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Flooding in the Houston area from Hurricane Harvey brought a change in thinking and policy. (Image courtesy of U.S. Army)

Storms’ rising frequency, intensity challenge flood insurance program

Hurricane season officially ends in November, but the events of 2024 will undoubtedly have a lasting impact.

What will go into inventing our future cities? Author offers thoughts

Author Michael Batty discusses not metaphorical “world building” in the novelistic or cinematic sense, but what form we as a civilization might literally invent for our future cities.

An ALERTCalifornia camera in Cohasset, California, captured this view in July of the approaching Park Fire, the state’s largest wildfire of 2024. (Image courtesy of ALERTCalifornia, University of California San Diego)

Artificial intelligence detects fires early, protecting people and infrastructure

AI-powered systems like ALERTCalifornia, Pano Rapid Detect, and FireSat are helping reduce fire-detection times around the world.

The Helene-induced flooding in Asheville, North Carolina, in September is the kind of scenario “we are seeing more and more often.” (Image courtesy of Billy Bowling, Environmental Protection Agency)

With the 100-year flood model seemingly obsolete, what now?

Engineers today use the 100-year storm model to understand the risks that an engineering system might fail due to flooding.

Brightline high-speed rail train between L.A. and Las Vegas

On the fast track: High-speed rail line will connect L.A., Vegas by 2028

Brightline says its fully electrified high-speed trains can top 200 mph and make the 218-mile journey between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles metro area in two hours.

How artificial intelligence can speed up transportation engineering

Artificial intelligence is transforming transportation engineering through advanced algorithms that optimize traffic flow and monitor infrastructure.

Responding to climate change requires flood models with greater responsiveness and speed. (Photograph courtesy of iStock.com/wacomka)

Can artificial intelligence help keep infrastructure high and dry?

Artificial intelligence offers civil engineers new tools for predicting flood damage. AI-generated flood models can rapidly consider multiple scenarios developed from enormous volumes of data.

Radiative cooling technologies offer solutions to extreme heat

Radiative cooling (a form of passive cooling) is a process that can dissipate heat by reflecting sunlight back into the atmosphere without energy input.

As utilities shift toward optimal data usage, AI’s innovative tools will help engineers and utility owners secure a more collaborative and reliable future for our communities. (Photograph courtesy of iStock.com/NicoElNino)

Using AI to conquer complex, costly infrastructure problems

AI could help utility asset managers solve complex problems and navigate infrastructure issues even with limited resources.

Artificial intelligence systems enable civil engineers to integrate physical and virtual environments. (Photograph courtesy of istock.com/Thx4Stock)

What do civil engineers need to know about artificial intelligence?

AI also presents new ethical issues for civil engineers to consider, from who owns the copyright of AI-generated images, to who controls the data collected or generated by such systems, to potential biases introduced into AI systems by their programmers — consciously or unconsciously

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