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Failure of Engineered Facilities: Academia esponds to the Challenge
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In response to requests, ASCE is taking a leadership role in the prevention of failures of engineered facilities. The Technical Council on Forensic Engineering Education Committee recently completed a survey of Civil ...
Love Canal Tragedy
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The purpose of this environmental failure case study paper is to provide educational materials for environmental engineering courses dealing with design and operation of landfills for hazardous waste. In 1978, it was ...
<i>Cryptosporidium</i> Outbreak (Water Treatment Failure): North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Spring 2001
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis occurred in the town of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada in the spring of 2001. The outbreak left thousands of people sick including about 50 people hospitalized. The source of the ...