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Student Profile: Xiaojing “Ruby” Fu

CEE graduate student Ruby Fu says that, growing up, she was a witness to “a montage of environmental changes” in her native China. Environmental challenges always on her mind, Fu now works under advisor Professor Ruben […]

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Bubbling with passion for environmental engineering

Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering A witness to “a montage of environmental changes” in her native China, grad student Ruby Fu now studies the fate of methane bubbles in the ocean. Environmental concerns piqued the […]

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Predicting sediment flow in coastal vegetation

MIT News Office Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests. Seagrass, kelp beds, mangroves, and other aquatic vegetation are often considered “ecosystem engineers” for their ability to essentially create their own […]

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Students trek to MIT.nano construction site

In mid-April, students of the CEE 1.011 Project Evaluation and Management course took to the field in an unprecedented way – they journeyed to the building site of MIT.nano to see, firsthand, the decision-making that goes into large-scale […]

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Breaking down urban social networks

Until now, studies of human interactions through mobile communication and social media have always been conducted at the country scale. Ultimately, they conclude that social networks are primarily determined by geographic proximity. Now a new study, […]

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Breaking down social networks in a city

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 […]

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Learning from MIT.nano

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 […]

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