Remember how bluebirds helped Snow White tidy up an abandoned cottage in the Disney classic? Meet Spider Drone, a quadcopter that weaves structures out of steel cables and can operate at heights unreachable by ordinary building equipment.

Read More

Filed under: Civil, e-News, e-Videos, Explore Engineering | Comments Off on Spider ‘Bot Weaves Towers

Tags: Biomimicry, Civil Engineering, construction, drones, quadcopter, Robotics, spider drone

When he was a senior in high school, Marc Edwards was sure he wanted to be a veterinarian. But after he spent a summer working with pets and getting bitten, he realized that “vets end up treating the owners more than the animals.” So he switched to civil engineering. Edwards is now a professor at Virginia Tech.

Read More

Filed under: Civil, Environmental, Explore Engineering | Comments Off on Class Acts: The Water Guy

Tags: Civil Engineering, environmental engineering

Civil Engineer

Kristen Scudder is a junior at the University of Southern California studying civil engineering with an emphasis on architecture. She is a member of a dance company and teaches ballet.

Read More

Filed under: Meet More Students | Comments Off on Kristen Scudder

Tags: Architecture, Civil Engineering