What civil engineers are reading this week

• Meet Eaves and CORI, the new AI search tools that are taking ASCE to a new level

  ASCE's two new artificial intelligence assistants will help members find answers in the Society’s extensive technical resources and from advice shared by other members. Here's where to find them.

• Sustainability, returning ‘glory of nature’ key as Taiwan rebuilds coast after 2023 typhoon

  A new master plan, called Nature Rocks, emphasizes lookout points to allow people to appreciate the area’s natural beauty as it rebounds from devastating damage.

• Acting FEMA administrator resigns

  Saying he stepped up to fill the role when others would not, acting Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator David Richardson resigned Monday after six months on the job.

• Study debunks major myth: AI’s energy usage is significantly less than feared

  Energy consumption in the U.S. is changing how people perceive the environmental risks associated with artificial intelligence.

• New York/New Jersey port authority unveils record $45B capital plan

  The proposal funds the completion of ongoing megaprojects in the states in addition to other critical infrastructure upgrades.

• Gulf between Africa, Asia is still pulling apart; scientists thought it stopped 5M years ago

  The Arabian and African tectonic plates failed to pull apart 28 million years ago at the Gulf of Suez, but the area hasn’t stopped rifting.