Author: wendy

Engineers Keep Drinking Water Safe

The concept of taking preventive measures to protect ourselves or our surroundings from catastrophes isn’t new – after all, Benjamin Franklin said “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” back in the 1700s. It is unfortunate that it often takes a catastrophe to demonstrate the need for prevention. Franklin’s adage is registering… Read More »

Dig Into an Engineering Internship

Most of Emily Harrison’s last two summers were filled with hot sun, noisy trucks and tractors, the aroma of hot asphalt, watching oozing concrete framed neatly into sections, and getting mud on her boots. It’s a dream come true. Emily, an intern with Ayres Associates’ Construction Services group, assisted with construction observation and administration for… Read More »

WLIA Tunes In to Today’s Geospatial Technology

Customized orthophotography is a complex and complicated concept that probably wouldn’t mean much to the average person – but the methods in which it’s ultimately used are mind-blowing. The same can be said for lidar, HD laser scanning, and more. Volumetric calculations, impervious surface calculations, change detection, culvert extraction, 3-D urban modeling: the sky’s the… Read More »