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 ...

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 ...

Future engineers need a greater understanding of past failures — and how to avoid repeating them — a Louisiana-based nonprofit said to mark Tuesday’s 18th anniversary of the deadly, catastrophic levee ...

Insight into Hurricane Katrina told by those who lived through it. How systemic failures from local and national government agencies helped throw the disaster into overdrive. How responses to national ...

Bad leaders, a complacent crew and maintenance cost-cutting by the Navy contributed to a series of engineering failures on the USS Boxer that prevented the ship from going to sea for more than one ...

The story of SRAM's Advanced Development team, and how sometimes the products the public never sees are the ones which shape the future When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The collapse of the Arecibo Observatory in 2020 resulted from a confluence of factors, including Hurricane Maria's damage, an unprecedented engineering failure involving spelter sockets, and a failure ...

Contemporary businesses work in a world where uncertainty is the order of the day. Due to unexpected downtimes to a domino ...

If there's one area of cycling I love in a disproportionate and nerdy way, it's the rich history of innovation that stretches across the sport. The first slant parallelogram derailleur, the first aero ...