[fusion_text]Applying to graduate school is one of the most exciting times of an academic’s career. Each university has a different feel, program, and experience. Even at MIT CEE, we have various program ranging from the 9-month […]
I graduated in June 2017 from the MEng program in Environmental Engineering and Science, immediately after finishing my bachelor’s degree in the same department at MIT. This made my transition easier than most – I knew […]
The MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) recently published a paper that uses quantitative information to look at the full environmental impact of buildings, from the beginning of construction to the end of the building’s use. The […]
Ali Jadbabaie and Tal Cohen join CEE as new faculty members for the 2016-2017 academic year. Professor Jadbabaie joined CEE as the JR East Professor of Engineering in July, and is also serving as the associate […]
Charles (Chuck) Cushing Ladd III ’55, SM ’57, ScD ’61 died on Aug. 4, 2014, surrounded by his family. A faculty member from 1961 until retirement in 2001, he was a gifted teacher and much-lauded researcher […]
Professor Emeritus Charles “Chuck” Ladd III Charles (Chuck) Cushing Ladd III, age 81, passed away peacefully at his home on Aug. 4, 2014, surrounded by his family. Up until his hospitalization at the end of July, […]
Frederick J. McGarry, professor emeritus of polymer engineering in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering died March 27 after a long illness. He was 86. In addition […]
Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor Emeritus Robert J. Hansen Sc.D. ’48, whose Cold War research in atomic-bomb-resistant structures helped lay the foundation for the field of structural dynamics, has died at age 91. He was on […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering The MIT Steel Bridge Team placed second at the 2012 National Steel Bridge Competition, out-engineering 45 other teams that had been winnowed from 200 in regional contests. The University […]
Charles “Hank” Spaulding ’51, a devoted alumnus and longtime member of the MIT Corporation, died Thursday, Nov. 24 at age 84. Spaulding worked for many years as a real estate developer and was co-founder of Spaulding […]
A book written by Doherty Associate Professor Charles Harvey and recent alumnus Khandaker Ashfaque about their research tracing the source of arsenic in Bangladeshi wells was published in the summer. “Arsenic Mobilization in Groundwater: A Case […]
Interdisciplinary collaboration will accelerate the growth of science and engineering in concrete research Concrete is the most widely used building material on the planet; however, the production of some of its component materials accounts for up […]
Joseph Sussman, the JR East Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Engineering Systems Division (ESD), appears in Good magazine’s transportation issue. In an interview with Siobhan O’Connor, he explains why the […]
NPR’s Joe Palca attended Prochlorococcus Fest, a two-day celebration at MIT honoring the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the marine microbe. The fest featured a range of talks highlighting research on the smallest and most […]
By Denise Brehm Civil & Environmental Engineering CEE alumnus Adil Najam, a lead author on two of the reports that garnered the Nobel Peace Prize for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will speak on […]