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Ansel F. Thompson | Electrical engineer, 93 (The Philadelphia Inquirer)Ansel F. Thompson, 93, of Media, a retired electrical engineer, died Jan. 13 at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Media.

Obituary: Civil engineer helped rebuild in countries hit by disaster (The Sacramento Bee) Fernando Coriano Fernando Coriano, a civil engineer who built projects worldwide and was a member of the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission, has died at age 57. He died Jan. 17 of problems related to a congenital heart condition, said his daughter Vanessa Oden. Mr. Coriano spent the last 30 years with the U.S. Army Corps of engineers. He helped rebuild foreign ...

Carroll engineer: Fewer road signs stolen (The Times-Reporter) Carroll County Engineer David A. Miskimen, in issuing his 2008 year-end report, said he has 29 employees, three less than in previous years.

Engineer: Bracing may have been insufficient on collapsed building (The Shamokin News-Item)A trained engineer believes the partially erected Knights of Columbus building that collapsed in downtown Shamokin Wednesday may not have been sufficiently braced.

New District TxDOT Engineer introduced (Pearland Journal)The Pearland Economic Development Corporation hosted a reception to introduce the Texas Department of Transportation?s new Houston District Engineer, Delvin Dennis, on Jan. 22, with quite a demanding job ahead of him.

Hollis blasts deputy state engineer (Pahrump Valley Times)Nye County commissioners Tuesday were just approving an assessment of $1 per parcel on properties in the Pahrump Valley groundwater basin to pay for the state engineer's supervision.