Yingxiang Yang and Jameson Toole, graduate students in Professor Marta González Human Mobility and Networks Laboratory (HuMNet), won first and second place, respectively, in the two categories of the MIT Big Data Challenge hosted by CSAIL […]
Today, computer algorithms control every major city infrastructure. Computer models that simulate present and future cyber and physical systems are critical in enabling research breakthroughs. They provide tools to design and test future human-made infrastructure and […]
Computational thinking and problem solving form the basis for new educational initiatives By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Today, computer algorithms control every major city infrastructure, from transportation systems such as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation […]
MIT is the top-rated civil and structural engineering program in the world according to the QS World Rankings by Subject released Feb. 26. QS named MIT No. 6 in environmental sciences. The rankings are published by […]
Professor Philip Gschwend describes the “legacy of problems buried in our environment” that often arise as side effects of products — such as PCBs and catalytic converters — designed to solve already existing problems. His research […]
The American Society of Civil Engineers has announced that a paper by senior lecturer Eric Adams and James Gensheimer S.M. ’10 is winner of the Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize. “Dynamics of Particle Clouds in Ambient […]
Over the past three years, MIT spinout Sanergy, which was co-founded by CEE alumnus Joel Veenstra ’11, has developed a model that impacts the entire sanitation value chain — from clean toilets to waste management and […]
The annual CEE Research Speed Dating event, held Feb. 7 this year, is designed to expedite the process of creating research “matches” among scientists and engineers from multiple disciplines by offering four-minute sound-bite talks followed by […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Access to energy, clean water, air and food, building sustainable cities, and understanding the Earth’s oceans and climate are priority research and educational activities in the Department of Civil […]
William Finney, an M.Eng. student in the Environmental and Water Quality Engineering track, blogged during his January fieldwork in Uganda. Finney, grad students Joyce Cheung and Joel Kaatz, and senior lecturer Richard Schuhmann are working with […]
In a study published in the Journal of Air Transport Management, CEE graduate student Michael Wittman found that passengers of low-cost airlines complain less than passengers on major airlines, even though the quality of service may […]
Computer animation artists don’t have a simple mathematical means for describing bouncy, curl hair, so hair is usually extremely rigid or straight with a to-and-fro swing. But in the Feb. 13 issue of Physical Review Letters, […]
By Denise Brehm Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering The heroes and villains in animated films tend to be on opposite ends of the moral spectrum. But they’re often similar in their hair, which is usually […]
In a “Big Idea” article in the Feb. 5 issue of New Scientist, Professor Markus Buehler writes that the hidden structures of music are universal patterns of nature that can help engineers create new materials like […]
Doctoral student Alison Hoyt is in the peat forests of Borneo studying the hydrological and carbon cycles to determine if, over time, these forests serve as net carbon sinks or sources. Professor Charles Harvey is leading […]
