List of Contributions

Yes, I believe that - as part of STEM education - people shoud learn what deflections and cracks can be exspected and which shan't. The U.K. strengthened the 'Golden Thread' (a term coined in medical treatment) for building documentation. The design engineer (EoR) needs to set up maintenance and surveillance ...

Dear Mitch, this is realy a very good NYT article with most valuable graphics! It also warns us to hastily accuse people of negligence or ignorance, but learn to understand that such events are outstanding and that human actions, reactions (or failures to act) need be understood from their individual ...

Apparently this discussion is not about strength loss of the rebars due to cold deformation but may concern torsional shear in curved beams -- or (as the reference to neutral equilibrium seems to indicate) is it about low safety against tilting of structures supported by curved beam? I agree that the ...

Hi Mitch, I'm not familiar with the extent to which the FED collects experience from outside the U.S. But certainly the international community of earthquake engineering is analyzing the disasters and publishes regularly the learnings. Cf. https://wcee.nicee.org/wcee/index.php?__cf_chl_f_tk=g9efFo ...

Languages, along with computer literacy, is one of the key element of the so-called "transferable skills", which are common to all engineering disciplines. Others are: understanding the profession, ethics (incl. willingness to serve society and the environment), ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary ...