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Soil conditions challenge HSR in Singapore
- May, 15, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Underground Structures Railway Geotechnics
- Singapore
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Building the underground Singapore - Kuala Lumpur high speed rail (HSR) terminus is likely to be challenging, time-consuming and costly, mainly due to the soft soil conditions prevailing in the area,...
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Video: Do Changes in Groundwater Levels Affect Streamflow?
- May, 14, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Groundwater & Seepage
- Ozark Plateaus
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In the Buffalo National River, somebody can hear the running water and the next minute the water is gone! In the Ozarks, there are streams that disappear and reappear randomly! The ultimate...
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Video: Minor tremors from San Andreas Fault closely monitored by UC Berkeley
- May, 13, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Seismic Earthquake Reconnaissance
- UC Berkeley, CA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The increase in the frequency of low intensity tremors, originating from the San Andreas Fault, about 10 hours after the magnitude 6 Napa earthquake last August, and an observed increase in two other...
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Video: A ride inside Hudson river's Amtrak aging tunnels
- May, 13, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling Geoenvironmental Engineering
- New York USA
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
What most commuters of Amtrak trains crossing the Hudson River do not have the opportunity to see, was witnessed by U.S. Senator Cory Booker and Amtrak officials. View of the damaged from hurricane Sa...
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Salty Aquifer Discovered Under Antarctic Surface
- May, 11, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Engineering Geology
- McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Researchers from the National Science Foundation (NSF) have gathered evidence for the existence of a salty aquifer beneath Antarctica's ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys, by using an airborne electromagnet...
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Stay up-to-date with the latest versions of Measurand Software!
Measurand Inc. is glad to announce the latest versions in SAA Software! Measurand's team is continually working to improve their software and it is important for SAA users to stay up-to-date with the...
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SR 99 Tunnel nerve Centers On The Way
- May, 07, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Tunneling Foundation Design / Construction
- Seattle
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Safety and efficiency are the key factors in the construction of the SR 99 tunnel, since there will be safety requirements ensuring that it will be adequate for the volume of traffic by using lighting...
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USGS report correlates earthquake triggering to human activity
- May, 07, 2015
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Reston, Virginia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A newly released report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has for the first time attempted to establish a connection between human activities such as fracking with earthquake occurrence. Even tho...
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ARIA Provides New Look of Earth's Surface from Nepal Quake
- May, 06, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Satellite-Based Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Nepal
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
It was only a minute the duration of the earthquake of Nepal, but this minute was enough to deform the Earth's surface as we used to know! The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis project (ARIA) ena...
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2015 Shamsher Prakash prizes and awards for excellence in research, practice and teaching in Geotechnical Engineering
The Shamsher Prakash Foundation is happy to announce this year's "SHAMSHER PRAKASH ANNUAL PRIZES AND AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND TEACHING IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING.' Read on for...
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