Events

Data Science and Engineering Systems MEng Webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of the new Data Science and Engineering Systems MEng program and the process for applying. Download our information sheet to learn more about the new degree program.

Webinar registration opening soon.

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Jason Mclachlan from University of Notre Dame.

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Mixing, Morphology, and Melting in Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Blair Johnson from University of Texas, who will discuss “Mixing, Morphology, and Melting in Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulence"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: TBD

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Rich Phillips from Indiana University.

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Mixotrophy in marine picocyanobacteria

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Jose Manuel Garcia Fernandez from University of Cordoba, who will discuss “Mixotrophy in marine picocyanobacteria: Glucose uptake and utilization by Prochlorococcus"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Hydrology in the supercomputing age

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Reed Maxwell from Princeton University, who will discuss “Hydrology in the supercomputing age: How computational advances have revolutionized our field, and what big data and massively parallel simulations mean for the future of hydrologic discovery"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Altered Soundscapes and Degraded Landscapes

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Anshuman Swain from Harvard University, who will discuss “Altered Soundscapes and Degraded Landscapes"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Physics to machine learning and machine learning back to physics

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Pierre Gentine from Columbia University, who will discuss “Physics to machine learning and machine learning back to physics"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Novel approaches for the identification of toxic organic chemicals in complex mixtures

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Carsten Prasse from John Hopkins University, who will discuss “Chemical Exposures: Novel approaches for the identification of toxic organic chemicals in complex mixtures"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Utilizing Satellite Communication Signals for Earth Remote Sensing

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker James Garrison from Purdue University, who will discuss “Signals of Opportunity P-band Investigation (SNOOPI): Utilizing Satellite Communication"

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series: Prof. Alain Goriely

The C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series was founded and has been organized since 2015 in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in honor of Prof. Chiang C. Mei. The speaker series provides a vibrant forum for highly distinguished speakers from around the world, to share their research with the CEE, MIT, and local Boston community. Our November 14th speaker is Alain Goriely, Statutory Chair of Mathematical Modelling at the University of Oxford, Mathematical Institute.

C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series: Prof. Alan Needleman

The C.C. Mei Distinguished Speaker Series was founded and has been organized since 2015 in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, in honor of Prof. Chiang C. Mei. The speaker series provides a vibrant forum for highly distinguished speakers from around the world, to share their research with the CEE, MIT, and local Boston community. Our November 28th speaker is Alan Needleman, University Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series: Better Controllers for Wind Farms Using Wake Steering

Please join us for the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory Seminar Series with speaker Hannah Johlas, postdoctoral at MIT, who will discuss “Better Controllers for Wind Farms Using Wake Steering ”.

The seminar is in-person at 15 Vassar Street, 48-316

For more information or how to attend this seminar virtually, please contact lumidi@mit.edu

Securing the Future of Agriculture

This symposium — cosponsored by the MIT Whitehead Institute and Inari — covers how some of the tools, developed here in Cambridge, are being used to advance crop improvement. Assistant Professor David Des Marais is among the line up of speakers. View agenda and register in the link below.

Future Leaders in CEE: Why Do Particles Make People Sick?

It is well established that air pollution is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, mostly due to cerebrovascular and ischemic cardiovascular diseases. Airborne particulate matter (PM) with diameters less than 2.5 microns (PM2.5 ) is most strongly linked to adverse health outcomes from air pollution. Since air pollution exposure is thought to be responsible for millions of deaths per year, there is an urgent need to understand PM toxicity. Despite decades of research, the PM components and biological mechanisms that contribute to PM toxicity are poorly understood. The goal of this talk is to introduce the audience to multidisciplinary approaches and challenges associated with PM toxicology research.

About the speaker:

Dr. David Gonzalez is an atmospheric chemist and aerosol scientist with postdoctoral training in environmental cardiology and toxicology. He is broadly interested in understanding the relationship between airborne particulate matter (PM) chemistry and mechanisms underlying health effects from PM exposure. He was born in Mexico, grew up in Texas, and moved to Southern California where he attended Moorpark Community College. He then transferred to UCLA and received a BS in Chemistry (2012) and an MS/PhD in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (2019). His PhD work with Dr. Suzanne Paulson (UCLA) studied the chemistry of reactive oxygen species generated by biomass burning aerosols in lung fluid. Collaborative doctoral work with Dr. Andrew Ghio, a veteran pulmonologist at the EPA, investigated mechanisms of pulmonary toxicity from PM exposure. Dr. Gonzalez currently conducts postdoctoral research in the Environmental Cardiology & Vascular Biology Lab led by renowned physician-scientist, Dr. Jesus Araujo, at the UCLA School of Medicine. His postdoctoral work focuses on dissecting mechanisms by which PM promotes plaque buildup in the arteries (atherosclerosis) and ischemic cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Gonzalez has been supported by the Cota-Robles Fellowship, Switzer Environmental Fellowship, NIEHS Postdoctoral Diversity Supplement and NIEHS Molecular Toxicology Postdoctoral Training Grant at UCLA. Additionally, Dr. Gonzalez is a leader and committed advocate for enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia. At UCLA, he served as Co-President of the Organization for Cultural Diversity in Science (OCDS) and was inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society in 2019.