What civil engineers are reading this week

• How artificial intelligence will reshape work for civil engineers, those in related professions

  Certain AI-powered models have been around for years, but engineers only recently began to rely on such systems for day-to-day work. That reliance is expected to increase.

• NASA radar detects abandoned site of secret Cold War project in Greenland – a ‘city under the ice’

  Camp Century was built in 1959 and advertised as a U.S. research site, but it also hosted a clandestine missile facility.

• Master the art of resume writing and new doors will open, experienced engineers say

  “Put the personal touch on that resume to demonstrate to me that you are a proactive communicator, that you are a hard worker,” advises Melany Alliston of Pittsburgh in an ASCE discussion. 

• How giant ‘batteries’ in the Earth could slash your electricity bills

  We're wasting too much of the clean energy we generate. Reservoirs and caverns can store excess solar and wind power.

• Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old canals used to fish by predecessors of ancient Maya

  Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have uncovered the network of earthen canals in what is now Belize.

• 5 feet and counting: Shocking snow totals in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio

  And the region is due for more harsh conditions later in the week, as another cold front is expected to bring wind gusts of up to 45 mph, lower temperatures, and snow showers.