Throughout history, materials used for infrastructure and transportation-related projects have followed a continuous course of development and change -- from the first use of concrete in bridges by the Romans, to the first steel bridge, the Eads Bridge, built in 1874, and more recently to railroad bridges made of recycled plastic. In this segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series, Host Professor Joseph Schofer of Northwestern University's Infrastructure Technology Institute and Co-Host Tom Herman talk with Blaine Brownell, one of the country's top experts on new materials. He is an architect, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota's School of Architecture, College of Design, and the author of the acclaimed book "Transmaterials", which includes information on hundreds of innovative new materials for architecture. For more information, see the web-site: www.theinfrastructureshow.com
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Throughout history, materials used for infrastructure and transportation-related projects have followed a continuous course of development and change -- from the first use of concrete in bridges by the Romans, to the first steel bridge, the Eads Bridge, built in 1874, and more recently to railroad bridges made of recycled plastic. In this segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series, Host Professor Joseph Schofer of Northwestern University's Infrastructure Technology Institute and Co-Host Tom Herman talk with Blaine Brownell, one of the country's top experts on new materials. He is an architect, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota's School of Architecture, College of Design, and the author of the acclaimed book "Transmaterials", which includes information on hundreds of innovative new materials for architecture. For more information, see the web-site: www.theinfrastructureshow.com
