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Ely S. Parker
Ely S. Parker, born Hasanoanda and later known as Donehogawa, was a Tonawanda Seneca engineer and Union Army officer who served as Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary.
Embankment (canal)
An embankment in canal engineering is a raised bank of earth, or earth and masonry, carrying a canal above the surrounding ground so it can cross valleys in a level line.
Embankment dam
An embankment dam, also called an earth dam, is a dam built from compacted soil or rock rather than concrete, with earthfill and rockfill as its two principal types.
Emily Warren Roebling
Emily Warren Roebling (1843–1903) was an American builder and businesswoman who guided the Brooklyn Bridge's construction for roughly eleven years while her husband, chief engineer Washington Roebling, was ill.
Emissarium of Lake Nemi
Emissarium of Lake Nemi (Emissario del lago di Nemi): ancient underground drainage tunnel, about 1,650 m long, regulating the volcanic lake near Rome; probably 5th-4th century BC, reused in 1928 to recover Caligula's ships.
EN 1990
EN 1990, titled Eurocode: Basis of structural design, is the head document of the European structural Eurocode suite, setting safety, serviceability, and durability requirements for structures.
Engineering News-Record
Engineering News-Record, or ENR, is an American weekly trade magazine covering the construction industry, best known for its annual rankings of the largest contractors and design firms.
Engineering Structures (journal)
Engineering Structures is a peer-reviewed journal covering structural engineering research, from buildings and bridges to earthquake and wind engineering, published by Elsevier since 1978 and appearing 24 times a year.
Engineering technician
An engineering technician, sometimes abbreviated EngTech, is a worker who supports engineers in testing, drafting, inspection, installation, and maintenance, typically entering the field with an associate degree.
Engineering, procurement, and construction
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), also called turnkey contracting, is a project delivery model in which a single contractor handles design, procurement, and construction, usually for a fixed price.
Engineers Australia
Engineers Australia, formally the Institution of Engineers, Australia, is the national peak body for engineers, founded in 1919, which accredits engineering education and assesses migrants.
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal
Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a wastewater treatment process in which polyphosphate-accumulating microorganisms, cycled anaerobically and aerobically, take up phosphorus that leaves with the waste sludge.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency, known in Welsh as Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd, is the environmental regulator of England, created in 1995 and responsible for flood risk and water quality.
Equivalent single axle load
An equivalent single axle load (ESAL) is a pavement design unit converting any axle's damage into equivalent 18,000-pound single axle loads, the standard traffic input for AASHTO 1993 design.
Erfurt latrine disaster
The Erfurt latrine disaster (Erfurter Latrinensturz) was the collapse of a wooden floor in Erfurt on 26 July 1184, dropping nobles assembled for King Henry VI into a latrine cesspit, where about 60 died.
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York State linking the Hudson River at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo, opened in 1825 and now used mainly by recreational boaters.
Erie Canal Lock 52 Complex
The Erie Canal Lock 52 Complex is a historic district at Port Byron, New York, preserving a double-chamber Enlarged Erie Canal lock used from 1853 to 1917.
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is a National Heritage Area in upstate New York, designated by Congress in 2000 to preserve and promote its canal system.
Eshima Ohashi Bridge (江島大橋)
The Eshima Ohashi Bridge (江島大橋) is a 1.7 km road bridge across Lake Nakaumi, connecting Matsue in Shimane Prefecture with Sakaiminato in Tottori, opened in 2004.
Eugène Belgrand
Eugène Belgrand (1810–1878) was a French engineer and geologist who built the water supply and sewer networks of Paris under Baron Haussmann during the Second Empire.
Eugene J. Peltier
Eugene Joseph Peltier (1910–2004) was an American civil engineer and US Navy rear admiral who served as chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks from 1957 to 1962.
Eugene Sevin
Eugene Sevin (born 1928) is an American civil and structural engineer known for work on shock and vibration isolation and blast-resistant design, including the 1971 monograph Optimum Shock and Vibration Isolation.
Eupalinos (Εὐπαλίνος)
Eupalinos (Εὐπαλίνος) of Megara, son of Naustrophus, 6th-century BC Greek engineer named by Herodotus as designer of the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos, an aqueduct tunnel about 1,036 m long dug from both ends under Polycrates, meeting with only 64 cm error.
Eurasia Tunnel
The Eurasia Tunnel (Avrasya Tüneli) is a 5.4 km double-deck toll road tunnel beneath the Bosphorus in Istanbul, connecting Kazlıçeşme on the European side with Göztepe on the Asian side.
Eurocode
The Eurocodes are a series of 10 European Standards, EN 1990 to EN 1999, for the structural design of buildings and civil engineering works across Europe.
European Council of Civil Engineers
The European Council of Civil Engineers, founded in 1985 by four national bodies, represents civil engineers toward EU institutions and national governments and works to foster uniformly high professional standards.
European Engineer
European Engineer (EUR ING) is a professional title awarded since 1987 by ENGINEERS EUROPE, formerly FEANI, to experienced engineers who meet a common standard of competence across Europe.
European Water Framework Directive
The European Water Framework Directive, or WFD, is the main EU law for water protection, adopted in 2000 to achieve good status for all water bodies.
EurOtop
EurOtop, the Manual on wave overtopping of sea defenses and related structures, is European engineering guidance for predicting wave overtopping at seawalls, dikes, and breakwaters.
Euston Square tube station
Euston Square, or Euston Square Underground station, is a London Underground station in Camden on Euston Road, served by the Circle, Hammersmith & City, and Metropolitan lines.