Sophia Mittman ’22 We’ve always known that the Romans were master engineers and artists, but during ONE-MA3 we’ve been learning that they were also incredible chemists! Today, after the usual yet satisfying breakfast of bread, cheese, […]
Sophia Mittman ’22 We’ve always known that the Romans were master engineers and artists, but during ONE-MA3 we’ve been learning that they were also incredible chemists! Today, after the usual yet satisfying breakfast of bread, cheese, […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 Students examining the ruins at the Gardens of Ninfa First of all, sorry for the cheesy title. Second of all (and more importantly), I never imagined that one day I’d be walking […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today was our first official visit to an archeological site that is relatively new and currently undergoing restoration. Only two-minute walk from the beach in Sabaudia, the site consisted of two large […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 Today we launched into our mission of learning about one of the most important materials used in Roman engineering: lime. Not the fruit. And not just limestone. I will explain the basics […]
By Sophia Mittman ’22 After a much-needed night of sleep to catch up from jet lag, some of us woke up to a relaxing class of yoga in the castle courtyard. We sampled our first classic […]
By Sophia Mittman ‘22 We made it! Today was the first day of our ONE-MA3 adventure in Italy where about fifteen of us budding MIT engineers will learn from the masterful and ancient techniques of Roman […]
On May 17, 2019 the Department gathered for the annual CEE awards banquet to celebrate the class of 2019 and their senior capstone presentations, and to applaud the CEE award recipients. Awards were given to the […]
By Rayna Higuchi ’20 Hi CEE! I’m Rayna, a student in the Mechanics and Materials track, blogging about my experiences in Course 1. Today, I’ll be talking about the class Mechanics of Materials (1.035), taught by […]
Donald and Martha Harleman Professor Heidi Nepf and recent PhD student Jiarui Lei published research in the Journal of Fluids and Structures titled “Blade dynamics in combined waves and current” and in Coastal Engineering, titled “Wave damping by flexible vegetation,” that […]
Graduate student Audrey Bazerghi and PhD student Cherry Gao won first place in the Patagonia Case Competition. Patagonia, the sustainable apparel company, organizes an international case competition each year in order to solve pressing challenges within environmental sustainability. […]
Professor Eric J. Alm, Herman L.F. Von Helmholtz Career Development Assistant Professor Tami Lieberman, and graduate student Shijie Zhao published research in Cell Host & Microbe titled “Adaptive Evolution within Gut Microbiomes of Healthy People.” The researchers combined culture-based population […]
Associate Professor Otto X. Cordero, postdoctoral associates Julia Schwartzman and Manoshi Datta, together with research affiliate Tim Enke discover simple assembly rules for polysaccharide-degrading marine microbiomes. The researchers showed that these microbiomes can be decomposed into functional modules, with […]
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor Admir Masic and graduate student Hyun-Chae Chad Loh, published research in ACS Central Science titled “Mapping and Profiling Lipid Distribution in a 3D Model of Breast Cancer Progression,” as […]
McAfee Professor of Engineering and Department Head Markus Buehler was named a 2018 Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Prize winner, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry. The award was given for his paper titled “Bioinspired hierarchical […]
Sarah Fletcher, a postdoctoral associate in Bacardi Stockholm Water Foundations Professor Dara Entekhabi’s lab, published research in Nature Communications called “Learning about climate change uncertainty enables flexible water infrastructure planning.” The researchers designed a new planning […]