Professor Joseph M. Sussman will give the 2009 Thomas D. Larson Transportation Lecture at Penn State today, Dec. 8. The Larson Lecture honors Tom Larson, a Penn State alumnus, professor and co-founder of the Larson Institute […]
The second issue of Komaza, a student-run magazine focused on international development work, will be available on newsstands around campus beginning today, Dec. 8. The professionally designed magazine is unique in its presentation of student-written articles […]
Researchers led by Professor Charles Harvey in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has puzzled […]
Many adults can trace their choice of profession straight back to something that captured their imagination during childhood — perhaps an inspiring teacher, or a fascinating book or an intense experience. The Cool Careers book series […]
On Oct. 29, a panel of venture capitalists and industry specialists selected civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Rouzbeh Shahsavari as winner of the 2009 MIT Elevator Pitch Contest for his idea for a company based […]
For the 34th consecutive year, Parsons Laboratory students, faculty, staff and family members celebrated Halloween with a pumpkin carving party and dinner. Close to 120 people attended this year’s party Oct. 30, creatively transforming 58 pumpkins […]
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Research Foundation of Singapore announced a project to develop new models and tools for the planning, design and operation of sustainable future urban transportation. The five-year project will […]
As part of its “Year of the Professor” campaign throughout 2009, ASTM International (formerly the American Society for Testing and Materials) has chosen CEE senior research associate John Germaine as its Professor of the Year. ASTM […]
The dissertation of recent graduate Emmanuel Carrier (Ph.D. 2008) received an honorable mention in the George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award competition during the INFORMS annual meeting held Oct. 11-14 in San Diego. The award recognizes dissertations […]
A book written by Doherty Associate Professor Charles Harvey and recent alumnus Khandaker Ashfaque about their research tracing the source of arsenic in Bangladeshi wells was published in the summer. “Arsenic Mobilization in Groundwater: A Case […]
David Simchi-Levi and co-author Xin Chen, assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, won the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) 2009 Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize for three papers […]
In a Perspective piece in a July issue of Science magazine, Professor Roman Stocker and graduate student Mack Durham describe different methods of marine microbe motility and the possible advantages conferred on the microbes by these […]
In the Aug. 28 issue of Science magazine, writer Susan Gaidos invited 13 winners of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) to share their career advice. CEE’s Markus Buehler, the Esther and […]
Concrete is the most widely used building material on the planet; however, the production of some of its component materials accounts for up to 5 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions annually. To address the sustainability […]
For pioneering work on topics including computational mechanics, motion-based design and control systems for structures, Professor Jerome Connor received an honorary doctorate degree on April 29 from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University […]