On Nov. 20, MIT hosted a full-day thought leadership forum, Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference, co-hosted by CEE and the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP). The event brought together 25 prominent business, government and academic […]
Enter the Third Annual Course 1 Video Competition and present an original video that answers the question, “Big Engineering can be defined in many ways; one being small scale change with big impact. How does YOUR […]
With significant changes in the publishing landscape, an open discussion on finding the right outlet to publish scientific work is critical to better connect students, postdocs and faculty with scientists and publishers. On Nov. 30, the […]
The Society of Engineering Science (SES) announced on Dec. 7 that Professor Pedro Reis and Department Head Markus Buehler will join as two of its four new Board of Directors’ members, effective January 2016. The organization’s […]
On Dec. 15, students took a well-deserved grilled cheese and tomato soup study break, during which Department Head Markus Buehler, Professor Admir Masic and the CEE headquarters team prepared sandwiches hot off the griddle and tomato […]
While the world discusses climate and energy issues on a global scale, the MIT community and others collaborated for a weekend in the exploration of current industry energy challenges. The inaugural MIT Energy Hackathon, co-led by CEE […]
On Oct. 29-30, the MIT Transit Group hosted its sixth Transit Leaders Roundtable – a two-day event that brought together transportation experts and managers from major urban transit agencies to discuss contemporary transportation challenges in five themed […]
On Dec. 13, a group of MIT professors – including Associate Department Head Elfatih Eltahir and the Director of Environmental Solutions Initiative John Fernandez – penned an opinion letter to the Boston Globe asserting that climate scientists […]
Develop and pitch your technology, product, or service aimed at solving a water-related problem to the 2016 MIT Water Innovation Prize for the chance to win $30,000 worth of innovation grants. The short statement of intent […]
One former and one current graduate student were selected to receive the 2015 Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award for best theses in Policy and Planning, given annually by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). The […]
From Nov. 13-14, an MIT Water Club team hosted their annual Water Summit, which resulted in a vibrant discussion of how realities like a changing climate, population growth, rapid development, and pervasive urbanization provide an unprecedented […]
On Dec. 2 at the 2015 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Professor Xuanhe Zhao was named the recipient of the 2015 Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award for a paper entitled, “Predicting fracture energies and […]
On Dec. 2 at the 2015 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Professor Xuanhe Zhao was named the recipient of the 2015 Extreme Mechanics Letters (EML) Young Investigator Award for a paper entitled, “Predicting fracture energies and […]
On Dec. 2 from 1-3 pm in 1-050, join us for the opportunity to see how the student experiences in subject 1.101 (Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design) translate to real world problems and solutions. […]
On Dec. 3, mentors seeking freshmen mentees for the Course 1 mini-UROP (1.097, 6 units) will pitch their individual research through lightening presentations from 4:30-6 pm in 56-154. In this year’s mini-UROP, taking place during IAP, […]