Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT hosts Infrastructure Innovation in a Changing Environment Conference. Infrastructure is the material backbone of society — the structures and systems that allow people to live and work and build […]
The Society of Engineering Science (SES) announced on Dec. 7 that Pedro Reis, the Gilbert W. Winslow Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and Mechanical Engineering, and CEE department head and McAfee Professor of Engineering Markus […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Panel at MIT brings together editors, students, and faculty to discuss diverse aspects of publishing research. Finding the right outlet to publish scientific work is crucial for students, postdocs, and […]
MIT Transit Lab On October 29-30 the MIT Transit Group hosted its sixth Transit Leaders Roundtable. The two-day event — co-sponsored by Transport for London, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) in Boston, and the Mass Transit Railway […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results. While government leaders tackle long-term climate and energy issues on a global scale, the MIT community and others recently […]
MIT News Office Water-based “Band-Aid” senses temperature, lights up, and delivers medicine to the skin. MIT engineers have designed what may be the Band-Aid of the future: a sticky, stretchy, gel-like material that can incorporate […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering MIT Water Summit presents insights, innovations, and solutions to protect our world’s most abundant natural resource. Amid a changing climate, population growth, rapid development, and pervasive urbanization, an unprecedented threat […]
MIT News New research shows concrete is a strong choice for the long-term confinement of nuclear waste. One of the main challenges faced by the nuclear industry is the long-term confinement of nuclear waste. Concrete is […]
MIT News Office New “water adhesive” is tougher than natural adhesives employed by mussels and barnacles. Nature has developed innovative ways to solve a sticky challenge: Mussels and barnacles stubbornly glue themselves to cliff faces, ship […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering Twenty women from across the country were selected to attend the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Rising Stars Workshop on Oct. 15-16. Chosen from among more than 120 highly […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty discuss interdisciplinary research and educational initiatives in the CEE New Research Alumni Breakfast. On Oct. 21, alumni, students, faculty, and staff from the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering […]
Kuwait-MIT Center for Natural Resources and the Environment MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage. A team of MIT researchers, together […]
MIT News Detailed climate simulation shows a threshold of survivability could be crossed without mitigation measures. Within this century, parts of the Persian Gulf region could be hit with unprecedented events of deadly heat as a […]
MIT News Office In new book, MIT professor explains how companies can lessen the shocks of a volatile world. Companies large and small globalize their enterprises in search of advantages, such as lower costs, flexibility, and […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering A former Bosnian refugee — and new CEE faculty member — finds parallels in his life, his research, and a current political crisis. In his first week at MIT, Assistant […]