The Minnesota State Fair is underway! Visit CSE exhibitors UMNCEGE & Earth and Environmental Sciences, UMN-Twin Cities in UMN Central bldg to learn area topography and make your own concrete coaster! Plus, Physics Force @ 10:15 & 1:15 in Dan Patch Park #umnonastick

Let’s do this. Take a break from eating and come see UMNCEGE today to make a concrete coaster.

We have a tenure-track faculty search in structures. UMNCEGE is a fantastic place with incredible lab facilities. Come join us at Minnesota!

Career opportunity: The U of Minnesota – Twin Cities Dept of Civil, Enviro, and Geo-Engineering has a new faculty position in structural engineering: bit.ly/3TqdN1Z #earthquake #engineering #MASTLab

Prof. Lauren Linderman's #research group works on a variety of projects, including Developing Sensor Technology for Wild-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Resilience. How're they determining if water pipelines are being contaminated by #wildfires? Learn more! blogs.oregonstate.edu/wildfireresili…

3 years ago we built an interdisciplinary team to study wildfire impacts on water infrastructure. Yesterday we deepened that collaboration! Thank you Sloan Foundation for supporting this work and the amazing students working on it. @L_M_Ellsworth Brad Wham Lauren Linderman Jenna Tilt.

Voting is NOW OPEN! 🗳️ After more than 10,000 name ideas were submitted, we’ve narrowed the list down to 60 finalists—and now it’s time to pick your favorites! mndot.gov/nameasnowplow

Exciting to see what my colleagues in UMNCEGE and around University of Minnesota think are key issues in mobility.

It’s that time of year when the number of exams in the grading pile seems to defy physics.

Load testing culverts down in district 6 with UMNCEGE UMD Swenson College @thenauceias

The ‘pi-athletes’ buddy group successfully completed the YWCA Triathlon! Members include faculty from UMNCEGE UMN Mechanical Engineering

Another fantastic day of fieldwork UMNCEGE Center for Transportation Studies (CTS), UMN

For the next two weeks we will test water infrastructure in WUI fire conditions with Fire Safety Research Institute. The results of the tests will inform mechanisms of water contamination during a wildfire. Sponsored by Sloan Foundation. PIs from CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 Engineering - OSU UMNCEGE

One theory for the cause of water contamination after a WUI fire is the backflow of ash and soot due to negative pressure. This is one of the theories we have been testing at Fire Safety Research Institute for the last week! Engineering - OSU CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 UMNCEGE. Funded by Sloan Foundation

A recent CTS webinar explored how the preservation of Minnesota's bridge infrastructure is getting a boost from technology, including sensors & drones: cts.umn.edu/news/2023/sept… U of M Research UMNCEGE College of Sci & Eng MnDOT Research & Innovation Lauren Linderman

We were very fortunate to collaborate with Fire Safety Research Institute. We added water infrastructure components to examine different mechanisms of water infrastructure damage during wildfires that may contribute to contamination. Research funded by Sloan Foundation. Brad Wham Lauren Linderman

Here is how a seismic isolator (lead rubber bearing) performed during the 4/03 Hualien earthquake in Taiwan, providing real-world insight beyond experimental testing. (Video: Taiwan Matsuzawa Co. Ltd) To explore seismic isolation further, read my op-ed: theconversation.com/buildings-left…

Another fantastic day of field work to evaluate our existing culvert inventory with UMNCEGE UMD Swenson College @thenauceias and help from Center for Transportation Studies (CTS), UMN MnDOT Research & Innovation

Should MN design procedures be amended to have less conservative ice-loading parameters for bridges over smaller rivers? SAFL researchers & collaborators are measuring river ice across the state and comparing ice parameters to actual ice loading at 2 bridges for 2 winters ☃️☃️