The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions effective July 1, 2026: Michael Howland has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor without Tenure. Howland received his B.S. […]
The following students were recognized in the 2025-2026 academic year: Riccardo Fiorista received the Hugh Hampton Young Fellowship. Riccardo’s research addresses challenges in public transportation systems by advancing understanding of transit accessibility and equity through data […]
Studies advancing our understanding of fluid dynamics, environmental processes, materials science, and resilient infrastructure were some of the most popular topics this year This year, CEE’s research efforts deepened our knowledge of public health, climate science, […]
César Terrer, TianFu Group Career Development Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate. The annual list identifies researchers who demonstrated significant and broad influence in […]
MIT CEE’s MEng program gave alumna Inés Ortea the tools to transform her ideas into real-world solutions with lasting impact As a high school student with an interest in math, physics, and technical drawing, Inés Ortea […]
The approach could enable autonomous vehicles, commercial aircraft, or transportation networks that are more reliable in the face of real-world unpredictability. […]
Improved carbon-cement supercapacitors could turn the concrete around us into massive energy storage systems. […]
New research enables computer designs to incorporate the limitations of 3D printers, to better control materials’ performance in aerospace, medical, and other applications. […]
Graduate student Ernie (In Him) Lee has been awarded the prestigious Croucher Scholarship for Doctoral Study from the Croucher Foundation in Hong Kong. This award provides financial support for outstanding Hong Kong scholars who are looking […]
Isabella Stewart and Skylar Gering were among thirty students selected for the 2025 U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) program. The fellowship supports students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to […]
With demand for cement alternatives rising, an MIT team uses machine learning to hunt for new ingredients across the scientific literature. […]
The annual CEE Awards were presented during a ceremony held on Monday, May 12 at the Samberg Conference Center. Congratulations to all the students, postdocs, faculty, and staff honored for their exceptional achievements, dedication, and contributions […]
In March, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Charles Harvey provided testimony in support of a bill that would limit the industrial injection of carbon dioxide into wells near the Mahomet Aquifer in Illinois. His testimony […]
MIT graduate student Anouk Fontaine has received the Marvin E. Goody Award to support her thesis project focused on reusing steel studs to build load-bearing steel frame walls, using geometry and multi-objective optimization in a top-down […]
Alumna Emily Nachbar is driving impactful change in the clean energy sector. Growing up outside of Philadelphia, Emily Nachbar’s parents, especially her dad, instilled in her the value of our environment and the importance of minimizing […]
