Contrary to the traditional view that corals passively depend on ocean currents to deliver sustenance, Professor Roman Stocker and colleagues discovered that the organisms actually engineer their environment to sweep water into turbulent patterns and greatly […]
The MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) “Institute Insider” profile series recently featured Professor Saurabh Amin, head of the Resilient Infrastructure Networks Lab. Considering the potentially catastrophic impacts of malicious attacks on the IT networks controlling critical […]
In an evening event on Sept. 25 at the MIT Museum, Professor Markus Buehler and visiting artist Tomás Saraceno will discuss their work on materials and structures inspired by the intricate geometry of spider webs. Buehler […]
Professor Pedro Reis, who works on deriving function from mechanical instabilities of slender structures, has been awarded the Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Professorship. A specialist in the interactions of global atmospheric composition and chemistry with […]
Charles (Chuck) Cushing Ladd III ’55, SM ’57, ScD ’61 died on Aug. 4, 2014, surrounded by his family. A faculty member from 1961 until retirement in 2001, he was a gifted teacher and much-lauded researcher […]
After two years modernizing the Course 1 project management program and as a member of the Gordon MIT Engineering Leadership Program team, has been selected as president of the Landing School, a Maine institution specializing in […]
Nobody really knows how the trillions of bacteria living in each person’s digestive tract affect human health. As described recently in the journal Genome Biology, Professor Eric Alm and colleagues charted fluctuations in bacterial populations in […]
Although materials that are firmly bonded together with epoxy and other adhesives are ubiquitous in modern life, from dental crowns to reinforced concrete, it is remarkably difficult to study. Now, a paper in the journal Proceedings […]
Interactions between rising temperatures and air pollution could significantly reduce food production around the world, according to an article by Professor Colette Heald, former postdoc Amos Tai, and Maria van Martin (Colorado State University) in the […]
Professor Emeritus Charles “Chuck” Ladd III Charles (Chuck) Cushing Ladd III, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home on Aug. 4, 2014, surrounded by his family. Up until his hospitalization at the end of July, […]
Rick Schuhmann in Saouria With his background as Scuba diver, boat builder, environmental engineering consultant, professor at Pennsylvania State University and leadership expert, CEE senior lecturer Richard Schuhmann has spent the last two years at MIT […]
A paper by graduate student Yingxiang Yang, Professor Marta Gonzalez and others in the July 11 issue of Scientific Reports explains how to calculate the number of short and long commuting trips when detailed trip data […]
Although algae produce large quantities of lipids that can be extracted and converted into biodiesel, breaking apart the algae to recover the lipids is costly and energy-intensive. Recent research in Penny Chisholm’s lab on the oceanic […]
A recently installed mural visualizing Civil and Environmental Engineering’s interdisciplinary achievements and new avenues of research now brightens up the corridor near the Spofford Room (1-236). Digital painter explained how to read from left to right, […]
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Academy of Engineering created a video contest for honoring engineering contributions to past, current and future needs of society. An entry by Maria Cassidy ’14 and CEE graduate student […]
