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Software
Gives Clearer Focus to Radar Images
Dimitri Grivas, professor of
civil and environmental engineering, is taking the concept
of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) above ground. Grivas is
enhancing the technology to take the guesswork out of seeing
what’s inside major infrastructure such as bridges,
pipelines, and buildings. More accurate readings could detect
dangerous material weaknesses, structural cracks, or even
embedded explosives. More
Waste
Management
The Internal Revenue Service
has has spent billions of dollars over the years on mainly
unsuccessful IT initiatives. But Mark Nelson, a management
professor in the Lally School of Management and Technology,
recommends tips that can help such a huge organization streamline
processes, increase efficiencies, potentially save billions
of dollars, and prevent a cycle of multiple IT failures.
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Risk
of Future Exxon Valdez Disaster Declines
The danger of a future Exxon
Valdez disaster in Alaska’s Prince William Sound has
declined substantially since the state of Alaska, environmentalists,
oil companies, and the fishing industry brought together
a risk management team, according to a study in a journal
of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management
Sciences (INFORMS). More
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The
National Academy of Engineering and Rensselaer are co-hosting
a Symposium on Biotechnology featuring some of the biggest
names in the field. The symposium is free and open to the
public. It begins at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, in room
308 of the Darrin Communications Center. 
