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Why do buildings fall in earthquakes?

Earthquakes have always been a terrifying phenomenon, and they’ve become more deadly as our cities have grown — with collapsing buildings posing one of the largest risks. But why do buildings collapse in an earthquake? And how can it be prevented? Vicki V. May explains the physics of why it is not the sturdiest buildings, but the smartest, that will remain standing.

Subjects:: Building and Real Estate and Disaster Control and Management
Keywords:: Building failures -- Prevention Earthquake resistant design Earthquake engineering Buildings -- Earthquake effects
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Urbanization and the future of cities

About 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers, aided by rudimentary agriculture, moved to semi-permanent villages and never looked back. With further developments came food surpluses, leading to commerce, specialization and, many years later with the Industrial Revolution, the modern city. Vance Kite plots our urban past and how we can expect future cities to adapt to our growing populations.

Subjects:: Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate
Keywords:: Cities towns -- Growth City planning
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Are Electric Cars Really More Environmentally Friendly?

Some people say that buying an electric car is a great way to fight climate change - but if they use electricity that is made by burning fossil fuels, are they really more environmentally friendly than gas powered cars?

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Transportation
Keywords:: Electric vehicles Electric vehicles -- Environmental aspects Automobiles -- Environmental aspects
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The Future of Earthquake-Proof Buildings

Earthquakes are almost impossible to predict. Luckily, engineers have come up with some amazing ways to protect people the next time one might strike.

Subjects:: Building and Real Estate and Disaster Control and Management
Keywords:: Building failures -- Prevention Earthquake resistant design Buildings -- Earthquake effects
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These Smart Roads Could Change the Future of Driving

From self-healing asphalt to electrified roads, technology is steering the future of driving along some exciting new paths!

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Transportation
Keywords:: Traffic safety Roads -- Technological innovations Automobile driving
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What is Solar Power?

What are solar cells, and how do they work? Find out more about solar power - and learn how this renewable resource harnesses the power of the sun into usable energy.

Subjects:: Environmental Engineering and Building Services Engineering
Keywords:: Solar energy Renewable energy sources Photovoltaic power generation
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Renewable Energy 101

There are many benefits to using renewable energy resources, but what is it exactly? From solar to wind, find out more about alternative energy, the fastest-growing source of energy in the world—and how we can use it to combat climate change.

Subjects:: Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: Renewable energy sources
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Are Electric Planes Possible?

Can renewable energy be adopted to aviation transportation industry? Can our giant planes powered by batteries? This video discusses some possibilities.

Subjects:: Environmental Engineering, Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, and Transportation
Keywords:: Renewable energy sources Energy storage Airplanes -- Fuel
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The Challenge of Building a Self-Driving Car

This video explores the challenges of self-driving cars and possible solutions to address the safety of self-driving technology.

Subjects:: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Transportation
Keywords:: Automobiles -- Automatic control Automobile industry trade -- Technological innovations
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How Rwanda Built A Drone Delivery Service

This video shows an interesting case study of how a drone delivery service was designed and operated in Rwanda.

Subjects:: Logistics and Enterprise Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Transportation
Keywords:: Rwa Drone aircraft Business logistics
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Designing the Perfect Airport Runway

This video discusses the technical aspects to consider when designing an airport runway.

Subjects:: Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering and Transportation
Keywords:: Airports Runways (Aeronautics) -- Design construction Aeronautics Commercial
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How to Solve the Housing Crisis

This video discusses pros and cons of building higher, from the both technical and cost perspectives.

Subjects:: Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate
Keywords:: Building -- Estimates Skyscrapers Housing City planning Tall buildings
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Why The US Military Made GPS Free-To-Use

This video explains how GPS works, security issues of GPS, and why US military GPS can be made free for use.

Subjects:: Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics
Keywords:: Global Positioning System Artificial satellites in navigation
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Why Build Higher?

This video discusses the topic of urban sprawl and the environmental and social impact if a city is expanding too fast

Subjects:: Building and Real Estate
Keywords:: Cities towns -- Growth Housing policy Buildings -- Height restrictions City planning
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Structural Analysis

These tutorials cover a range of material that, depending on where you go to school, might show up in either mechanics of materials 2 or structural analysis courses. A solid understanding of mechanics of materials is necessary to understand the topics presented here.

Subjects:: Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Structural analysis (Engineering)
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Mechanics of Materials

These 56 tutorials cover typical material from a second year mechanics of materials course (aka solid mechanics). A solid understanding of statics and calculus is necessary to properly learn and grasp the concepts of solid mechanics.

Subjects:: Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Mechanics Strength of materials
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Statics

This free online statics course teaches how to assess and solve 2D and 3D statically determinate problems. The course consists of 72 tutorials which cover the material of a typical statics course (mechanics I) at the university level or AP physics.

Subjects:: Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Mechanics Mechanics Analytic Mechanics Applied Statics
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When Trees Meet Buildings

Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures - and doing it in a more literal way than ever before. This is what happens when trees meet buildings.

Subjects:: Environmental Engineering, Building Services Engineering, and Building and Real Estate
Keywords:: Buildings -- Energy conservation Roof gardening Sustainable buildings Sustainable construction Trees in cities
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CE 414: Structural Steel Design

This video explores the behavior and design of structural steel elements according to AISC 360. Design of tension members, bolted and welded connections, columns, beams, and beam-columns based on strength and serviceability requirements.

Subjects:: Structural Engineering
Keywords:: Building Iron steel Steel Structural
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Project Management

This free online project management course teaches the methods of project planning, scheduling, and controlling. The course consists of 45 tutorials which cover the material of a typical introductory project management course at the university level.

Subjects:: Building Services Engineering and Building and Real Estate
Keywords:: Production scheduling Construction projects Construction industry -- Management Project management
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Renewable Energy 101

Are Electric Planes Possible?

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How to Solve the Housing Crisis

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