Civil Engineering

Fueling nuclear’s future: PARI lab, Orano discuss facility collaboration

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Nuclear expertise coupled with progressive structural and civil engineering applications were on display at the Purdue Applied Research Institute’s Infrastructure Innovation Lab (PIIL) during a Sept. 23 visit by officials from Orano USA, a nuclear technology company. The Bethesda, Maryland-based company is considering a partnership with this division of the Purdue […]

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High-rise structure efficiency, completion time look different thanks to SpeedCore composite modules

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Purdue engineers are taking building possibilities to new heights with the university’s role in the research and development of an innovative high-rise construction process. Amit Varma, Purdue’s Karl H. Kettelhut Professor of Civil Engineering, began work on the steel and concrete composite construction system, called SpeedCore, almost a decade ago with the technique’s creator, Ron

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