Archive for August, 2003

Row, row, row your concrete boat

Wednesday, August 6th, 2003

Texas A&M civil engineering students design, build, and race canoes made of concrete.

The bridge that couldn’t be built

Wednesday, August 13th, 2003

The Golden Gate Bridge is an engineering marvel that folks said couldn’t be built.

Fuel cell cars

Wednesday, August 20th, 2003

We’ve got a long way to go before fuel cell cars are really practical — but engineers are working on it.

Zippity-Doo-Dah!

Wednesday, August 27th, 2003

Zippers are engineered to make life easier. They got their name in 1925, but the first zipper was introduced in 1893.