Professor Emeritus Charles “Chuck” Ladd III Charles (Chuck) Cushing Ladd III, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home on Aug. 4, 2014, surrounded by his family. Up until his hospitalization at the end of July, […]
Rick Schuhmann in Saouria With his background as Scuba diver, boat builder, environmental engineering consultant, professor at Pennsylvania State University and leadership expert, CEE senior lecturer Richard Schuhmann has spent the last two years at MIT […]
Photos by sophomores Josefin Betsholtz, Nicolas Gomez, Meryl Gibbs and Emily Shorin were winners in the class photo competition in 1.060 Engineering Mechanics II. “In deciding what to photograph, how to capture the phenomenon, and how […]
CEE Leadership and Community Award — Recognizes an undergraduate student who has made exemplary contributions to improve the CEE community, fostered excellence, diversity, and contributed to our culture of inclusiveness. Catherine Cheng ’14 Leo (Class of […]
Course 1 Class of 2014 designs, creates and deploys sophisticated air-quality monitoring system for MIT campus. By Denise Brehm Civil and Environmental Engineering Every senior at MIT has come to know the campus in a personal […]
Two projects demonstrating the exciting opportunities that arise by combining the diverse research interests of faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) have been selected to receive inaugural CEE cross-disciplinary seed funding. The […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering The smallest, most abundant marine microbe, Prochlorococcus, is a photosynthetic bacteria species essential to the marine ecosystem. An estimated billion billion billion of the single-cell creatures live in the […]
CEE department head Professor Markus Buehler sent an email yesterday to the community requesting nominations for the department’s annual awards, including several new awards for undergraduate leadership and community, best doctoral thesis, postdoctoral scholars, and staff […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering CEE graduate student Thomas Petersen has been running competitively for a decade. He placed 13th in his first half-marathon at age 17 in Phoenix, competed in NCAA Division I […]
The flexible undergraduate program, launching this fall, mixes rigor and depth with applications to critical areas of societal importance Beginning fall 2014, the Department of Civil and Environmental (CEE) will offer a new Course 1 flexible […]
On March 14, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) held its first ever video competition in Room 32-155, complete with popcorn and candy. Competitors included teams of students, faculty, and staff from various departments […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering When the MIT Big Data Challenge asked, “What can you learn from data about 2.3 million taxi rides?” graduate students in Professor Marta González’ research lab had some answers. […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering Two new faculty members — Lydia Bourouiba and Benjamin Kocar — joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) in January, expanding the department’s strengths in the mechanistic […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced this month that Assistant Professor Carolina Osorio of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will receive a 2014 Early Career Award for her project, “Simulation-Based Optimization Techniques for Urban […]
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 […]