Dr Vincent de VIlle of Bureau Greisch de Liège gave an enthralling lecture in DIT Bolton St last night about the design and construction of the MIllau Viaduct (emblazoned on this website). The Millau Viaduct, completed in 2004, has already taken its rightful place as an engineering masterpiece and this was reflected in the turnout [...]
Let’s do this in FAQ fashion. But first be aware that some generalizations and personal opinions follow…
What is the Semester 1 Syndrome?
Simply put, it is the tendency for students, fresh into 3rd year, to put an inadequate amount of work in, and who consequently don’t perform as well as they wish.
Have you any evidence [...]
In the Presentations section of the site I’ve mentioned Edward Tufte and the art of presenting complex information. He even suggests that PowerPoint was complicit in the Challenger disaster due to its inability to convey complex information. Read an extract from his essay The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within here.
Anyway, the following [...]
The paper titled Determination of bridge lifetime dynamic amplification factor using finite element analysis of critical loading scenarios will appear in the September 2008 edition of Engineering Structures. This journal has an impact factor of 0.986 for 2007.
This paper outlines the simulations behind the dynamic interaction model which was used in the bivariate extreme value [...]
Randy Pausch, a computer engineering lecturer from Carnegie Mellon University has died. He became kown for his Last Lecture wich has been viewed by over 6 million people on video and was turned into a book - The Last Lecture, which is how I came to know him.
He was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer and following [...]