Mo Ehsani, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at the
University of Arizona, has designed a new, lightweight underground pipe he says
could transform the pipeline construction industry.
In combination, these materials are as strong, or stronger,
than conventional steel and concrete pipes, which are time-consuming and
expensive to manufacture and transport.
Concrete and steel pipes are built in short sections to fit
on standard 18-wheel trucks, but Ehsani's new pipe can be built onsite as a
single section of virtually infinite length, hence the product name InfinitPipe.