FEATURE ARTICLE ARCHIVE
February 2012
Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Engineers Week is among the oldest of America’s professional outreach efforts.
January 2012
Timmons Group is pleased to announce that on December 15th, VDOT and Chesterfield County officials celebrated the opening of the long-awaited interchange on Interstate 295 at Meadowville Technology Parkway.
December 2011
The first nuclear power plant being considered for production of electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets may really look like it came from outer space…
November 2011
Today a lot of jurisdictions and school districts of all sizes have at least one synthetic turf field if not more, with many of these fields coming to the end of their lifespan.
October 2011
University scientists and engineers are more likely to produce inventions and patents if they work in an environment where management supports and encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and commercialization…
September 2011
Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technology with the potential to dramatically alter the air-cooling landscape in computing and microelectronics.
August 2011
Over time, plants have evolved to adapt to a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. Unfortunately, they are facing a new and difficult challenge ahead.
July 2011
The American Physical Society has released a new assessment — Direct Air Capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) with Chemicals — to better inform the scientific community on the technical aspects of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.
June 2011
The Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Engineering has again provided a glimpse into the future of engineering with their Senior Design Expo 2011…
May 2011
An environmentally friendlier method of separating oil from tar sands has been developed by a team of researchers at Penn State.
April 2011
Large wind farms are being built around the world as a cleaner way to generate electricity, but operators are still searching for the most efficient way to arrange the massive turbines that turn moving air into power.
March 2011
Researchers from the University of Virginia’s (U.Va.) School of Engineering and Applied Science, along with collaborators at the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, are leading a project to evaluate a risk assessment model…
February 2011
Engineers Week 2011, February 20-26, will be led by Raytheon Company and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
January 2011
The greatest piece of material evidence regarding the sinking of the Titanic—the wreck itself—may soon be lost…
December 2010
Airplanes do not look much like birds, unless you were to imagine a really weird bird or a very strange plane, but should they?









