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This article discusses the importance of reproducibility in academic research, specifically in the field of bridge engineering. The authors argue that reproducibility is challenging due to factors such as paper documentation, technology constraints, and proprietary issues. They propose implementing a policy that encourages researchers to make their data and models available to others, although they acknowledge that full reproducibility may not always be practical. To incentivize this practice, the Journal of Bridge Engineering plans to introduce a visible recognition badge for papers that provide open data, models, and codes. The authors also outline the review process for papers seeking the "Data Verified Paper" designation. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers tips on how to write an award-winning paper about engineering. According to the article, a prerequisite to writing a good paper is an in-depth understanding of the subject. This understanding should be beyond words and deep into concepts. To do this, one must have first-hand experience on the research that you are conducting.

This paper reports on a controlled experiment carried out to investigate the differences between novices and experts during the review of papers for engineering journals. A total of 17 young faculty members with PhD degrees were given instruction on the peer review process, and then had to review a short paper, for which the actual reviews were available. The quality of the reviews was assessed using criteria developed by editors of medical journals. The evidence obtained from this study helps to identify the critical areas in which reviewers fail to perform a good review, and then to develop strategies to overcome such limitations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Journal of Hydrologic Engineering is a major journal in the field of hydrologic science and engineering. It has been published for 27 years and covers a wide range of topics related to hydrology and water resources. The journal recently revised its aims and scope to reflect changes in the field, including advancements in technology and emerging areas of study. The journal publishes various types of papers, including technical papers, case studies, and state-of-the-art reviews. The review process is efficient and fair, with a typical turnaround time of 2 months. The journal encourages researchers to submit their work and also invites them to serve as reviewers. Additionally, the journal publishes special collections and offers opportunities for young professionals to join the Early Career Editorial Board. [Extracted from the article]

Reports that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) are looking for nominations for the 2006 ASCE and SEI Awards. Objective of the ASCE and SEI Honors and Awards Programs; ASCE awards based on meritorious papers; SEI awards.

Presents updates on matters related to architecture and engineering as of May 2004. Award received by John F. Donohoe, founding director of Construction Institute; Profile of civil engineer Benjamin Wright; Overview of the book "Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal," by Alfred A. Knopf.

Presents information on architectural and engineering education at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Educational programs in architecture; Information on graduate program in computational design; Educational programs in civil and environmental engineering.

This paper is designed to help readers understand the state of innovation in hydrologic research and relevant lessons from the popular literature of business. We use citations to a paper as a measure of the impact in an area of research. Looking at the citations to all papers for a given year in a journal, they follow a power-law relationship, poorly cited papers being common and highly cited papers being rare. The power law develops because the selection of papers to cite is being biased by the citations of others. Quite remarkably, the slopes of these power laws are the same from journal to journal. Research strands have a life cycle that begins with an important, paradigm-shifting paper. Early papers that also contribute to an emerging research strand are usually well cited. As the number of papers in a strand increases, their impact begins to fall off. Eventually, interest in the strand wanes and researchers drift off to the next opportunity. It is essential for scientists to understand where their research lies in terms of a growth curve and to reposition it as needed. The business literature is clear that success stems from innovation rather than copycat products, with anticipation as a necessary ingredient. Informal indications are that most research scientists are content in their mediocrity. Knowing that a research line is not impacting seems not of a reason to change it. We do not understand the reasons why. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the lack of essential understanding of asphalt foaming behavior, engineering problems such as mix design failure and unstable performance of foamed asphalt cold recycling mixtures are prone to occur. This paper develops a novel asphalt foaming performance testing system and proposes new indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of asphalt foaming. The 3D spatial coordinates of different points on the foamed asphalt surface and the height of the foamed asphalt corresponding to these coordinates can be continuously monitored by binocular ranging equipment. By analyzing these dynamic parameters, the application effect of binocular ranging technology, the expansion characteristics and dynamic evolution rules of foamed asphalt in the spatial domain are analyzed. Results showed that by a combined use of the designed binocular ranging system and new evaluation indicators, the foaming ability and post-foaming stability of asphalt can be accurately assessed by comprehensively reflecting the expansion characteristics of foamed asphalt. To achieve a more efficient mix design of foamed asphalt cold recycling mixture, the correlation between asphalt foaming indicators and the road performance of the mixture could be an important focus of the next stage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduces a series of articles on hydraulic engineering featured in the February 2002 issue of the 'Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.'

The article presents a list of papers related to hydraulic engineering including "Design of hydraulically efficient power-law channels with freeboard," "Estimating transition probabilities in Markov chain-based deterioration models for management of wastewater systems" and "Postprocessing the hybrid method for addressing uncertainty in risk assessments."

The current construction industry for civil and structural engineering is considered to be one of the growing industries in the world. With the push toward a more digitized industry, emerging trends such as additive manufacturing and the use of three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, along with consumer demand, are resulting in automated development with multiple benefits. Successful applications for small-scale construction projects that have implemented 3D printing have shown improvements in cost, production time, and design freedom and complexity. However, for large-scale applications, there are various limitations and factors hindering the adoption of additive manufacturing technologies. In this paper, a systematic literature survey of recent 3D printing technologies was conducted specific to the area of construction engineering, and the various techniques, materials, software, and technical and nontechnical aspects were analyzed. The key applications and their benefits are outlined, and their potential for large-scale applications is articulated. Future research areas for these components are suggested to strengthen the technical readiness and feasibility of adopting 3D printing technology in construction engineering and industries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The presence of convex corners will affect the earth pressure calculation, but there is a paucity of studies on calculating the ground pressure of convex corners in excavation engineering. To address this issue, equilateral convex corners are divided into two types according to the relative relationship between the side length size of equilateral convex corners and the excavation depth, and their respective earth pressure calculation model is established. The microelement static equilibrium equation is set by the horizontal layer analysis method, and then the equations for calculating active earth pressure strength, active earth pressure, and active earth pressure acting points on the equilateral convex corners are derived. The example analysis and comparative Plaxis three-dimensional (3D) finite-element verification show that the friction angle in the soil is an important factor in distinguishing between two kinds of equilateral convex corners, and the active earth pressure strength, the active earth pressure, and the acting point will be affected by the side length and rotation angle, where the influence of the side length on the active earth pressure strength is relatively small. The active earth pressure may show a variety of different variation laws affected by soil parameters. The acting point will move in both directions of the plane with the change of side length and rotation angle. The theoretical calculations of active earth pressure agree with the results of three-dimensional simulations, which may explain the rationality and practicality of the theoretical method in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a list of articles related to hydraulic engineering published in several journals, including "Dissolution of Wollastonite in a Packed Bed Contactor," by G. S. Anand and A. Sriram, "Salt River Project Canal Automation Pilot Project: Simulation Tests," by E. Bautista, A. J. Clemmens and R. J. Strand, "Treatment of Acid Rock Drainage in a Meromictic Mine Pit Lake," by T. S. R. Fisher and G. A. Lawrence, "Modeling Steel-Frame Buildings in Three Dimensions: Panel Zone and Plastic Hinge Beam Elements," by S. Krishnan and J. F. Hall, and "Optimal Reservoir Operations for Irrigation Using a Three Spatial Scales Approaches," by F. Mannocchi and F. Todisco.

Lists several research articles on hydraulic engineering. "Oxygen sag models for multiorder BOD reactions," by D.D. Adrian and E.M. Roider; "Impacts of physical and chemical heterogeneities on aquifer remediation design," by A. Aksoy and T.B. Culver; "Evaluation of a system for residential treatment and reuse of wastewater," by R.W. Babcock Jr. and D.A. McNair; "Effects of ENSO and PDO on water supply in the Columbia River Basin," by S.B. Barton and J.A. Ramirez.

Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A list of research papers and reports about engineering is presented. They include "Irregular Breaking Wave Transmission Over Submerged Porous Breakwater," "Scattering and Trapping of Wave Energy by a Submerged Truncated Paraboloidal Shoal" and "Effect of Upward Seepage on Scour and Flow Downstream of an Apron due to Submerged Jets."

Presents several papers concerning hydraulic engineering. "On modeling acoustic waves in saturated poroelastic media," by B. Albers and K. Wilmanski; "Least-cost design of water distribution networks under demand uncertainty," by A. Babayan, Z. Kapelan, D. Savic and G. Walters; "Inactivation of baccillus spores by ultraviolet or gamma radiation," by E.R. Blatchley III, A. Meeusen, A.I. Aronson and L. Brewster.

The article discusses papers in the August 2013 issue of the "Journal of Bridge Engineering" including papers related to long-span bridges, a case study on the topological optimization for the seismic retrofit of bridges and a paper on a jetty bridge structure.

The traditional approach to formulating building codes often is slow and labor-intensive, and may struggle to keep pace with the rapid evolution of technology and domain findings. Overcoming such challenges necessitates a methodology that streamlines the modernization of codal provisions. This paper proposes a machine learning (ML) approach to append a variety of codal provisions, including those of empirical, statistical, and theoretical natures. In this approach, a codal provision (i.e., equation) is analyzed to trace its properties (e.g., engineering intuition and causal logic). Then a ML model is tailored to preserve the same properties and satisfy a collection of similarity and performance measures until declared equivalent to the provision at hand. The resulting ML model harnesses the predictive capabilities of ML while arriving at predictions similar to the codal provision used to train the ML model, and hence it becomes possible to use in lieu of the codal expression. This approach was examined successfully for seven structural engineering phenomena contained within various building codes, including those in North America and Australia. The findings suggest that the proposed approach could lay the groundwork for implementing ML in the development of future building codes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A list of articles related to energy engineering is presented, including "Dispersion Modeling of Leachates From Thermal Power," by G. Singh and colleagues, "Evaluation of Membrane Processes for Reducing Total Dissolved Solid Diagnosed to the Truckee River," by E. R. Mortensen and colleagues, and "In-Place Stabilization of Pond Ash Deposits by Hydrated Lime Columns," by S. K. Chand and C. Subbarao.

The article presents information about an announcement made by the "Journal of Bridge Engineering," regarding a call for papers for an upcoming special edition focusing on fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge structures and components. The objective of the special edition is to bring together a collection of papers reflecting the state of the art in the use of FRP materials for bridge structures and components. The special edition will not include the topics of traditional bonded FRP repair and retrofit of bridge structures or internal FRP reinforcement for concrete bridges.

Presents a list of recommended articles on cold region engineering published in 2003. "Goodbye, Hazen; Hello, Kozeny-Carman," by W.D. Carrier III, published in the "Journal of Geotechnology and Geoenvironmental Engineering"; "Thermal Post-buckling of Uniform Columns on Elastic Foundation--An Intuitive Solution," by G.V. Rao and K.K. Raju, published in the "Journal of Engineering Mechanism"; "Soil Water Content Monitoring Using Electromagnetic Induction," by R.C. Reddy and B.R. Scanlon, published in the "Journal of Geotechnology and Geoenvironmental Engineering."

This study considers the content of the papers published by ASCE’s Journal of Management in Engineering, which has witnessed a growth in number of papers and breadth of participation, particularly of international origin, during the 1985–2002 period. The content is analyzed in two main dimensions: the type of subject and its composing topics, and the type of contributors to the journal. The analysis shows the evolution of the engineering management discipline as represented in the journal. Over the years the discipline has been enriched by an increasing number of contributions on corporate strategies and programs, organizational change, and cultures issues, as well as a growing interest in project management topics, such as quality planning and evaluation of alternative project delivery systems. The number of papers by practitioners, initially the largest contributing group to the journal, has declined significantly over the years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the era of automation and artificial intelligence, some problems in the petroleum industry can be efficiently solved by machine-learning models based on big data. Previous researchers have addressed truly precise methods to evaluate reserves from accessible well-test data, although enormous time, effort, and cost were required. However, due to the lack of sufficient conventional material balance (CMB) test data for a large number of wells in the Su Dong (SD) gas field, only 12 wells (0.99%) were generally suitable for previous methods. We substituted the fully built-up reservoir pressures used in CMB with those converted from shut-in casing-pressure data. Suffering from data noise caused by pressure fluctuation, only 22.91% of the plots were linear. The nonlinear plots were enhanced into linear plots by denoising and smoothening according to engineering knowledge. Machine-learning models were developed to perform the enhancement automatically, which constructed an adaptive and feasible workflow. The model improved the percentage of applicable wells to 68.16% (824 out of 1,209) and achieved considerable precision for reserve evaluation. The proposed method is much more suitable than CMB in gas fields featuring unstable production status and provides feasible reserve evaluation. This paper presents an exemplary demonstration of the combination of petroleum engineering and machine learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article lists topics for the special edition of the "Journal of Bridge Engineering," including the use of inspection results for the assessment and management of bridges and the significance of new technologies on the inspection of bridge procedures and policies.

The article presents a list of papers related to bridge engineering. The papers are: "Strengthening Timber Bridge Beams Using Carbon Fiber," by T.W. Bruell and H. Saadatmanesh, "Cost Impacts Scheduling Impacts, and the Claims Process During Construction," by M. Chester and C. Hendrickson, "Time-Variation of Scour at Abutments," by S. Dey and A.K. Barbhuiya," "Note on Chloride-Induced Corrosion of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Decks," by P. Phurkhao and M.K. Kassir and "Seismic Passive Earth Pressure in Soils," by K.S.S. Rao and D. Choudhury.

The article presents information on several articles related to hydraulics submitted to the journal. Some of the articles are: "Nonlinear Modeling of El Nino/Southern Oscillation Index," by J.H. Ahn, and H. S. Kim; "Predicting Evaporation From Bare Soil and the Crop Coefficient for the Initial Period Using Common Soils Information," by R.G. Allen, W.O. Pruitt, D. Raes, M. Smith, and L.S. Pereira; "Estimating the Removal of Anthropogenic Organic Chemicals From Raw Drinking Water by Coagulation-Flocculation," by B.D. Ballard, and A.A MacKay.

This paper addresses one of the costs of new bridges, i.e., the cost of doing the preliminary engineering (PE). This particular aspect of cost has largely been neglected because of the difficulty in obtaining appropriate data. Typically, PE costs are determined as a percentage of construction costs, disregarding other project-specific parameters. Bridge projects let by the North Carolina (NC) DOT between 2001 and 2009 were reviewed. From an analysis of these 461 projects, the writers developed statistical models linking variation in PE costs with distinctive project parameters. The primary contribution this paper makes to the body of knowledge is the finding that PE cost estimates for bridge projects are commonly and significantly underestimated. The writers found that bridge projects exhibited a mean PE cost ratio of 28%. This result is significantly greater than the percentage used in practice. An investigation of data sources related to bridge projects, a description of regression techniques applied to predict the PE cost of such projects, and an assessment of the predictive performance of models are addressed in this paper. New knowledge contributions include identification of key factors affecting the PE costs of bridges, illustration of how those key factors enabled us to predict PE costs of future projects, and discussion of the data collection problems that hindered model development. The writers' PE cost analyses and predictive modeling effort relate to infrastructure funding issues. All of the parties involved in infrastructure construction, from legislators to contractors, must understand costs and have confidence in the cost estimates developed to ensure efficient and effective funding of infrastructure projects. This paper on bridge PE costs addresses one component of infrastructure funding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the contents of the periodical "Journal of Bridge Engineering." Volume of papers received in 2003; Call for associate editors and reviewers; Reader input and feedback.