November Pop Quiz for Engineers

KHudspeth2024-09-11T12:17:10-04:00November 8th, 2021|Categories: Engineering Fun, Pop Quiz for Engineers|0 Comments

Will your score on this month's quiz be FOWL? Here's the November 2021 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?

1November 2021

Riddle Me This: The Game Show
Riddle Me This: The Game Show

Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits

Riddle Me This: The Game Show

KHudspeth2023-06-20T10:40:42-04:00November 1st, 2021|Categories: Engineering Fun, Tuesday Tidbits|9 Comments

Choose a door out of three. Open the first to a losing door. Do you switch after?

1November 2021

The Construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge
The Construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

Tuesday Tidbits

The Construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

KHudspeth2023-06-20T10:41:21-04:00November 1st, 2021|Categories: Tuesday Tidbits|3 Comments

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of California. Initially designed by engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss in 1917, the Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco and Marin County and spans the Golden Gate Strait, which separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean ...

28October 2021

The Hartford Center Collapse
The Hartford Center Collapse

Friday Famous Failures

The Hartford Center Collapse

KHudspeth2023-06-20T10:41:54-04:00October 28th, 2021|Categories: Friday Famous Failures|18 Comments

On the evening of 18 January 1978, nearly 5,000 spectators watched a basketball game in the three-year-old Hartford Center. It was the jewel of an urban renewal program in the city of Hartford, Connecticut, and boasted the largest single span of roof ever lifted into place as a complete unit. The roof was an engineering marvel ...

18October 2021