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“No one can work in civil engineering alone”

April 23, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

For senior Mikayla Britsch, civil and environmental engineering is a vocation that requires both technical and people skills. […]

Featured video: Moooving the needle on methane

April 21, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

MIT researchers are developing a system for reducing emissions of the potent greenhouse gas at dairy farms and other sites. […]

Advancing technology for aquaculture

April 18, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

MIT Sea Grant students apply machine learning to support local aquaculture hatcheries. […]

New major crosses disciplines to address climate change

April 18, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Combining engineering, earth system science, and the social sciences, Course 1-12 prepares students to develop climate solutions. […]

QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2024

April 10, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas. […]

Characterizing social networks

April 2, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

A new method to measure homophily in large group interactions offers insights into how groups might interact in the future. […]

With a new experimental technique, MIT engineers probe the mechanisms of landslides and earthquakes

March 25, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

The behavior of granular materials has been difficult to visualize, but a new method reveals their internal forces in 3D detail. […]

A new way to quantify climate change impacts: “Outdoor days”

March 22, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

This measure, developed by MIT researchers, reflects direct effects on people’s quality of life — and reveals significant global disparities. […]

Lessons from Fukushima: Prepare for the unlikely

March 21, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

An analysis of the 2011 nuclear accident reveals a need for more preparation, training, and protocols for responding to low-probability accidents. […]

Study finds lands used for grazing can worsen or help climate change

March 15, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Too much livestock on a given amount of land can lead to carbon losses, but appropriate numbers can actually help sequester the carbon. […]

Explained: Carbon credits

February 28, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Can carbon trading systems reduce global emissions, or are they little more than greenwashing? Clear, enforceable standards may make the difference. […]

Forest Bathing & Other Lessons from Fieldwork in Hawaiʻi

February 27, 2024 | TREX | CEE Chief Editor

The soil is rocky under my feet, the soft crunch-crunch often the only thing keeping me from my thoughts. Prof. Dave Des Marais said the first three miles would be more tranquil, but, given that my […]

New AI model could streamline operations in a robotic warehouse

February 27, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

By breaking an intractable problem into smaller chunks, a deep-learning technique identifies the optimal areas for thinning out traffic in a warehouse. […]

2023-25 MIT Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence cohort announced

February 23, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Thirteen postdocs join program that emphasizes community and prioritizes professional development. […]

Turning history of science into a comic adventure

January 11, 2024 | MIT News | CEE Chief Editor

Associate Professor Lydia Bourouiba and artist Argha Manna take readers through a series of discoveries in infectious disease. […]