UC student creates COVID-19 field hospital in convention hall
April 15, 2020
University of Cincinnati co-op student Craig Lair helped turn a Florida convention center into a field hospital to treat COVID-19 patients after his construction-management employer responded to the pandemic.
Natural disaster inspires UC scholar to pursue civil engineering
July 1, 2020
Ambar Alvarez-Garcia, second-year civil engineering student at the University of Cincinnati, speaks about developing community and confidence at the 12th annual Choose Ohio First Scholar Showcase 2020.
WVXU: Study aims to reduce energy disparities in Cincinnati's multifamily housing stock
August 21, 2020
Amanda Webb, a University of Cincinnati architectural engineering assistant professor, spoke to WVXU about her study that gathered data to identify energy usage and energy burden on renters of Cincinnati's multifamily housing stock.
UC finds disparities in energy efficiency in multifamily housing
August 17, 2020
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati's College of Engineering and Applied Science provide data to city policymakers that can lead to improved access to more energy-efficient, low-income, multifamily housing in Cincinnati and lower the rate of greenhouse gas emissions.
New Builders Competition serves as a primer to construction industry
October 8, 2020
The University of Cincinnati Construction Competition Club hosts the annual New Builders Competition for students from UC and other schools in the region. Students interested in the construction industry compete by creating a proposal as if they were the construction company bidding for a job in one of three categories: commercial, residential and heavy civil.
WLWT: UC engineering expert discusses fire-damaged bridge
November 12, 2020
UC College of Engineering and Applied Science assistant professor Rachel Chicchi talks to WLWT about the fiery accident on the Brent Spence Bridge.
WaPo: UC engineer talks about future of Brent Spence Bridge
November 18, 2020
UC College of Engineering and Applied Science associate professor Gian Andrea Rassati tells the Washington Post that the Brent Spence Bridge is functionally obsolete but will be safe again for motorists when it reopens in December.
Science Channel: UC engineer explains demolition disaster
December 27, 2021
UC College of Engineering and Applied Science associate professor Gian Rassati tells the Science Channel how demolition destabilized the Hopple Street bridge, causing a disaster that killed a construction foreman.