The Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill
In 2008, the energy company BP received a permit to drill a subsurface oil well in the Gulf of Mexico called the Macondo well. For this project, BP chartered the 10-year-old rig Deepwater Horizon from its owner, Transocean. Halliburton was responsible for cementing work ...
The September Ethical Dilemma: Ethics Complaint
During the rendering of services to Client B on this project, the state board of professional engineers contacts Charles regarding an ethics complaint filed...
Riddle Me This: Two Trees and An Island
We beLEAF that you can pass this month's quiz! Here's the September 2021 Pop Quiz for Engineers. Are you smarter than an undergraduate?
Riddle Me This: Two Trees and An Island
How can you use the rope as a means to get to the island in the middle of the lake?
Why the U.S. Isn’t On the Metric System
Try ordering a 113.3981-grammer burger at your local McDonald’s or Burger King. And then don’t be surprised when they don’t understand your order! That’s because the United States has not yet fully adopted the metric system. As a result, most U.S. citizens are not familiar with it ...
The Baldwin Hills Dam Disaster
Constructed during and immediately after World War II, the Baldwin Hills Reservoir was intended to provide a reserve supply of safe water for people living in the Los Angeles area in case of emergency. The dam, built between 1947 and 1951 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ...