Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

Understanding materials, their properties and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Written for all students of engineering, materials science and ...

Engineers make things. They make them out of materials. What do they need to know to choose and use materials successfully? First, a perspective of the world of materials - polymers, glasses, ceramics ...

The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong ...

Materials Structure, Properties, and Performance. Design, identification of performance criteria, selection decisions. Mechanical behavior of manufactured articles. Performance Efficiency formalisms; ...

For decades, the construction industry followed a familiar rhythm: design came first, materials followed. The pressing need for sustainable buildings has shattered this routine. Material selection is ...

As the global community grapples with the urgent need to combat climate change, the construction industry finds itself at a critical juncture. Responsible for approximately 40% of worldwide greenhouse ...

Although new nuclear plants based on advanced designs such as the AP1000 and EPR are currently being built, there remain opportunities to make design, construction and operational improvements through ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average person spends about 90% of their lifetime inside a built environment. As a multi-disciplinary firm, we strive to design environments ...