At Virginia Tech, Christine Fiori is the associate director for the Myers-Lawson School of Construction. In the classroom, she teaches subjects including building materials and the use of heavy equipment in construction operations.
But she also has another area of expertise: The Inca Road. In fact, she is one of the only known civil engineers to have studied the road and its construction. Over four years, she has taken an in-depth look at the simply built road that has stood the test of time for more than 500 years.
She is sharing her insights at the Smithsonian on Nov. 14, and following that, she is traveling to Peru with a crew from the Discovery Channel to provide expertise for the show "Strip the City."
She will be co-presenting with fellow researcher Clifford Schexnayder of Arizona State University during the "Engineering the Inka Empire: A Symposium on Sustainability and Ancient Technologies," Nov. 14 at the National Museum of the American Indian. The event can be viewed by live webcast.
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