Seattle, Wash. — DemandStar, the online network connecting government procurement officers with local and national suppliers, has signed nine new agencies in August, allowing these agencies, including a public hospital and school districts, to easily post and promote bids. Local businesses are now automatically made aware of these new opportunities and are able to submit […]
Structures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking is a new type of structures textbook written for those who prefer to learn about buildings using hands-on, creative problem-solving techniques. Instead of focusing only on formulas and diagrams, this book teaches concepts before calculations and how principles of structural and material behavior can be applied to the design of […]
AUBURN, AL – Soy flour could soon replace petroleum—at least in adhesives used in the manufacturing of particleboard. Professor Brian Via of the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences has obtained a patent that will allow soy flour to replace petroleum-based adhesives traditionally utilized to manufacture wood components in particleboard, an engineered wood […]