Eric Maynard

Have you ever wondered why silos are generally tall and slender while oil tanks are short and squat? Take a look at the two images below…compare the height-to-diameter ratios for the different vessels. So, why do you typically see …

How — web ? conference ? in-house ? I know, I know, you have likely heard this analogue as a rip-off from the famous “drink milk” marketing campaign [1] that started in the early 1990’s. Pretty effective though, right? So, …

I have been in Washington, DC this week at the 56th IEEE-IAS PCA cement industry conference. It has been a few years since I attended this conference. Overall, the cement industry continues to recover from the 2008 US recession. Over …

Chances are high that if you are reading this blog, you have probably come across an “ugly hopper”. Included in this blog post are some examples of “ugly hoppers” I have come across. It has been said that “beauty …