Mostafa has over 14 years of experience in the engineering consulting profession and has worked on high profile projects with architects, owners, contractors, other engineers and professionals in many countries including Canada, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Once the loads acting on the structure are known, the structure is analyzed to determine the effect of all these loads on the individual elements of the structure. 15, 1. p. 15-29. Your privacy is important to us. Below discussed are some of the successful engineers who managed to find a way to design and construct something which can find a place in history! In fact, a building that begins to list after construction almost always indicates a failure of design. Truss bridges, in particular, use tension and compression to get the job done. Since some areas in the Northwest experience both low and high frequency quakes, engineers are challenged to design building structures that can withstand both. "LEGO Mindstorms Robots as a Platform for Teaching Reinforcement Learning." "Capital Gate to become Guinness Book of Records' most inclined tower?" Then, once it's set up, astronomers must constantly tune the system to account for deformation caused by gravity, humidity and other environmental conditions. Some bridges seem like they defy physics, with massive pieces suspended midair. The materials they use include steel, concrete, wood, masonry, and aluminum. Also, liaising with customers and other skilled subcontractors with confidence.