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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Herbert Hoover

The great liability of the engineer compared to men of other professions is that his works are out in the open where all can see them. His acts, step by step, are in hard substance. He cannot bury his mistakes in the grave like the doctors. He cannot argue them into thin air or blame the judge like the lawyers. He cannot, like the architects, cover his failures with trees and vines. He cannot, like the politicians, screen his shortcomings by blaming his opponents and hope that the people will forget. The engineer simply cannot deny that he did it. If his works do not work, he is damned.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, President of the US (1928-32)
Memoirs: Years of Adventure, 1874–1920, ch. 11 “The Profession of Engineering” (1952)

Sourcing, extensive notes: wist.info/hoover-herbert/77615…

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ScienceOpen

The African Journal of Engineering & Technology (AJET) is an #OpenAccess, peer-reviewed journal for the discussion and dissemination of applied research in #Engineering and #Technology — highlighting pathways for Africa's #SustainableDevelopment.

Published by the Sudanese Researchers Foundation:
🔗 scienceopen.com/collection/SRF

ScienceOpenAfrican Journal of Engineering & Technology<p><em>African Journal of Engineering & Technology</em> (AJET) is a multidisciplinary journal discussing applied research in engineering and technology.</p>
Texas Observer

"I think it’s quite feasible that many people probably would not have known they were in a flood-prone area."

New from Lise Olsen: A federally funded project at Rice University is trying to improve flood hazard detection and resilience in #Texas. We spoke with assistant professor of civil and environmental #engineering Avantika Gori. texasobserver.org/hill-country

#science#floods#flooding
Repeter wants an Ukr victory

Giant Liquid Mirrors Could Revolutionise the Hunt for Habitable Worlds universetoday.com/articles/gia

Concept art of Fluidic Telescope - FLUTE (Credit : NASA)
Universe TodayGiant Liquid Mirrors Could Revolutionise the Hunt for Habitable WorldsA team of researchers has cracked the code for building space telescopes with mirrors the size of a soccer field, not from perfectly figured glass, but from liquid floating in zero gravity! The new research reveals how a 50-metre liquid mirror telescope could maintain its optical quality for decades despite the constant slewing motions needed to observe different stars, with deformations taking years to propagate from the edges toward the centre. The idea could enable the next generation of space telescopes capable of directly imaging Earth-like planets around other stars, potentially answering the ultimate question: are we alone in the universe?
#science#engineering#astronomy
AstroPuNk

We Installed a GIANT Space Dome on a Mountain!

We drove from Melbourne to Toowoomba… via Coonabarabran (because apparently we can’t help turning a dome install into a full-blown road trip).

Stopped in Coonabarabran for a site visit on a future project — then headed to Mt Kent Observatory to install a brand new 4m Scopedome.

There were telescopes, late nights, too many servo pies, and one absolutely massive dome. Just another casual week in astro-land. 🔭🛻🌌

#Astronomy #Observatory #Scopedome #Telescope #Astrophotography #RoadTrip #Australia #MtKent #SpaceTech #NightSky #ScienceVlog #TravelVlog #Coonabarabran #StarStuff #SpaceNerds #Stargazing #Engineering #Cosmos #AstronomicalEquipment #BehindTheScenes

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