In a good start to the new year, the paper The use of predictive likelihood to estimate the distribution of extreme bridge traffic load effect has been published in Structural Safety. It was first submitted in December 2007 so it’s great that it has been given page numbers at last! It has been published in […]
The Institution of Structural Engineers‘ Supreme Award for Structural Engineering Excellence has been award to Expedition Engineering for their design of the Infinity Footbridge in Stockton-on-Tees, UK, at this year’s Structural Awards, held on Friday 9 October. You can read more about this structure here. The other awards are outlined here and are all fascinating […]
As you can see from the very scientific graph below, it is only natural that lecturers have a bad sense of humour!
Around this time of year, many students have difficulty trying to identify appropriate topics for study towards their Final Year Project. Many other third level colleges stipulate the available projects to work on but we do not do this in DIT. For the weaker students this creates a difficulty, whilst for the stronger students this […]
The rebuilding of Wexford Opera House, the first purpose-designed opera house in Ireland was completed on schedule for the 2008 autumn opera festival. The new opera house has been constructed in the town centre on the site of the old Theatre Royal, contains two theatres of differing scales. The principal auditorium accommodates 780 seats, whilst […]