Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering On Sept. 21, MIT faculty spoke to a packed room of impassioned citizens concerned about the effects of climate change at the Boston Athenaeum’s “Sink or Swim” event. The intriguing title […]
MIT News Office Thirteen grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers from four different schools. The Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab (STL Lab), in conjunction with the Center for Real Estate (CRE) and […]
MIT News Office MIT professor and former president of the Masdar Institute reflects on a career spent fostering international research and teaching collaborations. Fred Moavenzadeh, the James Mason Crafts Professor of Systems Engineering and Environmental Engineering […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering New programming tool could help engineers build biologically inspired materials. For decades, materials scientists have worked to infuse the lessons learned from natural proteins into the design of new materials. […]
Associate Professor Ruben Juanes of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is the new director of Pierce Laboratory, effective Sept. 1. The Pierce Lab pushes the frontiers of infrastructure science and engineering by addressing […]
MIT News New model predicts the force required to tie simple knots. Got rope? Then try this experiment: Cross both ends, left over right, then bring the left end under and out, as if tying a […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering A new study describes how irrigation development modifies local and regional climate. With approximately 70 percent of all freshwater consumption worldwide used for agriculture, the reliance on large-scale irrigation development […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD student Justin Chen magnifies minuscule vibrations in structures to detect damage. For Justin Chen, a PhD student in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), there […]
MIT Forum for Supply Chain MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation and Infosys Global Risk Advisory Group survey aims to better understand how industry perceives risk and challenges. The MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation announced […]
MIT News Franz-Josef Ulm explores the physics of dirty materials and messy systems to advance sustainable infrastructure and clean energy technology. Franz-Josef Ulm works on big issues such as concrete manufacturing, urban architecture, and gas shale […]
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society The Siebel Energy Institute, a consortium for innovative and collaborative energy research dedicated to advancing the science of smart energy, marked its official launch this week with the announcement of […]
Marilyn Siderwicz Civil and Environmental Engineering $4 million grant will determine whether travel choices can be influenced by data and rewards to save energy The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences will be honored at an awards ceremony in December. Colette Heald, the Mitsui Career Development Associate Professor […]
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub A leader in the field of cement chemistry, Jennings developed the first fully quantitative model of the nanostructure of CSH, the major component of hydrated cement. Hamlin M. Jennings, adjunct professor in […]
Kelsey Damrad Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil and environmental engineering PhD student Dan Prendergast strives to mitigate and eliminate toxic chemicals in complex environments. Graduate student Daniel Prendergast characterizes his field of environmental engineering as fluid, […]