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What can you learn from cinnamon? Many tree species' inner bark is used to make cinnamon. Due to the labor-intensive harvesting procedure, it can take farmers over two weeks to harvest one acre of cinnamon. To harvest the cinnamon, the farmers first establish a base camp in the forest, where they cut down the trees, remove the outer bark, and then harvest the inner bark. An acre contains between 24,000 and 32,000 pounds of cinnamon, with each tree yielding roughly 77 pounds of cinnamon bark. Reference: Chinaframer #innovate #sustainability #natureinspired #whatinspiresme #technology #biomimicry #thinkoutside #nature #naturelover #engineering #chemistry #architecture

Last semester, I had the privilege of working on a research project under the guidance of Dr. Maria Koliou. I investigated the seismic performance of both new and aged wood structures, focusing on how environmental aging impacts their structural integrity during earthquakes. Using the environmental chambers at Texas A&M's Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), I simulated aging conditions on wood specimens and conducted seismic simulations on model buildings. By measuring displacement and acceleration with an accelerometer, I analyzed the structural responses to seismic forces, contributing to research aimed at safer and more sustainable building practices. This project allowed me to combine my passion for structural engineering and seismic design while deepening my understanding of resilient construction for disaster-prone regions.

Deserts not as empty spaces for colonization, partying, or nuclear experimentation, but are biomes - homes - biodiversity hotspots - transformations of culture, wisdom, history. I learned these things myself as Namibia's first biodiversity coordinator for a decade in the 1990s-2000s. Now I learn more - and so might you - from this insightful essay by Brahim el Guabli.

🔥👨🔬 I had the honor of being part of this research with colleagues from Chair of Mechanics, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering.🔥🏫 Collaborating on research in an area that is my main domain, with people I consider my scientific mentors, is extremely motivating (thanks Robert Pečenko). Moreover, when this collaboration results in a #research #paper, it is very fulfilling for me 💪🎓 . In our article, we focused on the #charring of #beech, which is the most common #hardwood species in Central Europe. The current #Eurocode EN 1995-1-2 standard sets the charring #temperature at 300 °C, especially for softwoods. This #article therefore investigates whether this temperature is also #relevant for beech. Of course, thanks also to František Wald and Kamila Cábová Horová for motivating me to further research on Fakulta stavební ČVUT v Praze, České vysoké učení technické v Praze. https://lnkd.in/e3J3kHDU

04.06.2024 Black Sea SIERRA project coordination meeting Alta Scuola ARCES has attended the Project coordination meeting within the framework of Black Sea SIERRA project (Co-funded by the EU within EMFAF-2023-PIA-FLAGSHI—Regional flagships projects supporting sustainable blue economy in EU sea basins). The gaps approached by the project refer to: - A common assessment methodology for pollutant determination (emerging pollutants, microplastics, pesticides, underwater noise, trace elements, etc.); - An identification and assessment methodology for new contaminants related to armed conflicts; - A methodology for the quantification of the armed conflict contribution to the actual level of underwater noise pollution and its impact on biodiversity (dolphins); - Identification of efficient, mobile innovative solutions for decontamination for areas affected by armed conflict-related pollution; - Identification of the methodology to establish the armed conflict contribution to bioaccumulation. Mr. Alessandro Pernice and Ms. Prof. Salvatrice Vizzini (FULL PROFESSOR at University of Palermo - Marine Sciences Department) have confirmed their interest in developing the Common Methodology Report as required by the Coordinator The National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection (INCDPM Bucharest) . We move on through the support of Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering | Ordu University (Turkey). Stay tuned:-)!

We are thrilled to introduce our Heritage Buildings Research Lead, Ivana Paunovic! Ivana has a wealth of experience in both Structural and Fire Engineering at Undergraduate and Post Graduate levels. A message from Ivana: "Delta Research and Development is in the process of starting the new fire-structural research, and we are looking forward to it! We are planning to explore what happens to different construction material properties when exposed to activated sprinklers and firefighting fire attack environments, where the construction elements are heated by fire and then rapidly cooled by the use of sprinklers/firefighting measures. More details to come in the following months!"

Everybody says Engineering is so easy that it is just like walking in a park But only Engineers know that park is called Jurassic Park”. HAPPY ENGINEER’S DAY www.shoppermb.in #HappyEngineersDay #Engineer #Engineers #engineering #engineeringlife #EngineersDay #engineer

Hot off the press! New paper published in Gondwana Research. Investigating relationships between shoreline process regime, shelf-margin architecture, and deep-water sand delivery: Insights from the early post-rift Hammerhead shelf margin (Bight Basin, southern Australia) By John Shepherd, Victorien Paumard, Simon Lang, and Annette George This paper is free to access and can be downloaded by clicking on the link below!

Dowel laminated timber (DLT) from salvaged/reclaimed timber has a considerable potential, but this also is associated with important challenges, from the relatively high processing cost all the way to the challenge of predictability of mechanical properties. We aim to address these challenges in the next two years, within an ERA fellowship grant that we recently obtained at InnoRenew CoE. #TimberConstruction #DLT #DowelLaminatedTimber #TimberEngineering #Reuse #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #BuildingConstruction #ReclaimedTimber #SalvagedTimber

And it wasn’t end of very busy Friday, because after the morning meeting I went to Politechnika Warszawska Wydział Instalacji Budowlanych, Hydrotechniki i Inżynierii Środowiska Politechniki Warszawskiej , where I also had the opportunity to discuss more about what awaits us in the near future. I looked at the laboratory spaces of the Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering once again this time with Justyna Czajkowska . We also compared experiences regarding ozonation because we both (WUT and Savonia University of Applied Sciences #WaterLAB) have this technological process in ReNutriWater. Our #MadeWithInterreg Project is all about our solutions for more sustainable water use in the Baltic Sea Region https://Inkd.in/di-Ff_5e #waterreuse #sustainablesolutions #balticsearegion #interreg