>> AFTER THE RESCUE MISSION IS COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION WILL START INTO WHAT LED THE TOWERS TO CRUMBLE TO THE GROUND. >> WITHOUT QUESTION, THERE IS SOMETHING SIOERUSLY WRONG HERE. IT WILL BE SOME ...

The work performed by forensic investigation experts has always captured my interest and attention. These engineering experts are part detective and part scientist. These individuals have typically ...

Much like the crime scene investigators on the CSI TV shows, power plant investigation teams are increasingly employing forensic engineering methods to gather evidence and determine the causes of ...

FAIRFIELD Leslie Wilder calculates how much snow it takes to clog a snow blower.He determines how well the brakes worked on a bike that collided with a car. He calculates whether a ski binding was ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. On March 15, a 950-ton partially assembled pedestrian bridge at Florida ...

Over the past three decades, Jim Wiethorn has investigated hundreds of crane accidents and generated a mountain of data on what causes lifting machines to fail. Instead of hoarding that information, ...

A Florida department has hired a forensic engineer to investigate the incident at the Orlando FreeFall ride where a 14-year-old died after falling off of the ride on March 24. Tyre Sampson, 14, died ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated on April 8 to correct which elements of the project are off schedule. State Department of Transportation officials still haven’t determined a cause of the ...