The connection between rain and contagion has long been a point of interest for scientists, including fluid dynamics expert and CEE professor Lydia Bourouiba. In 2014, she coauthored a study that employed high-speed videography to demonstrate […]
CEE graduate Elaine Kung ’15 has been awarded $5,000 by the MIT engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi to continue her inspiring work on the design of compost toilets in El Salvador. In January, Kung traveled to Santa Ana […]
To encourage researchers to come up with new solutions, Elsevier is holding its first ever “Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge” – open to individuals or organizations operating in the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors from all countries. Projects in […]
On Tuesday, July 7 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in E38-300, MIT Sea Grant funded researcher Cascade Sorte will present a seminar entitled, “Are blue mussels declining in the Gulf of Maine: Population dynamics across space and time”. Using a […]
MIT News Office Study: Usage patterns vary when people are not working. If you leave your job, chances are your pattern of cellphone use will also change. Without a commute or workspace, it stands to reason, […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering New research finds urban social networks are not determined geographically, but socially. Until now, studies of human interactions through mobile communication and social media have always been conducted at the […]
School of Engineering An MIT class goes on a field trip — to the center of campus. In mid-April, members of 1.011 (Project Evaluation and Management), a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) class, donned […]
Over 50 CEE alumni, staff and faculty came together for an alumni breakfast hosted in Maseeh Hall on June 4. The event featured a buffet-style breakfast, a networking session for all attendees, and a variety of […]
Congratulations to all of the new graduates from the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering! On June 5, the new CEE graduates gathered with families and friends as well as CEE faculty, staff and alumni for […]
Following the MIT Hooding Ceremony the morning of June 4, CEE celebrated its incredible doctoral graduates with a luncheon for grads, their friends and families, and CEE affiliates. Department Head Markus Buehler, who conferred hoods with MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart to […]
Four CEE faculty members were featured in the latest edition of the MIT Spectrum. Associate Professor Colette Heald, a speaker at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, was highlighted for a recent study in which […]
CEE alumnus Carlos Riva ’75 is CEO of Boston-based Poseidon Water – a company that plans to develop what will be the largest seawater desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. The project is expected to deliver […]
On June 3, the MIT Corporation’s board of trustees elected eight term members to each serve for five years, effective July 1st. One of the new members is CEE graduate Donald E. Shobrys ’75, co-director and […]
MIT News Office Cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is more intense than thought, and emissions are increasing. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas that can contribute to climate change and damage […]
MIT News Office Stretchable, biocompatible hydrogels with complex patterning could be used in tissue engineering. Researchers have developed a new way of making tough — but soft and wet — biocompatible materials, called “hydrogels,” into complex […]
