The field of engineering evolves daily. The marvels of engineering far outweigh the failures/disasters. These failures and/or disasters result when engineers and designers push boundaries by building ...

Engineering has built the most spectacular wonders of the modern world, but what happens when the technology that people trust their lives with fails? Premiering on HISTORY Saturday, April 11 at 10 PM ...

Eighty-six years after America's worst civil engineering disaster, the lessons appear painfully obvious. Engineers now know that each big project has its own set of unique challenges; there's no ...

More than 35 years later, the post-mortem on one of the country's worst engineering disasters appears to be simple. A contractor asked for a change in an original design. The change was approved by ...

An engineering expert who has investigated some of the most significant disasters in recent history says not enough is being done to mitigate potential risks for the exploratory drilling BP Canada ...

I was recently asked to teach Engineering Ethics at my university, which I haven't had the opportunity to do since graduate school. If I were to teach it, I would start with the Titan submersible ...

Why did a 72 oil-car runaway train crash, killing 47 people and levelling half a town? Was it the brakes? Also, can engineers do anything to fix a gaping sinkhole at the National Corvette Museum, so ...

Schulich collaborating to prepare for disasters The Schulich School of Engineering is collaborating with researchers to help prevent, mitigate and respond to natural disasters.