article, is excellent - it clearly depicts the critical topics in our profession's Code of Ethics. One thing to keep in mind is that any code of ethics has as its main purpose to speak to conduct and character, which, bottom line, ...