During the summer of 2025, Iran experienced an exceptional heatwave, with daytime temperatures across several regions, including Tehran, approaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forcing the temporary closure of public offices and banks. During this period, […]
Isabella Stewart and Skylar Gering were among thirty students selected for the 2025 U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) program. The fellowship supports students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at MIT has announced new leadership appointments for its two research laboratories. Effective July 1, Professor John Ochsendorf, will serve as the next Director of the Pierce Laboratory, and Professor Desirée Plata, will […]
In March, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Charles Harvey provided testimony in support of a bill that would limit the industrial injection of carbon dioxide into wells near the Mahomet Aquifer in Illinois. His testimony […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions: Lydia Bourouiba is promoted to the rank of full Professor, effective July 1, 2025. Bourouiba received her PhD from McGill University […]
Southern California has recently faced a series of devastating wildfires, such as the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have left a trail of destruction and highlighted the region’s increasing vulnerability to natural hazards. These events serve […]
Alumni panels offer advice and insight into career paths for MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering students The CEE Undergraduate Young Alumni Panel took place on October 9, 2024. Three former undergraduate students returned to CEE to […]
Reusing steel will reduce carbon emissions and lower the costs of construction John Ochsendorf, the Class of 1942 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture at MIT, and Juliana Berglund-Brown SM ‘23, a PhD candidate in […]
The Roundtable will provide independent research into carbon capture and storage technologies Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies aim to mitigate the effects of burning fossil fuels by capturing carbon dioxide from industrial smokestacks and storing […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the promotion of Associate Professor Admir Masic to the rank of Associate Professor with Tenure effective July 1, 2024. Masic’s work explores the ancient materials […]
Lydia Bourouiba, associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering and the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, who leads The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory in the Fluids and Health Network, was the […]
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions: Josephine Carstensen has been promoted to Associate Professor without Tenure effective July 1, 2024. Professor Carstensen received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. […]
Participants from the 2021 Rising Stars in Civil and Environmental Engineering bond over shared experiences. When Lauryn Spearing, Sofia Pérez-Guzmán, and Lisa Losada-Rojas attended the 2021 Rising Stars Workshop in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at […]
Postdoc Wenzhe Jiao receives highest honor for his PhD dissertation Growing up in a small village in Hubei Province, China, Wenzhe Jiao’s curiosity and desire to continue his education led him to becoming the first person […]
Desirée Plata aims to capture methane before it warms the climate. At one of the nation’s largest dairy farms, environmental engineer Desirée Plata and her students wade through the muck of a thousand cattle. Inside the football field–sized […]
