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Vadlo is a relatively new search engine that was created specifically for Biology and Medical searches.  Interestingly enough, the search engine also turns up a significant amount of resources for people within the field of Civil Engineering.  For example, I tried a “seminar” search using “stormwater” as a keyword and was surprised to find a [...]

Thanks to the good people over at WaterWired, I came across the free online version of “Unsaturated Zone Hydrology for Scientists and Engineers”.  Apparently, Prentice-Hall and the USGS have made the textbook free for download. This will make a great addition to my list of open courseware for civil engineers. Unsaturated Zone Hydrology for Scientists [...]

Despite the fact that I just graduated from 4 years of university, I still love to learn.  Unfortunately, as an undergraduate student in civil engineering it was impossible to take every course offered by my department.  The good news is that there’s a fair collection of coursewares that can be downloaded for free from various [...]