Did you know the U.S. National Earthquake Information Center logs the measurements of 20,000 earthquakes around the globe each year—approximately 55 a day? A concern that most people might not ...

The Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering (COGGE), established in 2001, is the focal point within the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources for scientific, technical, and public-policy ...

An interim report from the Association of State Dam Safety Officials reports that a clear factor in the failures of two dams built in the 1920s was static liquefaction (flow) instability of saturated, ...

Luna’s research interests lie in the dynamic response of soils and liquefaction, geographic information systems in civil engineering, and advances in foundation and earthquake engineering. Wang, S., ...

National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) preliminary assessments suggest that the cause of the collapse of the National Highway 66 stretch at Mylakkadu, near Kottiyam, in Kollam is “a deep-seated ...

MONTROSE, Colo. (KJCT) - Starting Monday, Kinikin Road in Montrose will be closed to traffic between Q72 Road and R71 Road due to concerns that the hill could experience a catastrophic collapse. The ...

Which discipline in engineering is called the Ground Specialist of Engineering? Learn about the scope, leading institutions, ...

A building collapse is not just a structural failure—it is a human tragedy. Families are displaced, lives are lost, and investments are wiped out in seconds. Yet, behind every failed structure lies an ...

Botswerere Kim Dialwa stumbled upon geotechnical engineering by luck when she had to register for a course to study at university. Before then the only field of engineering she knew and wanted to ...