Engineering News, Part II, September 2011

This week engineers have been rappelling the Washington Monument to document any earthquake damage from the August 23rd earthquake.

In this article from The Washington Post, a civil engineer is profiled for her “difficult” work. She is part of a the four-person team inspecting the 555-foot monument.

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In May of this year, Captain Greg McWherter (SC G ’90) returned as Flight Leader and Commanding Officer of the Blue Angels.

Previously, McWherter was the Deputy for Officer Development at Naval Services Training Command. Click here to read his bio and learn more about the Blue Angels and their air shows.

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The University of Maryland has announced that Michael Pecht, a professor in the A. James Clark School of Engineering, “will be inducted into the school’s Innovation Hall of Fame for making electronics more reliable, predicting when they fail, and enabling proactive programs to maintain them successfully.”

Pecht founded the Center for Advanced Life-Cycle Engineering in 1986. Read the full press release

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