Civil Engineering CE
5990 Graduate Seminar
Thursday October 27, 4 pm, 641 Dow
Ammu Ganesan, CE Graduate student Michigan Tech, will present "Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Program-
the Mackinac Bridge"
Katie Zimmerman, CE Graduate student Michigan Tech, will present "Bridge Inspections"
Abstract:
In recent years, the condition of the infrastructure throughout the
United States has been heavily scrutinized by both the media and the
public. As the number of vehicles that utilize the transportation system
continues to increase, the state of the nations bridges decreases. A
majority of bridges within the United States are either approaching or
have already passed their 50 year design life. Since there is not enough
funding to replace all of these bridges right now, a large emphasis is
placed on the bridge inspection process. Bridge inspections are not only
performed to ease the minds of the public about their safety, but to
organize all of the bridges into a list of critical importance. This
list allows engineers to determine what bridges need funding for
immediate reconstruction or rehabilitation. Bridges lower on the list
might receive funding for preventative maintenance measures in order to
slow down the deterioration of the bridge. In the long run, bridge
inspections are very important, cost saving procedures used to monitor
one aspect of the United States infrastructure.
Public welcome.
Our seminar is archived: http://www.cee.mtu.edu/grad/CE_seminar/index.html
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