Colossal Engineering Failures

Colossal Engineering Failures

Class - Spring Only | This course is completed

Science, Engineering and Technology -, --   United States
Room 106
Classroom only
Thursday, January 16, 2025-Thursday, April 10, 2025
3:00 PM-3:50 PM MDT on Th
04/02/2025

Colossal Engineering Failures

Class - Spring Only | This course is completed

In this class we explore history's most significant engineering failures, one each week, and learn what happened, why it happened and how it has changed the practice of engineering and the consequences on society as a whole. This course is intended for all audiences; not only technical professionals.

No class on March 13 (Spring Break)

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Burgess Brier

Burgess is a retired professional engineer and lifelong lover of literature, history, and philosophy.  He has over 45 years' experience in engineering and management of engineering with a broad background in developing capital projects and in the development and application of science and technology to real-world problems.