Investing in infrastructure
Crumbling roadways, aging pipes, limited access to high-speed internet: these are some of the infrastructural deficiencies facing the United States, which scored a “C-minus” for infrastructure in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2021 report card. In a new book titled “The Rightful Place of Science: Infrastructure in the Anthropocene,” two of ASU’s leading scholars of sustainable engineering, Associate Professor Mikhail Chester and Lincoln Professor of Ethics and Engineering Brad Allenby address the urgency of modernizing our infrastructure to meet future needs.
