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Zane Schemmer: Graduate Spotlight

Hometown: Park City, Utah Who is your advisor/PI?: Josephine Carstensen Degree Program: SM/PhD Anticipated Graduation Year: 2027 How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering?I’ve been passionate about civil and environmental engineering for […]

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Graduate Spotlight: Shailey Patel

Hometown: Saddle Brook, NJ Advisor/PI: John Ochsendorf Degree Program: MEng – Structural Anticipated Graduation Year: 2023 How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering? I found my way to structural engineering through my […]

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Mollie Wilkinson: Graduate Spotlight

MEng student Mollie Wilkinson seeks to combat climate change through methane research Mollie Wilkinson first became interested in methane removal during her undergraduate studies in the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Wilkinson was inspired […]

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John Stark: Graduate Spotlight

Hometown: Chicago, IL Degree track of the MEng: Structural Mechanics & Design (SMD) Who is your advisor: John Ochsendorf Why did you choose the MIT CEE MEng degree program?  ​I chose the MIT CEE MEng SMD program mainly because it provided a […]

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Fabio Castro: Graduate Spotlight

Hometown: Brasília, Brazil Degree Program: Transportation PhD Lab and advisor: Center of Transportation and Logistics (CTL), LIFT Lab, Josué Velázquez How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering? During high school physics lab, […]

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Ipek Bensu Manav: Graduate Spotlight

Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey Degree Program: SM/PhD Who is your advisor/PI: Randolph Kirchain How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering? Both of my parents are civil engineers. I grew up listening to stories […]

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Sidhant Pai: Graduate Spotlight

Hometown: Pune, India and Acton, MA Degree program: PhD, Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition Modeling, June 2022 Advisor: Professor Colette Heald How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering? I was first exposed to […]

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Lucas Medeiros: Graduate Spotlight

Hometown: São Paulo, Brazil Degree program: PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, May 2022 Advisor: Professor Serguei Saavedra How did you first become interested in Civil and Environmental Engineering? Many ecosystems such as tropical forests and […]

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