Every engineer is going to have a bad day, but only an unlucky few will have a day so bad that it registers on a seismometer. We’ve always had a morbid fascination with engineering mega-failures, few ...

Engineering failures supply a substantial amount to discuss, but also of interest are those quirky details of why something was designed a certain way. <BR><BR>An ...

The field of engineering evolves daily. The marvels of engineering far outweigh the failures/disasters. These failures and/or disasters result when engineers and designers push boundaries by building ...

FARGO — Flood disasters are almost invariably a combination of a natural "act of God" and an engineering failure. On May 31, 1889, an 11-inch rain following an already wet spring led to the ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that has not deposited records to the Records Office. Requested by the Director of the National Science Foundation "Analysis of Cause(s) of Failure and ...

The recent floods in central Texas were devastating, leaving families and communities struggling in their aftermath. As an ...

Every engineer is going to have a bad day, but only an unlucky few will have a day so bad that it registers on a seismometer. We’ve always had a morbid fascination with engineering mega-failures, few ...

Students in Vincent St-Amour’s new Responsible Software Engineering course are analyzing case studies of software failures and exploring tools and techniques to prevent similar disasters Software ...

Harsh-environments and high-reliability engineering go hand-in-hand. Yet for aerospace, failure can mean hundreds of lives or millions of dollars lost. Read this whitepaper for critical PCB material ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expanded a probe into engine failures for Ford Motor (NYSE:F) vehicles, according to documents posted on the agency's website on Monday. The ...